On Wednesday at 10 PM, in the planet’s championship semifinal, Argentina will seek to reach the second consecutive final and record the first such achievement in the country’s history.
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England, which has played in the final only once – back in 1966 – will try to stop Lionel Messi and company.
This will be the fourth match between Argentina and England in the knockout stages of the World Cup. In the first encounter in the 1966 quarterfinals, England triumphed, while the last two victories in knockout head-to-heads were claimed by the South American representatives.
Coincidentally or not, both in the 1986 quarterfinals and the 1998 round of 16, when they won, the Argentinians played against the English wearing dark blue kits.
This is precisely why the Argentinians chose to wear dark shirts again this time, trumpets the Argentine media.
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Interestingly, Argentina played against England once more in the 2002 World Cup group stage, and at that time the teams wore different colored kits – the Argentinians wore traditional sky blue and white, while the English wore red. England managed to win 1-0 then.
The Argentinians will play in dark kits only for the second time in this year’s championship – wearing dark blue, they defeated Jordan 3-1 in the group stage match.
We remind you that both teams reached the semifinal after surviving extra-time dramas: Argentina defeated Switzerland 3-1, and England beat Norway 2-1.
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