{"id":8632,"date":"2026-07-10T03:12:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T03:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lets-canada.com\/%e8%aa%b0%e4%be%86%e8%b7%9f%e6%b3%95%e5%9c%8b%e6%9c%83%e5%b8%ab%e5%9b%9b%e5%bc%b7%ef%bc%9f%e5%89%a9%e4%b8%8b%e5%85%a9%e5%a0%b4%e5%85%ab%e5%bc%b7%e6%88%b0%e5%90%84%e6%9c%89%e7%9c%8b%e9%a0%ad\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T03:12:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T03:12:31","slug":"who-joins-france-in-the-semis-the-last-two-quarter-finals-both-have-a-hook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/who-joins-france-in-the-semis-the-last-two-quarter-finals-both-have-a-hook\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Joins France in the Semis? The Last Two Quarter-Finals Both Have a Hook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deep into the quarter-final stage, two matches are left to settle the final two semi-final places: Norway against England, and Argentina against Switzerland. Same deal for both \u2014 win and you&#8217;re in the semis, lose and you&#8217;re packing, straight knockout with no room to negotiate.<\/p>\n<p>Norway getting all the way to the quarters is one of the talking points of this tournament; against a traditional heavyweight like England, it comes down to who controls the tempo first. On the other side, Argentina against Switzerland is the kind of back-and-forth where neither can afford to lose \u2014 just picturing it is fun.<\/p>\n<p>Purely in terms of the picture, the winners of these two fill out the other half of the semi-finals, joining the sides already through. As for who&#8217;s in good form and who has worries, we&#8217;ll let the matches themselves tell that story \u2014 no scripting the players in advance.<\/p>\n<p>What to watch next: both fall between the early morning and mid-morning of July 12 Taiwan time (check our guide). If you&#8217;re following the live streams, line them up in order. Scores and schedule go by the official source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/en\/tournaments\/mens\/worldcup\/canadamexicousa2026\/match-schedule\">FIFA official schedule<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deep into the quarter-final stage, two mat\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lc_last_content_reviewed_at":"2026-07-20T10:00:00Z","_lc_last_fact_checked_at":"2026-07-20T10:00:00Z","_lc_fact_check_status":"verified","_lc_source_grade":"A","_lc_source_titles":"","_lc_source_publish_dates":"","_lc_source_accessed_at":"2026-07-20T10:00:00Z","_lc_claims_checked":"sports_result: \u6bd4\u5206 | superlative_record: \u5b98\u65b9","_lc_claims_corrected":"","_lc_unresolved_claims":"","_lc_correction_note_required":"0","_lc_reviewer_notes":"","_lc_fact_check_source_urls":["https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/en\/tournaments\/mens\/worldcup\/canadamexicousa2026\/match-schedule"],"_lc_affiliate_widget_allowed":"","_lc_affiliate_widget_type":"","_lc_affiliate_widget_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[45,227,721,233],"tags":[],"lc_primary_section":[777],"lc_location":[808],"lc_topic":[817],"lc_freshness":[833],"class_list":["post-8632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world-cup","category-wc-news","category-world-cup-analysis","category-233","lc_primary_section-historical-features","lc_location-canada","lc_topic-sports","lc_freshness-historical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8632\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8632"},{"taxonomy":"lc_primary_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lc_primary_section?post=8632"},{"taxonomy":"lc_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lc_location?post=8632"},{"taxonomy":"lc_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lc_topic?post=8632"},{"taxonomy":"lc_freshness","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lc_freshness?post=8632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}