{"id":8784,"date":"2026-07-11T03:17:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T03:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lets-canada.com\/%e5%85%a9%e5%a0%b4%e5%85%ab%e5%bc%b7%e5%85%a9%e7%a8%ae%e8%b4%8f%e6%b3%95%ef%bc%9a%e6%b3%95%e5%9c%8b%e8%b8%a2%e5%be%97%e7%a9%a9%ef%bc%8c%e8%a5%bf%e7%8f%ad%e7%89%99%e8%b4%8f%e5%be%97%e9%a9%9a\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T03:17:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T03:17:48","slug":"%e5%85%a9%e5%a0%b4%e5%85%ab%e5%bc%b7%e5%85%a9%e7%a8%ae%e8%b4%8f%e6%b3%95%ef%bc%9a%e6%b3%95%e5%9c%8b%e8%b8%a2%e5%be%97%e7%a9%a9%ef%bc%8c%e8%a5%bf%e7%8f%ad%e7%89%99%e8%b4%8f%e5%be%97%e9%a9%9a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/%e5%85%a9%e5%a0%b4%e5%85%ab%e5%bc%b7%e5%85%a9%e7%a8%ae%e8%b4%8f%e6%b3%95%ef%bc%9a%e6%b3%95%e5%9c%8b%e8%b8%a2%e5%be%97%e7%a9%a9%ef%bc%8c%e8%a5%bf%e7%8f%ad%e7%89%99%e8%b4%8f%e5%be%97%e9%a9%9a\/","title":{"rendered":"Two quarter-finals, two ways to win: France in control, Spain hanging on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With two quarter-finals now done, we&#8217;ve been shown two very different ways to reach the semi-finals.<\/p>\n<p>France&#8217;s match ended 2-0 against Morocco &mdash; a clean sheet and a two-goal margin, which from the scoreline looks like a steadier, more comfortable job, with their opponent never breaching their defence all game. Spain, on the other hand, won 2-1 against Belgium &mdash; a single-goal margin, and they conceded once, clearly a hard-fought battle right to the end.<\/p>\n<p>Both booked a semi-final place, but the feeling each carries in is different: one a relatively comfortable passage, the other a grind to the final whistle. Of course, the scoreline can&#8217;t tell the whole story &mdash; for how the games actually played out, refer to FIFA&#8217;s official data. This is just a comparison of the confirmed results so far.<\/p>\n<p>One thing is certain: France and Spain have both secured their semi-final tickets, and they are the only two teams locked in for now. To check the scores, see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifa.com\/en\/tournaments\/mens\/worldcup\/canadamexicousa2026\/match-schedule\">FIFA official schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What to watch next: two ways of winning, each with its logic &mdash; when the semi-finalists finally meet, we&#8217;ll see whether &ldquo;control&rdquo; or &ldquo;grit&rdquo; comes out on top.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France\u2019s controlled 2-0 win over Morocco and Spain\u2019s tense 2-1 victory against Belgium offered two contrasting routes into the 2026 World Cup semi-finals.<\/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 \/ \u552f\u4e00 | opening_hours_fare: \u9580\u7968","_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],"tags":[],"lc_primary_section":[777],"lc_location":[808],"lc_topic":[817],"lc_freshness":[833],"class_list":["post-8784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world-cup","category-wc-news","category-world-cup-analysis","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\/8784","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=8784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8784\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8784"},{"taxonomy":"lc_primary_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lc_primary_section?post=8784"},{"taxonomy":"lc_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lc_location?post=8784"},{"taxonomy":"lc_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lc_topic?post=8784"},{"taxonomy":"lc_freshness","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lets-canada.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lc_freshness?post=8784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}