For long stretches, the game reportedly looked set up for England.
That pattern matters. Semi-finals are often decided by game management, and the report says England dropped deep after going in front. Against a side as relentless as Argentina, that can turn a lead into an invitation. One moment of control became a scramble, and once the equaliser arrived, momentum moved only one way.
An Argentina-England meeting is rarely just a football match. The report frames this result alongside earlier World Cup meetings, especially the 1986 quarter-final, a game that still shapes how this rivalry is understood. There is history, grievance and mythology wrapped into the sporting contest.
That edge reportedly returned after the final whistle, when some Argentina players celebrated with a banner reading “Las Malvinas son Argentinas.” The phrase points directly to the long-running sovereignty dispute over the Falklands/Malvinas, a political backdrop that has shadowed this fixture for decades.
The striking part is not only that Argentina won, but how quickly the victory appears to have been absorbed into national memory. A late comeback, a World Cup semi-final, and an opponent loaded with history is the kind of combination that lasts.
Now the next question is simple: if Argentina finish the job in the final, 15 July may come to represent not just one comeback against England, but the defining day of the whole campaign.