00:00Hello from outside Atlanta Stadium where we are gearing up for the return of one of international football's great rivalries,
00:06England versus Argentina, for a place in the World Cup final where the winners would face Spain and go at
00:14it in the hope of winning the World Cup.
00:17England versus Argentina hasn't been played for 21 years since Friendly in 2005, but it is a storied fixture in
00:24international football.
00:25This will be the first time England have ever come up against Lionel Messi, for many people the greatest player
00:31that's ever played the game,
00:32and vice versa, Messi playing England for the first time after 206 appearances for Argentina.
00:39It's going to be a fascinating game between two teams that I think many neutrals feel are quite evenly matched
00:46going into the game.
00:47For England there's good team news in the sense that England have got a fully fit team.
00:51The only players who won't be available are Jordan Henderson, who was ruled out of the tournament after the Mexico
00:57win because of the freak accident that required surgery to his arm in celebrating that Mexico win,
01:02and also Jarrell Quanta, who served the second game of his two-match ban that he picked up also at
01:08the Stadio Azteca against Mexico.
01:10But England having a fully fit team besides that means that Rice is available, Rhys James is available, Esri Quanta
01:17as well,
01:18and that's great news for England and for Thomas Tuchel because it means that the England head coach can name
01:22pretty much the line-up that he would want to select.
01:25Argentina will be fierce rivals for England, they'll be desperate to get to the game.
01:31This is a match that Argentinians see as a really, really big rivalry for their national team.
01:38They'll be desperate to make a second World Cup final, and I think their whole World Cup campaign really has
01:43been about trying to get Lionel Messi,
01:4539 years of age, a second World Cup trophy before he retires.
01:49Whether it will be Argentina in the final instead of England though, we'll have to see, but it's going to
01:54be a fantastic match.
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