Published Jul 13, 2026, 10:45 AM ET · Updated 4 months ago · 1 source
Spain, France, Argentina and England beware: Demons haunt the World Cup semi-finals
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W orld Cup games mean more. England have only ever played 79 games in the finals, which is to say, not much more than two Premier League seasons in the 76 years since they first entered. Those games draw huge audiences: more than 17 million in the UK watched Saturday’s win over Norway, even though it was after midnight by the time it finished. In most countries, World Cup matches are more discussed, more analysed, than any other in sport, perhaps any other cultural phenomenon. They are rare mome