England, Argentina fans on opposite ends of World Cup emotions

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Jul 16, 2026
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Fox Sports Steven Diles live at FIFA FanFest where Argentina fans went wild after those
two late goals.
Steven, what is the reaction?
How are people doing?
Man, people were on the edge of their seat, Eden, especially when England went up early.
Some started getting nervous, didn't go up early, but when they went up, some started
getting nervous.
Why don't you look at video of the reaction inside FanFest because when Argentina scored
that second goal, this place went nuts.
They went crazy because they have punched their ticket to New York, New Jersey for a
back-to-back World Cup final.
The question is, can Lionel Messi and his Argentina team win back-to-back World Cups?
We talked to some really excited fans moments after the match.
Can they go back-to-back?
Of course they can.
Now one Argentina fan, he was a little honest with me, he said he's not too sure, he doesn't
know because Spain, according to some people, have flown under the radar, upsetting in some
people's cases.
France yesterday here in North Texas at formerly Dallas Stadium, now AT&T Stadium, and so Lionel
Messi, the goat in many's eyes, he's still in that boot race, the golden boot race for
most goals, and then also, can he get another World Cup title?
We'll have to see that, Eden, on Sunday.
We'll see.
It is crazy to think that La Mina Mall and Messi will be facing off when 18 and a half
years ago they took that photo shoot together, La Mina's a baby, Messi is, I think, a 20-year-old.
Just crazy.
You can't make this stuff up.
All right, thanks so much, Steven.
Fox Sports' Amelia Jones also spending the day with some England fans for the game.
She is live from the Londoner Pub in Addison.
Amelia, you had your lucky jersey on.
What happened?
I did, Eden, I did.
But unfortunately, luck was just not enough to match Messi and company for Argentina.
So while England, they will play France for third place on Saturday, this does mean that
my time covering England in their journey to the World Cup finals to finally bring it
home comes to an end as well.
So I'm feeling sad here, upset, deflated, just like fans are.
You might hear some music in the background, but it is, it's a little somber.
It's no Wonderwall or Hey Jude.
This was a really tough match.
And fans, they just were on the edge of their seat waiting with bated breath as England
was up 1-0 for the longest time.
This was a very physical game.
This place, when Anthony Gordon scored the goal in that 55th minute to put England on
the board first, oh my gosh, this place just came alive.
And then fans watched as their defense kept Argentina at bay for a long while.
But it was not enough.
And Argentina, as we saw, ends up going up by two to win this.
A very tough one for these fans.
It's unlucky.
If there's anybody to lose to, it's Messi.
So if there's anybody to lose to, it's Messi.
Very tough.
We really believed it was coming home this time, especially why we're not in England.
We thought our lucky charm was being in Texas and it was going to come home.
But not meant to be.
Again, another 60 years, hopefully not.
Hopefully not another 60 years.
When I was assigned England, I was already excited because I had some ties with studying
abroad there when I was in college.
But then getting to know the fans, getting invested in the team that is the Three Lions,
oh my goodness, I truly feel like the luckiest reporter in the world.
I now consider them my FIFA World Cup friends.
They made sure I was wearing my lucky jersey today.
And hey, I still consider it Lucky Eden.
And fans, one more time, they have another chance to watch this England national team
play on Saturday for third place.
