Tottenham - Home and Away
Tottenham - Home and Away
Graeme Spice and Glen Cowie
Home and Away World Cup Special Episode 6
41 minutes Posted Jul 13, 2026 at 11:38 pm.
Intro — England vs Argentina semi-final preview00:23 Glen gets the semi-final he wanted00:34 Graeme looks ahead to Wednesday00:49 Finally, a reasonable UK kick-off time01:03 Chris joins from Buenos Aires01:16 Argentina vs England excitement builds01:46 The mood in Buenos Aires02:11 Did Argentina only wake up in the quarter-finals?02:41 Argentina’s miraculous comeback against Egypt03:09 Argentina not playing at their brightest03:39 Fatigue in the Argentina squad04:08 Enzo Fernandez, Mac Allister, Martinez and Romero04:55 Weather, workload and winter in Argentina05:54 Kane, Bellingham and players outside the Premier League06:34 Chris on England’s football and mentality07:04 France, Spain and Argentina comparisons07:59 Tuchel, mentality and England’s manager08:18 Poor journalism after the Mexico game08:49 Bellingham’s response to criticism09:05 Which Argentina players would improve England?09:56 Which England players would improve Argentina?10:10 Argentina’s winger problem10:39 Missing Di Maria’s role11:08 Messi moved wide to unlock games11:50 Saka or Madueke for Argentina?12:10 Why Argentina need runners, not technicians12:37 Messi still carrying Argentina13:01 Messi looking better than four years ago13:15 Would Jude Bellingham get in Argentina’s midfield?14:02 Bellingham, Madrid and club form14:22 The debate around leaving Jude at home14:51 Why Bellingham would change Argentina’s system15:28 The history and spice of England vs Argentina16:04 Chris on the fixture beyond politics16:34 Argentina’s extra motivation17:33 Expecting a great match17:42 Could this be like England vs Argentina 1998?18:24 Beckham, Simeone and the 1998 red card19:04 Previous World Cup meetings19:33 Maradona, 1986 and the Hand of God20:06 The Goal of the Century20:32 England vs Argentina 2005 friendly21:10 England vs Norway quarter-final conditions21:35 Heat, humidity and thunderstorms21:53 Declan Rice playing after illness22:19 Did England always look likely to find a way?22:43 Norway’s threat on the break23:11 England keeping Haaland quiet23:26 Dan Burn heads everything23:37 Alfie Haaland’s reaction23:51 Norway’s missed chance to square it to Haaland24:20 Chris on Norway’s performance24:57 Norway’s mentality against Brazil25:26 Norway playing tiki-taka against Brazil25:56 Why the Azteca win mattered for England26:25 Bellingham goes up another level26:54 Kane creating space for Bellingham27:24 Alvarez, Messi and shared attacking threats27:37 England’s squad depth in brutal conditions28:03 Morgan Rogers and the value of having a shot28:19 Why teams are reluctant to shoot29:03 Managing energy in
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In this World Cup Special episode of Tottenham – Home and Away, Graeme and Glen are joined by Chris Herrera from Buenos Aires to preview a massive England vs Argentina World Cup semi-final.
We discuss the build-up from both sides: the mood in Argentina, how Buenos Aires has reacted to the tournament, whether Argentina are relying too much on Lionel Messi, and why this current side looks slower and more fatigued than the team that won the last World Cup.
There’s also plenty of England talk after the quarter-final win over Norway: the heat, the conditions, Jude Bellingham stepping up again, Morgan Rogers’ impact, Dan Burn, England’s squad depth, and why the Azteca win over Mexico may have given England a new level of belief.
We also get into the history and emotion of England vs Argentina: 1966, 1986, Maradona, the Hand of God, the Goal of the Century, 1998, Beckham, Simeone, and why this fixture still feels like proper football theatre.
Elsewhere, we look back at the other quarter-finals, including France beating Morocco, Spain grinding past Belgium, and what the Spain vs France semi-final might look like. Finally, we give predictions for both semi-finals and ask whether England vs Argentina could be one for the ages.
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Come on England — and come on you Spurs.
 
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