The World Cup semi-finals are exciting due to the technical standards of the teams

A clear sign that football has changed in the last twenty years and there will increasingly be room for new candidates for success, without forgetting the technical stagnation of the three biggest winners – Brazil, Italy and Germany – who have disappointed their fans. Italy then purged the third consecutive World Cup without qualifying in the knockout stage.

The negative side of the tournament has been some arbitrations and even VAR decisions, which have displeased many people. It turns out that FIFA promoted some different interpretations, which had little publicity in the rules for certain moves. But after the cancellation of the United States player’s red card for political reasons, FIFA definitively tarnished his name.

The World Cup semi-finals are exciting due to the technical standard of the qualified teams. There will be three Latin countries – France, Spain and Argentina – and England, which has not had such a strong team with a competitive spirit for a long time.

France and Spain open the dispute in a game full of tradition, balance and, above all, rivalry. The French team has presented the best performance so far, basically because coach Didier Deschamps managed to maintain the base that has been successful for the third consecutive World Cup, with emphasis on the stars Mbappé and Dembelé, far above the average of most active players.

Spain has been trying to find the best path for years and, now, coach Luis de la Fuente has mixed experienced players with younger ones, although the revelation Yamal continues to need better performances. England and Argentina exited the quarter-finals suffered against Norway and Switzerland, respectively.

The Swiss complained a lot about the refereeing for the expulsion of player Embolo, in yet another of those novel interpretations created by FIFA’s refereeing sector. Swiss coach Murat Yakin spared no criticism of the field whistler and VAR observers.

The technical reality is that Argentina encountered great difficulties and coach Lionel Scaloni himself recognized that the team needs to improve in the confrontation with the English, who in turn, also suffered to overcome Haaland’s Norway, who felt muscular discomfort and was substituted before the end of the match.

The efficient midfielder Bellingham decided with two goals, in a game that the goalscorer Kane passed without going into the opponent’s net.