{"id":55184,"date":"2026-07-14T18:42:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/55184\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T18:42:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:42:06","slug":"who-are-the-announcers-for-france-vs-spain-in-the-2026-world-cup-semifinal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/55184\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Are the Announcers for France vs. Spain in the 2026 World Cup Semifinal?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">France and Spain meet today for a spot in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/soccer\/fifa-world-cup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a> final, the first time the top four FIFA-ranked teams have ever reached the same semifinal round. FOX has built out a full slate of talent for the occasion, in the booth and in the studio alike.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox.com\/soccer\/fifa-world-cup?cmpid=org=one::ag=owned_other::mc=referral::src=fs::cmp=10010131002::add=6121a\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"block\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img  width=\"640\" height=\"427\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a> Who&#8217;s Calling the Match?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">John Strong has play-by-play, with Stu Holden alongside him as analyst. They&#8217;re FOX&#8217;s lead announcer team for the entire tournament and will call both semifinals this week, France vs. Spain today and England vs. Argentina on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">Mark Clattenburg serves as the dedicated rules analyst for both semifinals. On the sideline in Dallas, Jenny Taft and Natalie Gedra report from the field.<\/p>\n<p>Who&#8217;s in the Studio?<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">Rebecca Lowe hosts the on-site studio show at both semifinals, joined by Alexi Lalas, Thierry Henry and Zlatan Ibrahimovi\u0107.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">For today&#8217;s game specifically, Rob Stone leads a separate Dallas set with analysts Javier &#8220;Chicharito&#8221; Hern\u00e1ndez and Landon Donovan.<\/p>\n<p>How to Watch France vs. SpainDate: Tuesday, July 14Time: 3 p.m. ETPregame: Two-hour pregame coverage begins at 1 p.m. ETTV: FOXVenue: Dallas Stadium, Dallas, TXStream: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox.com\/soccer\/fifa-world-cup\/france-vs-spain-jul-14-2026?cmpid=org=one::ag=owned_other::mc=referral::src=fs::cmp=10010131002::add=625e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Watch 3 days free on FOX One<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"false\" data-v-a2155f14=\"\">The winner advances to face either England or Argentina in the World Cup final on July 19 at New York New Jersey Stadium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"France and Spain meet today for a spot in the\u00a02026 FIFA World Cup final, the first time the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55185,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[5852,556,17674,17],"class_list":["post-55184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-fifa-mens-world-cup","tag-france","tag-product","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}