{"id":60337,"date":"2026-07-14T09:14:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T09:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/60337\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T09:14:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T09:14:53","slug":"how-war-david-beckham-and-divine-intervention-shaped-the-rivalry-between-england-and-argentina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/60337\/","title":{"rendered":"How war, David Beckham and divine intervention shaped the rivalry between England and Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"How war, David Beckham and divine intervention shaped the rivalry between England and Argentina\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lESny6yGbXA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nHow war, David Beckham and divine intervention shaped the rivalry between England and Argentina<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSky speaks to Argentinian and England fans ahead of the much-anticipated World Cup semi-final clash between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>The Falklands War of 1982 has long provided a backdrop to the meeting of the two sides.<\/p>\n<p>Then there was Diego Maradona&#8217;s infamous &#8216;Hand of God&#8217; goal in 1986, followed up by one of the greatest goals the World Cup has ever seen.<\/p>\n<p>And then there was 1998 &#8211; a chance for revenge that ended with a David Beckham red card and humiliating defeat.<\/p>\n<p>World Cup updates: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/world-cup-live-england-argentina-messi-latest-13535760<\/p>\n<p>#worldcup2026 #argentina #lionelmessi #davidbeckham #harrykane #englandfootballteam <\/p>\n<p>Live updates: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/world-cup-live-england-argentina-messi-latest-13535760<\/p>\n<p>#englandfootball #worldcup2026 #harrykane #judebellingham #thomastuchel <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews <\/p>\n<p>For more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&#038;hl=en_GB <\/p>\n<p>Why not listen to one of our podcasts? This is Why, available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/thisiswhy or Ed Conway&#8217;s Stuff Matters, available here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/stuff-matters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"How war, David Beckham and divine intervention shaped the rivalry between England and Argentina Sky speaks to Argentinian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8],"tags":[2118,461,2241,45252,49125,10551,12000,13031,35875,1524,10055,296,1194,32089,2236],"class_list":["post-60337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sky-news","tag-argentina","tag-england","tag-football","tag-haaland","tag-hand-of-god","tag-harry-kane","tag-jude-bellingham","tag-maradona","tag-messi","tag-miami","tag-norway","tag-sky-news","tag-sport","tag-tuchel","tag-world-cup"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/116917630634527939","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}