# WORLD CUP DAY 27: Argentina win another thriller, is England their destiny?

An episode of [The Game](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/191105605), 8 Jul 2026, 47 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/timesthegame/e/6a4df94e4d6f6e9e98859758/media.mp3

Lionel Messi delivers again, dragging Argentina past Egypt in a thrilling game packed with great goals and yet more VAR controversy. Tom Clarke is joined by Gregor Robertson and Paul Hirst to discuss that amazing match and debate, once more, the refereeing decisions at this World Cup. In part two Martin Samuel joins Tom to reflect on his memories of the Azteca and England's potential route to the final, first having to get passed Norway and Erling Haaland Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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