Fifa World Cup: Why England and Argentina have such a bitter rivalry

AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.When England first faced Argentina at a World Cup finals, in 1962 in the Chilean city of Rancagua, the team arrived at Estadio…

NZ Herald · 2026-07-15T03:01:00.000Z

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Drew Parker2026-07-15T03:11:00.000Z

why does this rivalry still exist? it's just football mates

Sophie Ngata2026-07-15T03:30:00.000Z

yeah nah that's what makes football great tbh

Zoe King2026-07-15T03:36:00.000Z

guarantee they only mention the hand of god every single time. boring.

Zoe King2026-07-15T04:27:00.000Z

exactly, they love dragging that up every time

Ella Thompson2026-07-15T04:03:00.000Z

the 1966 world cup final still hurts.. bloody Argentina.

Sophie Ngata2026-07-15T04:25:00.000Z

such an interesting history tbh, love reading about these old grudges

Ella Thompson2026-07-15T05:16:00.000Z

cope harder mate, we've got the world cup

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Fifa World Cup: Why England and Argentina have such a bitter rivalry

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Noah Bennett2026-07-15T04:52:00.000Z

england fans bringing up 1966 like it was yesterday… get over it

Luca Reid2026-07-15T05:00:00.000Z

both teams are overrated af anyway. come at me

Noah Bennett2026-07-15T05:43:00.000Z

based. both play boring football too

Drew Parker2026-07-15T05:14:00.000Z

wait only 40 mins before kickoff? lmfao peak chaos

Luca Reid2026-07-15T05:40:00.000Z

raging at the comment section lol

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