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伦敦电——2026年国际足联世界杯半决赛中，英格兰与阿根廷这对死敌将再度交手，这场比赛被广泛认为是本届赛事中情感张力最强的对决之一。
这场对决将迎来梅西——被许多人视为史上最优秀的足球运动员之一——在其漫长辉煌的职业生涯中首次对阵英格兰队。他将直面英格兰队史最佳射手哈里·凯恩，以及本届赛事的明星球员裘德·贝林厄姆。
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2026年7月14日，佐治亚州亚特兰大，阿根廷球迷在对阵英格兰的世界杯半决赛赛前一天聚集于此，挥舞印有福克兰/马尔维纳斯群岛图案的旗帜。帕特里克·史密斯/国际足联/盖蒂图片社
两国此前的交锋诞生了足球史上诸多标志性时刻，但这份宿怨早已超越绿茵场。
马岛战争
阿根廷大西洋沿岸外海的两座小岛至今仍是英阿两国外交关系紧张的根源。英国称其为福克兰群岛，阿根廷则称之为马尔维纳斯群岛。
18世纪，法国、西班牙和英国均试图宣称对该群岛拥有主权，并建立了早期殖民定居点。1766年法国同意撤离群岛，西班牙定居者随后驱逐了英国居民，英国于1774年撤出。
西班牙随后在19世纪初撤离，新独立的布宜诺斯艾利斯政府宣布将这座距离本国海岸300英里的群岛纳入阿根廷版图。
然而主权争端在1833年再度激化，英国军队抵达群岛重新宣示主权，驱逐了当地阿根廷居民并替换为英国移民。
1982年，阿根廷军政府发动突袭并迅速占领该群岛，引发了为期10周的战争，造成907人死亡，其中超过三分之一是阿根廷“贝尔格拉诺将军号”巡洋舰的船员。这艘巡洋舰在极具争议的行动中被英国潜艇击沉。
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2007年6月14日，布宜诺斯艾利斯，在马岛战争中阵亡的西斯科·哈维尔·法哈多的母亲，手举印有儿子名字的牌匾，亲吻儿子的遗像，她身上披着印有“贝尔格拉诺将军号”巡洋舰图案的阿根廷国旗。丹尼尔·加西亚/法新社/盖蒂图片社
面对实力占优的敌军，阿根廷最终投降，此后三十余年该群岛一直由英国居民主导治理。
马尔维纳斯群岛仍是这个南美国家心中难以释怀的争议点。
“上帝之手”
这场战争仅四年后，阿根廷与英格兰在墨西哥城宏伟的阿兹特克球场展开世界杯四分之一决赛，现场涌入11.4万名观众。
下半场伊始，足球幸运地传到迭戈·马拉多纳脚下——这位史上最伟大的球员之一高高跃起，用拳头将球打入球门。
裁判并未察觉到手球犯规，进球有效。
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1986年6月22日，墨西哥城阿兹特克球场，阿根廷球员迭戈·马拉多纳跳起越过英格兰门将彼得·希尔顿，打入他那记“上帝之手”进球。奥尔波特/盖蒂图片社
“几分钟后，马拉多纳打入了或许是世界杯历史上最精彩的进球，”足球记者乔伊·迪乌尔索告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。这粒进球锁定了胜局，最终阿根廷以2比1击败英格兰。
赛后被问及首粒进球是否合规时，马拉多纳回应称，“一点用马拉多纳的头，一点用上帝的手。”
在2019年的一部纪录片中，他将这次进球描述为“对英国入侵马尔维纳斯群岛的某种象征性复仇”。
在他60岁生日之际的2021年，他告诉《法国足球》杂志：“我梦想着再进英格兰一球，这次用右手。”
1998年，阿根廷在点球大战中击败英格兰，那场比赛大卫·贝克汉姆被红牌罚下。时任英格兰队长阿兰·希勒在本周三表示，“直到现在回想起来仍心痛不已”。
2002年世界杯小组赛，贝克汉姆罚入点球，帮助英格兰1比0击败阿根廷——这是两队最后一次正式交锋。
“为马尔维纳斯，为迭戈”
周三晚在亚特兰大上演的重逢对决，将决定哪支球队将在周日对阵西班牙争夺世界杯冠军。但这场比赛的历史意义不言而喻。
在周六以3比1击败瑞士队后，常被拿来与马拉多纳相提并论的梅西与队友们唱起了《第四颗星》——阿根廷的另类世界杯主题曲。
他们齐声高呼：“为马尔维纳斯，为迭戈。”
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2026年7月14日，布宜诺斯艾利斯，一名男子路过一幅壁画，壁画描绘了已故阿根廷足球传奇迭戈·马拉多纳以及马岛战争中的阿根廷士兵。路易斯·罗巴约/法新社通过盖蒂图片社
加里·莱因克尔曾在1986年那场比赛中为英格兰打入挽回颜面的进球，如今已是英国知名足球评论员，他在周二表示，他希望“这次能复仇”。
在周三的对决前夕，阿根廷主教练利昂内尔·斯卡洛尼试图淡化这场比赛的历史意义。
“这只是一场足球比赛，仅此而已，”他说道。
但阿根廷前锋何塞·洛佩斯承诺，他和队友们将“在球场上拼尽全力”。
“显然，无论场内场外，这场比赛都承载着太多历史、太多伤痛和太多过往，”他说。
英格兰主教练托马斯·图赫尔在赛前表示，阿根廷球员“被历史所激励，这对他们意义重大……但我们同样充满激情。我们有韧劲，有应对这场对决的心态，我们已经准备好了。”
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2026年7月15日，英国首相官邸唐宁街10号的窗户上悬挂着英格兰国旗，正值英格兰对阵阿根廷的世界杯半决赛前夕。拉希德·内克蒂·阿斯利姆/阿纳多卢通讯社/盖蒂图片社
“阿根廷对阵英格兰已成为一场经典对决，”乌拉圭记者维克托·乌戈·莫拉莱斯近日告诉《卫报》。他在1986年那场比赛的解说已成为阿根廷的传世经典。“1986年之前，这不过是一场普通比赛。自此之后，它承载的政治与情感重量早已超越足球本身。”
利·金里对本文亦有贡献。
World Cup England vs. Argentina semifinal reignites painful historic rivalry tinged by war and cheating
July 15, 2026 / 8:23 AM EDT / CBS News
London — The semifinal clash between England and Argentina in the 2026 FIFA World Cup will see two bitter rivals face off in what is widely expected to be one of the most emotionally charged matches of the tournament.
The contest will see Lionel Messi, considered by many to be one of the best soccer players in the world, play against England for the first time in his long and storied career. He will face England’s all-time top goal scorer Harry Kane, and one of the stars of the tournament, Jude Bellingham.
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Argentina fans gather a day ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026 semifinal match against England, July 14, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia, with flags bearing the Falklands/Malvinas islands. Patrick Smith/FIFA/Getty
Previous matches between the two countries have produced some of the sport’s most iconic moments. But this rivalry goes well beyond the soccer field.
The Falklands War
Diplomatic relations between England and Argentina remain strained to this day over two small islands off Argentina’s Atlantic coast. To the U.K., they are the Falklands, but Argentina calls them the Malvinas.
In the 18th century, France, Spain and Britain all tried to lay claim to the islands, establishing early colonial settlements. France agreed to leave the islands in 1766, leaving Spanish settlers to force out the British, who withdrew in 1774.
The Spanish then left in the early 19th century, leaving a newly independent government in Buenos Aires to claim the islands 300 miles off the country’s coast as Argentina’s own.
The sovereignty dispute reignited in 1833, however, when British forces arrived to reclaim the islands, expelling the Argentinian population and replacing it with Britons.
In 1982, an Argentinian military junta launched an attack on the islands and quickly captured the territory, sparking a 10-week war that killed 907 people, more than a third of whom were Argentinian sailors on the ARA General Belgrano cruiser that was sunk by a British submarine in a highly controversial attack.
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Wrapped in an Argentine flag with a picture of the cruiser General Belgrano, the mother of Sixto Javier Fajardo, who was killed during the conflict, kisses a plaque bearing his name during a ceremony on June 14, 2007, in Buenos Aires. DANIEL GARCIA/AFP/Getty
Facing superior military force, Argentina surrendered the islands, which remain dominated more than three decades later by a British population.
Las Malvinas remain a bitter point of contention for the South American nation.
“The Hand of God”
Only four years after the conflict, Argentina and England faced off in a World Cup quarter final in Mexico City’s gargantuan Azteca Stadium, which was packed with 114,000 people.
Early in the second half, the ball looped fortuitously to Diego Maradona, one of the sport’s greatest players of all time, who leapt into the air and hit the ball with his fist into the back of the net.
The referee didn’t register the hand contact, and the goal stood.
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Argentina player Diego Maradona outjumps England goalkeeper Peter Shilton to score his ‘Hand of God’ goal during the 1986 FIFA World Cup quarter-final at the Azteca stadium on June 22, 1986 in Mexico City, Mexico. Allsport/Getty
“A few minutes later, Maradona then scored possibly the greatest goal in the history of the World Cup,” soccer journalist Joey D’urso told CBS News. It sealed Argentina’s fate — the match finished 2-1.
Asked afterward if he had scored his first goal legally, Maradona replied that it was, “a little with the head of Maradona, and a little with the hand of God.”
In a 2019 documentary, he described it as “like some sort of symbolic revenge against the English” for their invasion of the Malvinas.
A year later, on the occasion of his 60th birthday, he told France Football magazine: “I dream to score another goal against the English, this time with the right hand.”
In 1998, Argentina beat England on penalty shots in a game that saw David Beckham red carded and which then-England captain Alan Shearer said on Wednesday “still hurts now.”
In 2002, Beckham scored a penalty to help England beat Argentina 1-0 in a World Cup group match — the two teams’ last competitive fixture.
“For Malvinas, for Diego”
The Wednesday night rematch in Atlanta will determine who plays Spain on Sunday for World Cup glory. But the historical significance of the game is inescapable.
After beating Switzerland 3-1 on Saturday, Messi — who is often compared to Maradona — and his teammates sang The Fourth Star, the country’s alternative World Cup anthem.
“For Malvinas, for Diego,” they chanted.
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A man walks past a mural depicting late Argentine football legend Diego Maradona and Argentine soldiers from the Falklands/Malvinas War, in Buenos Aires, on July 14, 2026. Luis ROBAYO /AFP via Getty Images
Gary Linekar, who scored England’s consolation goal in the 1986 game and is now a well-known soccer commentator in the U.K., said Tuesday that he wants “revenge this time round” for the loss.
Ahead of Wednesday’s clash, Argentina’s coach Lionel Scaloni has tried to play down the historical significance.
“It is a football game and that is all,” he said.
But Argentina forward Jose Lopez has promised that he and his teammates will “leave our lives on the field.”
“Obviously, inside and outside the four lines of the pitch it’s a match that has a lot of history there, a lot of pain and a lot of things behind it,” he said.
England coach Thomas Tuchel said in the run-up to the game that Argentina’s players, “are fueled by history, it means a lot to them … But we are also emotional. We have the grit. We have the mentality that it takes to go up against it, and we are ready for it.”
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England flags hang on the windows of 10 Downing Street, the U.K. prime minister’s residence, ahead of England’s FIFA World Cup semifinal clash against Argentina, July 15, 2026. Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu/Getty
“Argentina versus England has become a classic,” Víctor Hugo Morales, a Uruguayan journalist whose commentary on the 1986 match has been immortalized in Argentina, told The Guardian recently. “Before 1986, it was just another match. Since then, it has carried a political and emotional weight that goes far beyond football.”
Leigh Kiniry contributed to this report.