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BBC experts pick their England World Cup semi-final XI - do you agree?
Declan Rice went off at half-time in the quarter-final win over Norway
12 July 2026
England are through to the World Cup semi-finals, where they will play Argentina.
The Three Lions beat Norway 2-1 to reach the last four, with Wednesday's match (20:00 BST) to be shown live on the BBC.
BBC Sport experts have attempted to pick Thomas Tuchel's side for the match below.
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John Murray (BBC Radio 5 Live senior commentator)
The main call here is to leave out Ezri Konsa, which I am not sure Thomas Tuchel will do. But if ever there was a match where the experience of John Stones is required, then this is it. Of course if Reece James is still considered not yet ready to start then Konsa would play again at right-back.
