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Jude Bellingham scored twice, including a 93rd-minute winner, to send England past Norway 2-1 in the FIFA World Cup 2026 quarterfinals on July 11, 2026, in Miami.
England’s path to the semis was anything but comfortable. Norway’s Andreas Schjelderup opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Bellingham equalized just before halftime, scoring in the second minute of first-half stoppage time. Then the match ground through a tense second half with neither side finding a breakthrough. Deep into added time, Bellingham struck again to seal the 2-1 victory.
England will now face the winner of Argentina vs. Switzerland. England hasn’t appeared in a World Cup final since 1966, and this is their first semi-final appearance since 2018. The road here included a round of 16 victory over Mexico. The 2026 tournament features an expanded 48-team format, hosted across the US, Canada, and Mexico.
Fan tokens, the digital assets that give holders voting rights on minor club decisions and access to exclusive content, have become a staple of major football organizations. Platforms like Socios, built on the Chiliz blockchain, have partnered with dozens of national teams and top clubs. When a team wins, its fan token tends to see a spike in trading volume. When a team gets eliminated, interest fades.
This pattern played out clearly during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and the 2024 European Championship. National team fan tokens experienced sharp volatility around knockout stage matches, with price movements driven by sentiment rather than underlying utility.
The risk is that these tokens are fundamentally thin markets. Low liquidity means prices can move dramatically on relatively small volume. Retail traders who buy in after a dramatic win often find themselves holding the bag when the music stops.
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