Archive for July 15, 2026
Not Coming Home…
England 🏴 1:2 🇦🇷 Argentina
1-0 Anthony Gordon – Lionel Scaloni & Lionel Messi celebrating – 1-1 Enzo Fernández – Bellingham beaten
When England scored that first goal they should have gone for the second. Instead of that, Tuchel’s men dropped deep allowing Argentina to get into their flow and finally win the semifinal. Argentina have again come from behind (as they already did in the knock-outs against Cape Verde and Egypt) to set up a final against Spain on Sunday.
Match report ▶️ BBC
Comment “The Telegraph“:
“Ultimately, the blame rested with Thomas Tuchel. He was meant to be the man to take the national team to the next frontier, but on a truly shattering night here in Atlanta, he committed the same mistake as his predecessor, desperately protecting a lead rather than truly chasing glory. It proved to be a fateful error, enabling the defending champions to score twice at the death and prolong English anguish for at least another four years.
“No sooner were England ahead through Anthony Gordon’s goal than they sat deep, substituted strikers for central defenders and invited all the Argentinian pressure on to them. You might be able to sustain that for two minutes, but not for 20. You might find that the approach works against Mexico, but not against Lionel Messi. It is their fatal flaw, this tendency to retreat into their shells just as the ultimate prize beckons.
“Just as when playing against Croatia in the 2018 World Cup semi-final, and against Italy in the Euro 2020 final, England paid the price, as Enzo Fernandez and then Lautaro Martinez stole it at the death to send Argentina to a second straight final against Spain on Sunday.”
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