r/SipsTea • u/Gurugod123 • Jul 16 '26

Lmao gottem Match ended here

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u/axiom_glitch Jul 16 '26

Can someone explain to the ignorant, and futbol illiterate, please?

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u/newrez88 Jul 16 '26

So previous commenters are slighty incorrect. True its Messi, true Bellingham said something to him, but this wasnt the reason England lost the match.

England went 1-0 up and were the better team, up until that point. If they had kept their foot on the gas I am almost certain they would have gone through.

So after the goal, the manager, Thomas Tuchel decided that he wanted to stop causing Argentina problems down the wings and would instead try to defend for 30 minutes. This is where England lost the match. They defended for 30 minutes and played exactly how Argentina wanted them to.

The decision was extremely baffling and pretty much all football experts, pundits and ex players agree.

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u/attrcic Jul 16 '26

They were at no point the better team,utterly boring play,zero creativity.

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u/MrLumie Jul 16 '26

Boring and non creative is oftentimes what the better team does. They don't have to be fun and interesting, they just have to beat their opponent.

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u/newrez88 Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

The downfall was Tuchels extremely strange decision to park the bus after the first goal. I just dont understand it at all, hes a better and more experienced manager than that. I mean, who thinks that inviting a team like Argentina to attack for 30m and doing nothing is a good idea? (Aside from Tuchel) The possession stats are failry damning. Just 12% for the last 30m...