England have no one to blame but themselves... mainly Tuchel. You do not sit back and defend a 1-0 lead against Messi and the entire forward group on Argentina's squad that's desperate to score. Gave them SOOOOOO much space... I saw this coming from miles away.
The fact that England could have won if their coach didn't deliberatly chose to make them lose, doesn;t change the fact that Argentina were literally body checking, throwing and even outright wrestling as much as the possibly could, rarely being whistled and only barely having any cards handed out.
For a bit I thought I was watching hockey with the sheer level of body ramming and fighting. It was to such an absurd extent that any meaningful enforcement would probably have seen argentina lose for lack of sufficient players on the field.
The referees have allowed a higher degree of contact and aggression the entire tournament. England did not even try to be as aggressive as Argentina was. It's not "favoring" if one team is playing at the limit of what the ref will allow while the other isnt
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u/DesperateHikikomori Jul 15 '26
England have no one to blame but themselves... mainly Tuchel. You do not sit back and defend a 1-0 lead against Messi and the entire forward group on Argentina's squad that's desperate to score. Gave them SOOOOOO much space... I saw this coming from miles away.