Got that empty feeling I seem to get every couple of years.
Every tournament I start out hoping England do well, then they get through to the latter stages and hopes start to rise.
After France's non performance on Tuesday, I started to dream of an England win.
An ageing Argentina team who had scraped through the last couple of games, followed by Spain which if we were at our best was a possible?
But once again we blew it.
Tuchel went from hero to zero after 70 minutes, could not understand why he took Gordon off for a defender when he has pace to burn and would have given us and out ball if Argentina started to dominate play.
Then it got worse with Rice and James taken off for more defenders leaving six at the back inviting pressure.
Obviously the game ended up being played in our half with nobody to take the game to Argentina, Kane was knackered, Bellingham couldn't be everywhere and the inevitable happened.
Overall a few great moments, but never looked like World Champions.
The Mexico win was the highlight, the second half against Croatia was good, did just enough in the other games
Bellingham, Spence, Kane, Anderson, Gordon and maybe Stones come out of it with credit.
Saka, Rice and James were all playing with injuries so not at their best.
Watkins got less than ten minutes, Toney got about three, Mainoo didn't get any, and no idea why Challobah was called up to be a bench warmer?
I think things will get awkward for Tuchel from now on, looked like the master tactician when we defended a lead with ten men against Mexico, but trying the same tactics in this game when we still had eleven on the pitch and could have brought on some fire power (Watkins, Rashord, Saka) to take the game to Argentina just seemed like a coach with limited ideas.
I guess I'll go through it all again in 2028 ?
Every tournament I start out hoping England do well, then they get through to the latter stages and hopes start to rise.
After France's non performance on Tuesday, I started to dream of an England win.
An ageing Argentina team who had scraped through the last couple of games, followed by Spain which if we were at our best was a possible?
But once again we blew it.
Tuchel went from hero to zero after 70 minutes, could not understand why he took Gordon off for a defender when he has pace to burn and would have given us and out ball if Argentina started to dominate play.
Then it got worse with Rice and James taken off for more defenders leaving six at the back inviting pressure.
Obviously the game ended up being played in our half with nobody to take the game to Argentina, Kane was knackered, Bellingham couldn't be everywhere and the inevitable happened.
Overall a few great moments, but never looked like World Champions.
The Mexico win was the highlight, the second half against Croatia was good, did just enough in the other games
Bellingham, Spence, Kane, Anderson, Gordon and maybe Stones come out of it with credit.
Saka, Rice and James were all playing with injuries so not at their best.
Watkins got less than ten minutes, Toney got about three, Mainoo didn't get any, and no idea why Challobah was called up to be a bench warmer?
I think things will get awkward for Tuchel from now on, looked like the master tactician when we defended a lead with ten men against Mexico, but trying the same tactics in this game when we still had eleven on the pitch and could have brought on some fire power (Watkins, Rashord, Saka) to take the game to Argentina just seemed like a coach with limited ideas.
I guess I'll go through it all again in 2028 ?
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