REACTION: England 1-2 Argentina - ‘It HAS to be a mentality thing!’ | Morning Papers | OFF THE BALL BREAKFAST
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Hello, it's Owen Cheyhan here from Off The Ball and the FIFA World Cup 2026 is here. And let's be honest, the matchday version of ourselves can look a little committed. Jerseys, face paint, scarves in questionable weather, whatever you have, maybe even a full costume if your team makes a run, you can look a little worse for wear come the end of it all. But the World Cup... It's not just about the football. It's the atmosphere. It's the nights in the pub. It is the watch parties with your mates and maybe even meeting someone new. That is where Lynx comes in. As an official personal care sponsor of the FIFA World Cup 2026, Lynx's premium fragrances are here to help you smell your best, even in the middle of full matchday madness.
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I've just been told that we've broken a few records tonight, which is nice and on the life of the players because as sloppy as we were last week, they were excellent tonight. We really were. They controlled the tempo, the energy in the game.
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England's World Cup dream over. That's the front of the Telegraph this morning.
The hurt endures. Football isn't coming home. Sorry, it's very bad, right? But I'm really enjoying the pictures of the crying children at the end of the games. It's bad, isn't it? It speaks ill of us as human beings that when it happens, the French kids the night before, but last night, they're perfectly manicured. It was as if AI, the face paint is coming and the... It's just that dribble of white makeup. Like a rollover mascara after a particularly good night out. No, haven't I? No, that's true. But adult tears? Oh, feed me them. Well, look, I actually quite like most of the players. Yeah, we've been saying that for a few years about the English, haven't we? Although I do think that Dan Byrne, I'm the greatest header of the world.
And it's like, oh yeah, just head a few balls away there in the last few minutes there, buddy. That's all you have to do is one job. Can't do the job, can you? It's a bit different when the balls are coming in from Lionel Messi and Mexican players, isn't it? Yeah, yeah. End of the world. Taking it totally normally. That's Pickford. Pickford's positioning for the first goal. Does it make it look good? Does he get his feet sorted out quick enough? Does he hold any blame for it? It's a good strike. John Stone's banging his head off the ground. Is that what happened? Was he concussed? Not sure.
There was a video of Jude Bellingham after that first goal that was caught just by the director where he's holding his hands up to the sky and you can see in his lips and he's saying, it's in the middle of the fucking goal.
Oh, is that what it says? Ah, right. I hadn't seen that one yet. He's not impressed with the... He found a corner, didn't he? No, he didn't actually. It was pretty central. It's like a fade. Curling towards the corner. The draw? Yeah, but it was definitely left off centre. It wasn't down the middle. It wasn't directed at him, but it was. It finishes there, but... I don't know if it was... I don't know. My first instinct wasn't that Pickford. No, he... But he was lining it up. That was his fourth attempt, Enzo.
How did England's World Cup semi-final result dominate the opening discussion?
And just before that, Pickford tipped it over. It was going over, actually, that one beforehand. It was a remarkable game. You see that stat the BBC, Mark Chapman, shared at halftime? Not since 1966. Never a shot by either team by the half hour, Mark. It was mad. And yet it was this entertaining first half. The only real note of football in the first half was Enzo's first of four shots that went marginally over that they wanted a corner for and they weren't given. And it basically the rest of the first half was just a load of shithouse. The best part about that first 30 minutes was that the Argentinian players relentlessly fouled the England players and somehow... It was an English player that got the first booking of the game.
Well, he gets booked because all three of those players who tackled Messi should have got booked.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–3:57
2
How did England's World Cup semi-final result dominate the opening discussion?
3:57–10:52
3
Was Jordan Pickford to blame for Argentina's opening goal and how was his positioning analysed?
10:52–11:49
4
What did Jude Bellingham's reaction reveal about England's mindset after the first goal?
11:49–19:53
5
Why did Thomas Tuchel switch to five-at-the-back and did the substitutions backfire?
19:53–25:57
6
Which tactical choices (Rice off, Dan Burn/Byrne on) most influenced England losing control of possession?
25:57–33:59
7
Is England’s recurring ‘sit-back after scoring’ problem a mentality or a tactical issue?
33:59–50:31
Speakers
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