WORLD CUP DAILY: English misery is Argentinian joy as Messi and co book final meeting with Spain
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Thomas Tuchel then decided to try and shut up shop. He introduced Esri Konza, Dan Byrne and Nico O'Reilly. However, Argentina continued to press. Alexis McAllister hit the post with a header. Minutes later, Enzo Fernandez scored from outside the box after a pass from Lionel Messi with just five minutes to go.
then two minutes into injury time messi got down the right hand side and crossed the ball with his right foot onto the head of substitute lataro martinez for the winner ah
On the football show last night, Keith Tracy joined Will O'Callaghan and Ben Symes and described the action as it unfolded. but to be fair you can't say Argentina don't deserve it since England scored the goal they've been much much the better team much more threatening and although Messi hasn't provided a goal scorer at the moment he's just provided a wonderful assist for Martinez but I think we said it Thomas Tootle is going to get absolutely hung out to dry in the media after this
Look, here's the thing, Keith. This Argentina team have, maybe it's no coincidence, comeback wins across this World Cup. They've made very hard work of getting to what's now the verge of a World Cup final. But they've shown plenty of times they can do things like this.
They have. They've shown different strengths to their bow. Obviously, the first game against Algeria, I was looking, thinking, what's Messi got left in the locker? The hat-trick then puts those little worries to bed. And then Austria was a fairly straightforward win. Jordan, again, an easy, ozy enough game for them. Cape Verde, they were obviously very underwhelming. We give Cape Verde a big credit and praise for that. the Egypt game where they pull it out of fire I think they're just starting to believe you know maybe our name is on the World Cup here again and then they go and put Switzerland to discard in extra time the Swiss team aren't a bad team but they're a team you'd expect Argentina to be
But, you know, when we speak about England and they look like they've got that togetherness, John Stone's video in the dressing room pretending his shoulders hurt, all that type of stuff.
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–9:48
2
How did Argentina stage a dramatic comeback to beat England 2-1 in the semi-final?
9:48–10:22
3
What happened after Anthony Gordon’s opener and when did Argentina equalise?
10:22–11:02
4
Why did Thomas Tuchel’s substitutions draw criticism for ‘shutting up shop’?
11:02–11:37
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How did Lionel Messi and Enzo Fernández contribute to the late goals?
11:37–16:47
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