England Out. Did Tuchel's Substitutions Lose the Game?
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What happened in the England‑Argentina semi‑final and why did England lose?
Hello and welcome to the TIFO Football Podcast. I'm Joe Devine and today I'm delighted to be joined by JJ Bull. Hello! Kaya Kynak. I'm not fine, Joe. And John McKenzie.
Hello, Joe.
Now, we've just finished watching Argentina... Take apart England in the last, I don't know, 40 minutes of that game. They're winning 2-1 in the World Cup semi-finals. Incidentally, we did an Athletic FC watch-along for that game. There's just one watch-along left. It's on Sunday for the final. So join us on the Athletic FC YouTube channel if you would like to be part of that. What do we talk about on today's show? Well, we talk about Argentina beating England to make the final of the World Cup. We play a rondo. That one's going to be fun. We look ahead to Sunday to see how Argentina and Spain will face off against each other. Look forward to that section. I'll be checking out at that point. And also, checking back in for this, we have the penultimate installment of the second-hand eBay challenge game.
Yes. Can you have a game that's also a challenge? Yes. Yes, you can. And we do a final check-in on Points are Bad as well before we wrap up for the episode today. Did I miss anything? No, I didn't even put on my Argentina top. No, that's true. You've kept your Spain top on. Yep. Which is sort of, it's kind of a sense of camaraderie in that, isn't there? Well, no. Yeah. Well, it's for you. Thanks, man.
Thanks.
All right. Well, later, someone will add music to this pause.
Yes, England won to Argentina. Oh, the pain. Argentina produced another stunning comeback to reach a second successive World Cup final. Anthony Gordon of England opened the scoring, but the world champions once again dragged themselves back from the brink. First Enzo Fernandez beat Jordan Pickford from distance, then Latara Martinez struck in the stoppage time goal from beautiful right-footed Messi Kroos. to complete another famous victory. Argentina will face Spain in Sunday's final as they seek to become only the third nation to retain the World Cup. Quick guessing game. Who were the other two? Brazil. Yeah, Brazil was one of them. Italy. And I don't know if Italy was. They were. Was it? In the 30s. They
won in
34 and 38? They did. How about that? There you go. Good knowledge here. Now, England have reached the semifinals stage for the fourth time. Much of the post-match conversation is likely, I think, to be focused on the different ways that the two managers impacted the game in-game. And that's indeed where we're going to start. um Kyra I'll come to you first to talk about this you were very upset during the game at Tuchel's changes and also the way that England's uh shape changed during the game as well asides from the substitutions what's the story there would you say so
I the other day I was in a car in the passenger seat with someone I won't say who it was but
um
We got kind of close to the traffic lights. Was it Thomas Tuchel? It may as well have been. We got close to the traffic lights and the light was red. And when you're about, I don't know, maybe a decent distance from the traffic lights, I was sort of like, okay, they're going to slow down. They didn't slow down. They kept sort of going and going. And I was sort of like, do I bring this up in conversation? I don't want to be a backseat driver. I don't want to say anything. I'm just going to let them.
We
got closer to the red light and closer to the red light to the point where Eventually it went through the red light and I'm thinking, at what point do I start screaming here and saying, this is madness, you have to stop. Thomas Tuchel! This is exactly how I felt watching England this evening.
I think you should have mentioned it earlier. You know why?
Just to be clear, did your friend drive through the red light? They did. Did they notice the red light? They did not notice until I
sort of quite... They didn't notice the red light!
Timidly was like...
There's a red light there.
Wow.
Did you sail through, like, past flashing cars in either
direction? Pretty sure that's not into your microphone at all, John. Just one
more time.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What happened in the England‑Argentina semi‑final and why did England lose?
0:02–5:55
2
How did Thomas Tuchel’s substitutions and tactical changes affect England’s shape?
5:55–16:31
3
Why do the hosts blame the low‑block defence for conceding the late goals?
16:31–26:03
4
What role did Harry Kane’s age and form play in England’s exit?
26:03–33:30
5
How did Lionel Messi’s performance influence the outcome and his legacy?
33:30–37:52
6
What is the Second‑hand eBay Challenge and who won the luxury‑player round?
37:52–47:13
7
How does the ‘Rondo’ game work and what were the key moments?
47:13–55:12
8
What can we expect from the Argentina vs Spain final and who are the likely winners?
55:12–59:35
Speakers
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