Argentina staged a dramatic comeback and snatched victory in the dying minutes! Two goals in 7 minutes – what an unbelievable game!

The destined England-Argentina showdown in the USA-Canada-Mexico tournament.

Some wrote a story, others had an "accident."

In terms of the overall impression of the match, I have never witnessed a World Cup game like this.

Especially the first half – it was supposedly solid defense, but many movements were simply not within the boundaries of football.

This was truly a national grudge match.

From Scaloni's perspective, during the preparation process in the video sessions, he might have been showing war movies to the Argentine players every day...

Argentina was once 0-1 down, but then scored two goals in seven minutes to complete a comeback victory and advance to the World Cup final for the second consecutive time, where they will face Spain for the trophy.

In the 55th minute, Rogers crossed from the flank, and Gordon fired home from close range to give the Three Lions a 1-0 lead.

In the 85th minute, Messi passed the ball to the edge of the box, and Enzo unleashed an unstoppable long-range strike that curled into the top corner, making it 1-1.

In the 92nd minute, Mac Allister's shot hit the post and bounced back. Messi quickly controlled the ball and delivered a precise high cross, with substitute Lautaro leaping high to head the ball into the net for the winner.

That's right, both assists were from the boss Messi. The 39-year-old "rookie" is still too authoritative.

For the defending champions, out of four knockout matches, two went to extra time and two were decided by comeback winners in stoppage time...

Guys, you have to believe that luck is always part of strength.

The strong have good fortune.

For Argentina and Messi, we've talked about them many times – we're a bit tired of it. We'll chat again in the final.

Today, I'll mainly jump on the bandwagon and criticize England's coach Tuchel.

Even a football illiterate like me can see that it's Tuchel's fault – that shows how big his mistake was.

When leading 1-0, his game management in the last 30 minutes was as if they were leading by three goals...

What nonsense did Tuchel do?

1. Subbed off Gordon, the goal scorer and counter-attacking core, and brought on defender Konsa.

2. Took off James, the key player in both attack and defense, and Rice, the midfield ball-controlling pivot, then added more defensive players.

And what happened?

High pressing and wide attacks were originally England's big weapons, but after switching to a defensive lineup, they instantly lost the attacking threat to stretch the defense on the flanks, allowing Argentina's wings to push forward without worry.

Messi had plenty of space to hold the ball and cross from the flanks.

And then...

There was no "and then."

At this moment, all the analyses you see are hindsight, including what I'm saying.

After the match, everyone is a coach.

If England had won 1-0, the narrative would have been completely different, and people would have praised Tuchel's tactics.

But I still want to say: parking the bus can win sometimes, but it's very hard for a pure defensive wall to hold off sustained attacks from top teams.

In an attacking game, the defender is always passive.

Messi was originally a winger, so low-block defense only gives him endless crossing opportunities.

If it weren't for the post and the goalkeeper's heroics, England might have lost by more than just one goal...

After the game ended, I suddenly thought of two things from basketball.

1. One year in the CBA playoffs during the Beijing-Guangdong series, Beijing was leading Guangdong by a big margin and then almost ran down the 24-second clock on every possession.

As a result, despite having a "tiny" lead, they were overturned.

2. Xu Limin, former head coach of the women's basketball team, once scolded his players like this:

"Have some ambition! That peasant mentality! Can you ever become rich? Never!"

More or less, isn't there a similarity to England's situation?

Satisfied with small advantages, lacking long-term vision, afraid to push forward, only thinking about holding on.

So, they deserved to lose.

Whether in basketball or football, unforgettable defeats sometimes come from a lack of strength, sometimes from bad luck (misfortune)...

But in many cases, they are not lacking... human error.