Other Games - 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup Edition (+ warm-up matches): Villa-watch

[Tayls_7]

Tuchel rightly deserves criticism. Running scared of Argentina which in a historical context is hard to swallow. After getting themselves on top to defending like it's suddenly The Alamo. Absolutely no outball with Kane shuffling around like a patient out of bed. A defensive line of I don't know how many does not make for anything resembling organisation. England will always be failures with that pathetic mentality.

[Villafirst]

You could predict what would happen by going ultra defensive after England took the lead. We had no outlet up front which resulted in a pathetic 12% possession statistic, which is shameful. The marking on Messi was shocking. They squandered a great opportunity.....

[dorsetvillian]

Assuming Unai was watching I wonder what he was thinking and would have done at 1-0. Going defensive, leaving Kane on so no out ball was criminal. It was awful in game management from Tuchel, but looking back, England have been poor in most games and the original squad also seemed wrong. A great opportunity thrown away.