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ENGLAND BLOW IT AGAIN: Tom Blackett reflects on a missed opportunity for the Three Lions this summer

Tom Blackett reflects on England’s World Cup semi-final defeat to Argentina, questioning Thomas Tuchel’s tactics and whether the Three Lions missed their best chance yet to end their 60-year wait for glory.

Will England ever have a better chance to reach a World Cup final and, dare I say, win it?

Well, as the wait for that second success goes on beyond 60 years, that thought must have gone through the minds of millions of fans who got that sinking feeling as England sat back so deep in the semi-final against Argentina that they were almost off the pitch.
In hindsight, Anthony Gordon’s goal from a brilliant counter-attack early in the second half was the moment that England’s dream started to unravel – because, as so often happens, our boys go straight into ‘what we have, we hold’ mode and seem...

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