Ashley Cole on England’s World Cup semi-final elimination.
🗣️ “England have bottled it. There’s no sugar-coating this. You don’t spend years building one of the most talented squads in world football only to crumble the moment you’re asked to show courage. They gifted Argentina belief and paid the ultimate price.”
“They went into their shell after taking the lead. Instead of finishing the game, they started protecting it like a small nation hanging on against a giant. That mentality is embarrassing for a team with England’s quality. Champions kill games—they don’t hide from them.”
“The manager completely lost his nerve. His substitutions, his tactics, his message to the players—it all screamed fear. Sitting deeper and inviting Lionel Messi and Argentina onto you is football suicide. Everyone watching knew what was coming except the people on the England bench.”
“And the players deserve criticism too. Too many disappeared. Too many hid instead of demanding the ball. When Argentina raised the intensity, England folded like a pack of cards. You cannot call yourself world-class if you vanish when your country needs you most.”
“This wasn’t bad luck. This wasn’t the referee. This wasn’t fatigue. This was a complete collapse of mentality. England threw away a place in the World Cup final because they lacked the courage to keep playing football.”
“If you’re satisfied with reaching the semi-finals, then keep making the same mistakes. But if you genuinely want to become world champions, performances like this should haunt every single person in that dressing room. They didn’t lose to a better team—they lost to their own fear.”
Watch Spain at 1-0 last night. That’s courage. That’s bravery. And then watch England at 1-0. What’s the difference?
We are a better team than Argentina, I’ve no doubt in my mind. But we deserved to get beat in the end. In fact, it could have been 4-1.
Bringing on 3 defenders at 1-0 up. What message does that send? I wrote it in my Daily Mail column after the Mexico game. Until we understand that courage and bravery is controlling possession under pressure and not booting / heading it up the field 40 yards then this will always be the end result.
#INGxARG La única manera que le puedes ganar a Argentina es siendo un buen equipo y teniendo más huevos que ellos, como lo hizo Chile en las finales de la Copa América
😱 Este vídeo de Henry explicando el 0-2 de España es BRUTAL
Luego en las televisiones de aquí tenemos a cuatro vendidos y a influencers que saben de fútbol lo justo o menos...
Qué absoluta desgracia. Qué absoluta tristeza. Y qué mierda es esta vida a veces. No sé ni que decir. Descansa en paz, Gaspi.
Un fuerte abrazo a toda la familia y amigos.
Lo otro, cuando hay "faltas" o "penales" que el arbitro no cobra @TNTSportsCL pone 10mil repeticiones, para el ROBO del gol anulado por offside no la repitieron una sola vez. Estos también son cómplices de la mala calidad del torneo
Qué mal aguantó Everton el 2 a 0. Horrible el cambio del chorri (sumar un central y quitar un referente de área), mal Ribonetto. Lo de Villalpando es increíble... pierde la pelota en la salida para el empate y regala una expulsión.
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