Ben Sully

Pompey Fan. Soft spot for Valencia. Freelance Football Writer. Usually talking about men’s & women’s European football.

[Charles Watts @charles_watts]

Got exactly what we deserved. I genuinely can’t get over what we’ve seen from Tuchel there. This feels so much worse than Croatia, Italy, Spain.

It was right there for England, playing well, leading, great options on the bench and he’s just completing botched it tactically. Thrown the initiative away and gone out in pretty pathetic style.

So disappointing.

[Ben Sully @SullyBen]

@freeze_IV This exact thought keeps going through my head. All the coaching badges and previous elite-level experience and yet there is a failure from some coaches to see what is happening right in front of them

[Ben Sully @SullyBen]

What made it so infuriating was that Tuchel had in-game warnings.

The pressure increased when he replaced Gordon with Konsa. Instead of reverting to the original formation, he doubled down with Burn and O’Reilly and then refused to make changes when Argentina equalised.

[Simon Stone @sistoney67]

Wayne Rooney talking a lot of sense. When you are winning, keep your foot on the pedal. Don’t sit back against one of the best players ever whose greatest strength in control and balance around a penalty area. Inevitable outcome.

[Ben Sully @SullyBen]

After that disaster, you have to at least ask Pep the question

[Manya @CSKian716]

Completely shut shop. This England team needed to Bazball tbh.

[Ben Sully @SullyBen]

Tuchel was the main reason behind that Argentinian turnaround.

It may be reactionary, but I’m not sure I’ve seen an elite coach mismanage a game as badly as that.

[Ben Sully @SullyBen]

This is all on Tuchel. He was brought in to manage the big moments in the big games, and he has had an absolute howler

[Ben Sully @SullyBen]

Why has he not changed it? I don’t see how we even make it to extra time like this

[Ben Sully @SullyBen]

That equaliser is on Tuchel. He went defensive far too early

[Ben Sully @SullyBen]

I don’t understand how we get up the pitch with this formation and the current players on the pitch

[Ben Sully @SullyBen]

I celebrated that tackle like a goal

[Ben Sully @SullyBen]

The Anderson yellow has got me worried for the second half

[Adam Crafton @AdamCrafton_]

I see the rules about surrounding the referee are not applied to Argentina.

[Amos Murphy @AmosMurphy_]

Three added minutes is laughable at the end of the first half.

That just makes up for the hydration break.

The added time at this tournament has been bizarre at times.

[England @England]

A landmark appearance for @HKane! 🙌

The skipper is set to become the #ThreeLions most-capped outfield player of all-time 🦁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[Hampshire Hawks @hantscricket]

SEE YOU AT FINALS DAY 🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡

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[FC Bayern @FCBayernEN]

A huge one for Kane tonight.

Good luck, H 🤞

[Ben Sully @SullyBen]

Congrats guys, you’ve made FIFA look competent

[ICC @ICC]

The ICC has announced an exciting revamped format for the Men’s @cricketworldcup 2027 edition in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia 🏆

More details ➡️ https://t.co/VxWr3PFpIX

[Maxwell O'Dowd @Maxiboi23]

So you’re telling me, associate sides have to play in a 3 year 50 over tournament, to qualify for a qualifier to qualify for another tri-series qualifier to then qualify for a World Cup.