Ben Sully

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

[BBC 5 Live Sport @5liveSport]

"England had Argentina EXACTLY where they should have wanted them." 😔

@Tim_Vickery says Thomas Tuchel's substitutions were to blame for their defeat to Argentina 💔

#BBCFootball #FIFAWorldCup #ENGARG

[Ben Sully @SullyBen]

The failure to live up to his own promise should result in a change of manager.

[ITV Football @itvfootball]

"They were more afraid to drop out of the tournament than having the excitement and hunger to win it" 👀

Thomas Tuchel reflects on England's Euro2024 campaign 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

#ITVFootball | #ThreeLions | @England | @GabrielClarke05

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

12% - Average possession between Anthony Gordon's opener and Lautaro Martínez's winner (55th to 92nd minute):

12% - 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
88% - 🇦🇷 Argentina

Trapped.

[Seb Stafford-Bloor @SebSB]

I’d have liked to see England’s outlets remain on the pitch. Rashford and Madueke as the others tired, just to keep the jeopardy there as Argentina pushed.

There was so little risk attached to their attacking substitutions.

[Ben Sully @SullyBen]

This has nothing to do with hindsight. It was one of those occasions when everyone could see it happening in real time.

[Ben Jacobs @JacobsBen]

🗣️ Thomas Tuchel: "We decided to go to a back five because the gaps were just too open... Of course, the responsibility is on the coach. If it doesn't go well, it is easy to say it is wrong."

[Amos Murphy @AmosMurphy_]

The two times Argentina have been pressured, they almost buckled.

With a bit more quality, Egypt see the game over the line, and before the Embolo red, they were on the ropes.

Mind-boggling that Tuchel surrendered all that space so early.

[Ben Sully @SullyBen]

@DanWood_Journo It did increase but not to the level it was after the hydration break. I agree that I thought he would use the break as the perfect opportunity to get them further up the pitch.

It felt like we didn’t learn any lessons from the criticism that was levelled at Southgate

[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.

[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

[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