Thomas Tuchel was appointed England coach to a huge fanfare. At the time, Tuchel himself claimed that his goal was to help England win their second World Cup.

England had been coming close to success for years but had failed, and this German coach was seen as the person who could free them from that pain. Under the leadership of previous coach Gareth Southgate, England played two major finals with the help of a new generation of talented players. Along with a World Cup semi-final and a quarter-final. But all those campaigns ended badly. At the time, Southgate was accused of being incapable of changing tactics when needed.

Tuchel's Chelsea won the title by beating Pep Guardiola's Manchester City in the 2021 European Champions League final. So he was expected to do something special. But after losing to England in the semi-final on Wednesday, the same old story and pain have been repeated. This time, England took an early lead but failed to maintain it.

This is the third time since the 2018 World Cup that England have failed to win a major tournament semi-final despite taking a lead. Now, many veteran players and critics have blamed Tuchel for England's defeat this time. They allege that England adopted a very defensive strategy immediately after taking the lead through Anthony Gordon's goal in the 55th minute.

Despite this, Argentina was completely busy in England's half towards the end of the game. In the process, a series of attacks were being woven. As a result, Enzo Fernandez and Lautaro Martinez were also able to score goals for Argentina.

Former England player Michael Owen has blamed Tuchel's second-half tactics for the defeat. He wrote in X, 'England were the better team than Argentina in this game, I have no doubt about that. But we deserved to lose. I thought it could have been 4-1. Putting three defenders on the field when they were one goal ahead didn't send a good message. England should have shown more courage to play with more control of the ball.'