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England's World Cup Run Wasn't Good Enough, Again. Who's Really To Blame?

ATLANTA STADIUM — The body wasn’t even cold when the inquest began. How could England lose after leading Argentina with just minutes to play in Wednesday’s World Cup semifinal? Why did Thomas Tuchel’s team stop attacking the moment Anthony Gordon put the Three Lions ahead with 35 minutes of regular time remaining? What kind of mental block keeps preventing England from winning a major international trophy, a streak that will now extend to at least 62 years? There is a simple answer to all of these questions: England just isn’t good enough. The country that invented soccer is good at it, sure....