In the early hours of July 16th Beijing time, England lost 1-2 to Argentina in the World Cup semi-final. Following the match, England manager Thomas Tuchel's conservative tactics drew heavy criticism from the British media.

The BBC posted a chart showing the course of the match and commented: "This chart illustrating the shifts in the momentum of the game says it all."
Before Anthony Gordon opened the scoring, the two sides were evenly matched, but the game then became one-sided until Argentina finally broke through England's defense.



