No more trophies came England’s way. But on Wednesday afternoon in Atlanta, England was a mere five minutes away, plus stoppage time, from going back to the final for the first time in six decades, and coming one precious step closer from exorcizing all its World Cup demons.
Argentina is moving on to face Spain in the World Cup final on Sunday at New York New Jersey Stadium, after beating England 2-1 in a thrilling semifinal in Atlanta. If the Spain-Argentina final offers half the combination of drama, stellar play, and heartbreak that Wednesday’s semifinal provided, the 2026 World Cup, which is already setting all kinds of attendance and viewership records, will go out on a proper high note.
The Three Lions were content to stay back on their heels, and load all their players in a defensive posture to stop Argentina from tying up the game.
But England went into a prevent defense, a strategy from England manager Thomas Tuchel, a German, that will be picked apart by the English press, and in pubs, for the next hundred, two hundred years.
All wasn’t yet lost for England. But just seven minutes later, in the second minute of stoppage time, a second Messi assist broke the Three Lions. A shot from Argentina midfielder Alexis Mac Allister hit the post. Messi tracked down the loose ball, and dribbled towards the box before firing an absolutely perfect right-footed cross onto the head of Lautaro Martínez, who finished England’s dreams, and extended its pain.
Can England take some consolation that, at least this time, it was Messi’s sublime playmaking that felled them?
Poor Gary, and his fellow citizens of England. They will have to wait, and wait, and wait. Messi, meanwhile, moves on. He now has eight goals and four assists in this World Cup: he’s contributed a goal or assist in each of Argentina’s seven World Cup wins this summer. For the first time in a World Cup final, the reigning European champs (Spain) will face the reigning South American champion (Argentina). Messi and his mates will attempt to become the first team to win back-to-back World Cup titles since Brazil, who did it in 1958 and 1962.
Argentina will chase history. England will go home. Again.
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