Messi Punished England for Their Disrespect! | England 1-2 Argentina | Zlatan & Thierry Henry REACT

Well Harry, it's the most heartbreaking way for your tournament to end. I know it's going to be incredibly raw, but what are your immediate thoughts?

Yeah, just got it for the boys, got it for everyone, the team, the staff, the fans.

Yeah, we played a good game for the last majority of it.

Once we went 1-0 up, we seemed to just try and hold on, which at this level is not enough.

so just got it because we we've worked so hard to be here and the lads are given every

last bit of running sweat blood tears whatever it is so to fall short like we did today is uh yeah just kind why was it so hard to get any momentum after the goal do you think

yeah we struggled to get pressure on the ball i thought especially first

half and then start the second half we we pressed them well we we um yeah put them under loads of pressure especially high up the pitch which then allowed us to win balls uh control the game a little bit better

after the goal uh whether it's them putting more men forward or us just not being able to to match them man for man it just was wave after wave and we're trying to hold on lads to put in blocks in

but in the end it was just uh it wasn't enough did it feel at the end that after the exertion you put in the last two games perhaps it was almost one ask too far to find another response

yeah i don't know um the boys always are ready for for any moment in the game and

when we went ahead the messaging was to go again and get another goal

and um yeah and then obviously once they scored their

two goals it was to try and find something but we couldn't quite

uh get the momentum back in the game you're having to do this interview down

the argentina end of the pitch as well which makes it even more difficult

but what can england learn from this what can you take forwards yeah

we had a lot of good moments in this tournament um a lot of good games another semi-final uh we talk about knocking on the door we're we're close we just need to find

yeah that missing piece in the in the final stage of the tournament

you know um these tournaments take

it out you so much uh effort and pressure

and um mentality and and we've

shown a lot of that throughout the whole six seven weeks we've been together uh

but yeah we're just missing that that final piece two

goals in six minutes and 34

seconds put argentina into their

second successive world cup final they have come from one nil down to beat england by two goals to one that winner in In stoppage time, Lautaro Martinez making it 2-1.

And for the fans here in Atlanta who couldn't get their hands on any tickets, well, they enjoyed a great semifinal.

And although he didn't score in this one, the world's best player made the difference for Argentina.

How lucky are we to witness his greatness? Plenty more. Post-match reaction from a great semifinal.

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I think you know who it is, the 39-year-old who has dominated this World Cup, whether he scores or not.

His dream of back-to-back World Cups is well and truly alive. Mernal Messi.

As we welcome you back to Atlanta Stadium, let me just put you in the picture. Well, you can see it behind me.

The Argentina fans, very few of them have left their seats and they are serenading.

The Argentina players in front of them, especially directly behind us, as you can see there.

It's a beautiful scene for the defending world champions.

Now we can finally know where they were and how many were there. I know. Look, what do you think? A 70-30?

Yeah, that's how it was. That's how it was. What a World Cup semifinal we have just witnessed.

Let's show you the story from start to finish. Coming into this game, plenty of huge names.

Lexi Harry Kane for England, that man for Argentina. Start us off.

Huge names, but not a whole lot of action, especially in the first half.

So Slim Pickens, we take a look at this one here with Alvarez getting a shot off.

Jordan Pickford seeing it all along and just get something on it here, but few and far between when it came to opportunity.

So let's get into this 55th minute. And finally, the deadlock is broken. And watch this ball.

My goodness from Rodgers. Watch the way that he curls it right around the back of the defense. And I'll tell you what.

Anthony Gordon, one, way to be onside. And two, on that second hop here. The first hop here.

Look at this. To just steer it into the far corner. And now you think, oh, my goodness. Deadlock broken.

David Beckham's happy. Everybody's happy from an England perspective. And they think. They think. They believe.

And that's so fast. That's so fast. You got to play defense.

Argentina starts to grow into the game, getting opportunities. Wonderful tackle here.