Some things never change.

You would have thought that having the whole world rally their support behind an English side, including (indignant) countries who were once colonized by England, could settle the matter of winning a world cup Semi-final, to go into the main Final.

As soon as the battle lines were drawn, England pressed their attack fiercely on their opponents but after the first half ended, neither team had had any upper hand, as the half ended goalless. England injected a great dose of excitement into their supporters when they secured the first goal after Gordon played right into the waiting net.

Then Tuchel’s side elected to play defense only. My amateur eye in football would not have chosen such a tactic. But well, we’re probably only amateurs in football. It seemed to be going well. And all of us were counting the minutes to 90 until the 85th minute. To be honest I felt they should attack rather than defend so hard. Five minutes to the end of the scheduled 90th minute of regular play and Enzo Fernandez balled it into the back of the net, securing the much needed Equalizer for Argentina. Martinez scored the winner during Injury time, after receiving a cross from Lionel Messi to completely extinguish England’s hopes of bringing it home.

Also, the mystery of Argentina always equalizing, then winning after being down by a goal or more needs to be investigated. Is it really that they are more talented professional footballers than all the other teams? Or is there something sinister that beckons a second thinking?