England's "fear of failure" costs them against Argentina
7/16/202629 min
England are out of the World Cup after a 2-1 loss to Argentina. Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer, Micah Richards, Joe Cole, Ally McCoist and Patrick Vieira react to yet another major tournament heartbreak for the Three Lions and look at the hard to understand approach from Thomas Tuchel after his side went 1-0 up.
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First 90 secondsGary Lineker· Host0:00
[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to The Rest is Football. Well, we've been here before. [laughs] We'll probably be here again. England are out of the World Cup. They'll play the third and fourth place playoff on Saturday, and Argentina go to the final, where they'll meet Spain. I'll discuss all of that with Joe Cole, Patrick Vieira, Ally McCoist, and of course, Micah and Alan. And if you prefer to watch the show, it's available on Netflix. [upbeat music] Car, we've been here before, but th- Yeah ... this one seemed really, really hard to take.
Joe Cole· Guest0:43
Yeah, it's def- it was deflating, weren't it? Because just listen, we've been here before. I think it's the same problems, guys. I think- Mm ... I, I, I think it's a case of if you, whoever, whoever takes England on and gets it done, you have to get over the hurdle where the fear of failure. It just, it just paralyzes England teams. 12% possession after we scored the- Mm ... the goal, and that just tells you that you're, there's something... It's, it's a mindset thing. You, you... W- we could talk about tactics, we could talk about substitutions, and, and everything like that. It comes from the manager- Mm ... ultimately, and too many times there's like a panic that sets in when we've, when we're nearly there, and we've got it, and we just trip off our own feet. We do, and it is just... It's heartbreaking because,