About this episode

The episode discusses Argentina's comeback against England in the World Cup semifinal and Messi's performance at age 39.

ESPN FC is live right after Argentina's thrilling comeback against England in the World Cup semifinal. How did Argentina get away with it again, and how does Messi keep on bossing games at age 39? There will be fallout on the England side after this one. How will Tuchel explain letting Argentina back into the game after going up 1-0? We have a quick discussion about the France fallout before extra time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: ESPN FC

Topics covered

• World Cup
• soccer
• Argentina vs England
• Messi
• football analysis
• coaching strategies

Keywords

• Messi
• Argentina
• England
• World Cup
• soccer
• football
• Tuchel
• comeback
• semifinal

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ESPN, Tuchel

Places: Argentina, England, France

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