After 102 games we know that 2026 World Cup final will be between Spain and Argentina in New Jersey on Sunday. Our football correspondent Nick Ames has been in the US and Mexico all tournament and is now live answering your questions – post yours nowSign in or create your Guardian account to join the discussionBabyH asks: Do you think Tuchel should take all the blame? The decision to simply defend at 1-0 was questionable, but the main problem was that the players implemented it poorly - both Argentina’s goals were scored by unmarked players.Daniel707 asks: Do you feel Tuchel should lose his job?
Should he be given more time and under what conditions? Like get to the Euros finals or play the Euros well?Ultimately it stops with him. I can’t really look much further on this one.
Maybe Messi’s cross shouldn’t be met by 5ft 9in Martinez with Stones jumping in front … maybe Bellingham should see the danger more quickly and be out to block Fernandez. But players are not going to get everything 100% right if you’re asked to park the bus for 40 minutes, especially not against a team with such cunning and craft. And ask yourself this – apart from Dan Burn maybe, how many of these England players are really used to manning a rearguard action at domestic level?
It was one thing doing this with 10 men against a Mexico team whose one idea was to cross the ball badly. And even if shoring up the back line, why not retain some ball-carrying threat from wide, which would also have the effect of giving Argentina’s attacking full-backs something to think about? We could go on forever.I think Tuchel should stay, there is little point rolling the dice again when little broader vision is evident in any case.
It’s not quite enough of a flop to cut ties now. But make no mistake – he was brought in to win things, nothing less, so if England do not win Euro 2028 then his appointment has been a failure.Thanks for raising this. As soon as I realised the Port Arthur refinery in Texas was located two hours from a World Cup venue, and learned more about the public health and economic situations there, I felt it was essential to visit.
Fifa take a gargantuan amount of money from Aramco – and others of course – and should have to account for it. They have a “sustainable sourcing code” for sponsors and a sustainability/human rights strategy for the World…
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