Speaker 1: Argentina just broke England's heart again, and this time they
Speaker 1: did it in the final ten minutes. England won Argentina
Speaker 1: two at Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, and for thirty
Speaker 1: minutes England were going to the World Cup Final. Anthony
Speaker 1: Gordon scored in the fifty fifth minute. England had the lead,
Speaker 1: they had the momentum, and they had Argentina on the ropes.
Speaker 1: For half an hour. England defended like their lives depended
Speaker 1: on it. The back line of Stun's Waker trip E
Speaker 1: Air and Rice was organized, disciplined and frustrating Argentina at
Speaker 1: every turn. Elliot Anderson picked up a yellow card in
Speaker 1: the thirty seventh minute for a fowl on Rodrigo de Paul.
Speaker 1: Lissandro Martinez got one in the forty second minute. The
Speaker 1: game was getting chippy, the tension was rising and England
Speaker 1: were handling it. Christian Romero got a yellow in the
Speaker 1: fifty first minute. Argentina were getting desperate. Then Gordon scored.
Speaker 1: England won Argentina zero. The ball came in from the left,
Speaker 1: Gordon made a run between the Argentine centre backs and
Speaker 1: his finish was clinical. For thirty minutes. England looked like
Speaker 1: the better team. They had controlled the second half, they
Speaker 1: had shut down Messi, they had limited Argentina to half chances.
Speaker 1: And then in the eighty fifth minute, everything changed. Enzo
Speaker 1: Fernandez scored the equalizer. The Chelsea midfielder, who has been
Speaker 1: the engine of Argentina's midfield all tournament, found himself with
Speaker 1: space at the edge of the box. He took one touch,
Speaker 1: he looked up, and he curled a shot past Jordan
Speaker 1: Pickford into the far corner one to one. England's lead,
Speaker 1: which had felt secure for half an hour, evaporated in
Speaker 1: one moment of brilliance, but England held on. They had
Speaker 1: five minutes of regulation time plus stoppage time to get
Speaker 1: to extra time. If they could survive those minutes, they
Speaker 1: would have thirty more minutes to find a winner. Southgate
Speaker 1: made substitutions, the defense dug in, the midfielders started tracking back.
Speaker 1: England were not going to let this slip. Then, in
Speaker 1: the second minute of stoppage time, lauta Ro Martinez scored
Speaker 1: the winner, a header off a set piece. The ball
Speaker 1: came in from the right, lautar Row rose above the
Speaker 1: English defense and his header flew past Pickford Before anyone
Speaker 1: could react, Argentina to England won with ninety two minutes
Speaker 1: on the clock. England had no time to respond. The
Speaker 1: final whistle blew two minutes later. Rodrigo de Paul picked
Speaker 1: up a yellow card in the fourth minute of stoppage
Speaker 1: time for a cynical foul, but by then the game
Speaker 1: was over. Argentina were going to the World Cup Final,
Speaker 1: England were going home. For England, this is a devastating
Speaker 1: end to a tournament where they survived by the skin
Speaker 1: of their teeth. Bailingham saved them against Norway, the defense
Speaker 1: held firm against Belgium, and tonight for eighty four minutes
Speaker 1: they looked like they were finally going to beat Argentina
Speaker 1: at a World Cup. They didn't. Argentina have now beaten
Speaker 1: England at four consecutive World Cups nineteen eighty six, nineteen
Speaker 1: ninety eight, twenty twenty two and twenty twenty six. No
Speaker 1: matter how close England get, no matter how much they improve,
Speaker 1: no matter how many brilliant young players they produce, Argentina
Speaker 1: find a way. Tonight it was Enzo Fernandez and Lautar
Speaker 1: Row Martinez, two players who have been decisive in the
Speaker 1: knockout rounds all tournament, two players who, when the pressure
Speaker 1: was at its highest, produced the moments that mattered. Messi
Speaker 1: did not score tonight, but he was on the field
Speaker 1: when Argentina equalized, he was on the field when lautar
Speaker 1: Roe won it, and now he is going to his
Speaker 1: second consecutive World Cup final at thirty nine years old.
Speaker 1: The greatest player of all time has one more shot
Speaker 1: at the biggest trophy in football, and the final is
Speaker 1: mouth watering. Arjeina versus Spain, the defending champions, against the
Speaker 1: team that has been the best in this tournament. Spain
Speaker 1: have beaten Portugal, Belgium and France on their way to
Speaker 1: MetLife Stadium. Argentina have beaten Egypt, Switzerland and England, two
Speaker 1: teams that have survived by finding late goals when it
Speaker 1: mattered most. Argentina versus Spain, Messi versus a Spanish midfield
Speaker 1: that might be the best in tournament history. One more game,
Speaker 1: one more trophy, one more chapter in the story of
Speaker 1: the greatest player ever. Quick note. This show is produced
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