Did anyone else get a case of the old deja vu last night?

When England sat back after taking the lead, the painful Euro 2020 final came to mind when the Three Lions invited Italy on until they were beaten in a penalty shootout.

Two opportunities missed.

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Matt Upson
Former England defender on BBC Radio 5 Live

It hurts. A lot of fans, all the players, everyone involved, it's an awful feeling.

To be in a position that we were, I think there's a level of frustration for me because the psychology behind going ahead in a football match of this magnitude and then how that plays out on the pitch is just fascinating because I see us stop doing what was getting us in front.

We stopped. We scored the goal and we stopped doing the thing that's going to win us the game. And the moment you do that a team like Argentina feed off that. They smell it. It's instinctive for them and all of a sudden the swing of momentum after the hydration break it was over.

It was really frustrating to watch because you could see it slipping away out of our fingertips and that will be something that will be really disappointing.

The pain of going out at this stage again hurts deep and also starts to become a pattern and we need to break that cycle.

Chris Sutton
Former England forward on BBC Radio 5 Live

The fact that England got themselves in front and then basically handed Argentina the initiative... that was a coaching catastrophe from Thomas Tuchel.

You can't expect to defend for 30 minutes against the quality Argentina had.

It's all on the coach where I am concerned. He made the changes. He was negative, so the question which I'm going to ask is 'how can you trust Thomas Tuchel to take this team forward?'

Sami Mokbel
BBC Sport Senior football correspondent

England head coach Thomas Tuchel retains the backing of the Football Association and is expected to lead the team into Euro 2028.

A 2-1 defeat by Argentina on Wednesday meant England's men missed out on a first World Cup final appearance since 1966.

Tuchel was criticised for his substitutions as England squandered a 1-0 lead late on, but he has the full backing of FA chief executive Mark Bullingham.

The German signed a two-year contract extension in February having been appointed in January 2025 on an 18-month mission to win the World Cup.

The 2028 European Championship finals are being hosted by England, Wales, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland, and it was said that Tuchel viewed leading the side into a home Euros as a rare opportunity.

England will face France in the bronze-medal match on Saturday (22:00 BST) - and victory will mean this is their best performance in a men's World Cup since 1966.

"It is heartbreaking to be so close," said Bullingham.

"The players and Thomas gave it everything today and the squad, coaches and staff could not have worked harder during the tournament.

"I would like to thank them all - and also give my heartfelt thanks to our wonderful fans here in the USA and at home."

Despite the disappointment of losing in the semi-final, England's progress will be viewed internally as a relative success.

Tuchel said at his post-match news conference in Atlanta: "We keep on going with the contract until the home Euros.

"I'm looking forward to that even though right now it's difficult to look that far ahead.

"Of course, it's a semi-final; a lot of big football nations are eliminated before the semi-final, so it is an achievement.

"No-one wants to hear that at the moment; me neither because we demand the most of ourselves. That's just the nature of being competitive."

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There have been lots of different opinions on what went wrong for England last night. Don't forget to keep yours coming by using the 'Get Involved' button.

Whether you think Tuchel was to blame or not, the FA have come out and backed the England boss after the defeat.

Harry Sekulich
BBC News

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The Prince of Wales has reacted to England's World Cup semi-final defeat by Argentina, writing that he is "gutted" about the 2-1 loss.

His statement shared by Kensington Palace read: "The fight and belief you have shown has inspired us all. The most complete England team in a tournament.

"Hold your heads high," he said, signing off as "W" which indicates it came directly from Prince William, patron of the Football Association.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer also said he was "gutted" about England's defeat, but added: "The passion and energy they've shown representing the badge has made us all proud."

Argentina scored two late goals to secure their spot in the final against Spain, after England's Anthony Gordon netted a 55th-minute goal following a scoreless first half in Atlanta.

The Prince of Wales has expressed a strong passion for football, often seen cheering on Aston Villa FC.

"Thank you to everyone on and off the pitch, for an incredible tournament," his statement said.

Andy Payne, who was in Atlanta for last night's match against Argentina, says despite their loss the England squad has "played brilliantly well" in this tournament.

"Tuchel might get a lot of criticism," he says, "but everything he's done so far has been great."

Payne has watched 11 World Cups, been in the stadium for three semi-finals and clocked up more than 44 years of following the England team, having watched the squad face off against Argentina in 1986 and 1998.

Speaking to BBC Breakfast from Atlanta, he says the atmosphere in the stadium was only beaten by the crowds in the Azteca - when England beat Mexico.

"Every single England fan was behind the team," he says. Despite the loss, he says fans in Atlanta gave the England team a good send off: "They saluted us and we saluted them."

On missing out on a spot in Sunday's final, Payne says: "Every single time we just don't quite get there. We fell short and that's England really isn't it?"

England fans outside the Atlanta Stadium react to their World Cup semi-final defeat to Argentina.

Wayne Rooney
Former England striker on BBC One

It was too passive. Thomas Tuchel didn't change anything, but Argentina started come onto them.

Top managers counteract what is going on and don't go even deeper. What they do is go more front-footed and try to change the tempo and rhythm of the game. I think he got it wrong.

Against this team, the world champions, you will not get away with it. This has been the biggest test and we have failed it.

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Henry Winter
Football writer on BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast

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If we don't get agitated in a situation like this, when can we?

We should be angry about a situation like this. It is disgraceful.

I hope there are people within the FA who will call him out on this. When he was at clubs before he would have fallings out with people higher up who had issues. I don't think there is anyone at the FA who is going to call Tuchel out and maybe probably the only person who has the gumption to do it is England's best player, Jude Bellingham.

I hope he goes in there and says, 'look at your substitutions, look at yourself, look at what you did to this team, look what you did to those 20,000 England fans who spent absolute fortunes coming out here and now have the humiliation of the third-place play-off'.

Actually, if you look at the ticket prices tonight, it's going to be more expensive to buy a $250 car parking place near the Miami stadium than it is to buy a ticket itself because no one wants to go. That is the position he's put us in. And it's such a wasted opportunity.

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Alan Shearer says Thomas Tuchel's in-game changes backfired in England's World Cup semi-final defeat to Argentina, but the team gave it their all.

England manager Thomas Tuchel believes his team "got too passive" after scoring first in the World Cup semi-final against Argentina, which they lost 2-1 at Atlanta Stadium.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer

Tuchel's unique selling point when he succeeded Sir Gareth Southgate was the idea he would win matches his predecessor could not.

That he would not be gripped by the caution Southgate was criticised for when losing the last two Euros finals to Italy and Spain, as well as the 2018 World Cup semi-final to Croatia.

The thinking was that Tuchel would drive England over the line, whereas Southgate supposedly retreated from it.

And yet, when it counted and the pressure was at its height, Tuchel produced the sort of tactical retreat - and loss - that would have seen Southgate pilloried.

Instead, it will now be Tuchel getting the criticism for that decision - and rightly so.

Read more on about how Tuchel did not achieve his World Cup winning goal here.

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This graphic - showing the momentum of the match - says it all.

Not much in it until Anthony Gordon's opener... and then it was one-way traffic until Argentina eventually broke England's resistance.