Tottenham Hotspur legend Harry Kane had a tremendous World Cup as the No. 9 and talismanic figure of the Three Lions attack, as he and Jude Bellingham pretty much carried England to the World Cup semifinals, becoming the first duo in the history of the tournament to score six goals each when Jude Bellingham put two past Erling Haaland's Norway in a spirited 2-1 quarterfinals victory.
But despite going ahead 1-0 against Argentina, England blew the game. Thomas Tuchel, as he loves to do, played ultra defensive, moving to a 5-4-1 and playing almost everyone at the back defensively in an effort ot hold on. He ceded all the possession, played like a coward, took his two best players entirely out of the game in Kane and Bellingham, and got dominated with England obviously folding under the insane pressure while giving Lionel Messi and the Argentinian stars all the time to make yet another comeback.
It was mismanagement at its worst, and an issue Tuchel, who never responds to criticism or changes for the better, has run into in the past. England fans were incensed, and it was, in particular, the way Tuchel took the ball out of Kane's hands that infuriated the fan base the most.
Harry Kane got jobbed by Tuchel
Because look, how can you have the best striker on the planet and the Ballon d'Or frontrunner and not get him in positions to keep scoring? Why give up with the game just 1-0 against one of the best teams in the world?
Even when the game was 0-0 or 1-1 and totally up for grabs, England still played like cowards and could not get the ball to Kane. Throughout the tournament, Thomas Tuchel took Harry Kane's quality for granted, forcing him to fight for scraps and score out of nowhere, failing to gameplan specifically to best utilize and put his best players in positions to score.
Tottenham fans were not the only ones upset about this after the game, as pretty much every England fan was disappointed with Tuchel's coaching. And it was obvious from the reactions of the players afterwards, like Jude Bellingham, that they were incredibly frustrated with how Tuchel coached England, and they did not like how easily England were forced to basically give up attacking.
England fans, after watching how little Kane got to impact the game, realize that Tuchel might be a bigger issue than even Gareth Southgate was in terms of holding back England from being true killers internationally. He may be their very own Thomas Frank.
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