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England v Argentina: Football's Most Persistent...
Football has a habit of pretending history does not matter, right up until the precise moment it does. England against Argentina arrives carrying enough emotional luggage to fill an entire...
England v Argentina: Football's Most Persistent...
Football has a habit of pretending history does not matter, right up until the precise moment it does. England against Argentina arrives carrying enough emotional luggage to fill an entire...
From the Azteca to Miami: England's Night of Ch...
There was a moment, somewhere in the eleventh minute of stoppage time at the Estadio Azteca, when John Stones prodded the ball agonisingly wide of his own goal and 80,000...
From the Azteca to Miami: England's Night of Ch...
There was a moment, somewhere in the eleventh minute of stoppage time at the Estadio Azteca, when John Stones prodded the ball agonisingly wide of his own goal and 80,000...
The Air Is Thinner Up Here, And So, Perhaps, Mu...
There is a particular irony awaiting England at 2,200 metres above sea level. Throughout this World Cup - against Ghana's disciplined retreating lines, against DR Congo's stubborn, narrow banks -...
The Air Is Thinner Up Here, And So, Perhaps, Mu...
There is a particular irony awaiting England at 2,200 metres above sea level. Throughout this World Cup - against Ghana's disciplined retreating lines, against DR Congo's stubborn, narrow banks -...
Beyond the Group Stage
There is a curious tension that arrives with the knockout stages of any major tournament. The jeopardy increases, but the football often contracts. Risk gives way to caution, ambition to...
Beyond the Group Stage
There is a curious tension that arrives with the knockout stages of any major tournament. The jeopardy increases, but the football often contracts. Risk gives way to caution, ambition to...
Walls Without Windows
There is a particular kind of frustration that belongs exclusively to football - not the sharp, clarifying pain of a goal conceded or a red card, but the slow, airless...
Walls Without Windows
There is a particular kind of frustration that belongs exclusively to football - not the sharp, clarifying pain of a goal conceded or a red card, but the slow, airless...
The Space Between the Noise
Thomas Tuchel's technical area during the first half against Croatia looked less like a dugout and more like a study in frustration. For 45 minutes, England were oddly mortal. Possession...
The Space Between the Noise
Thomas Tuchel's technical area during the first half against Croatia looked less like a dugout and more like a study in frustration. For 45 minutes, England were oddly mortal. Possession...