England¡¯s long wait to win a World Cup, or even reach the final, goes on ?after a loss to defending champion Argentina on Wednesday, but manager Thomas Tuchel prefers to see it in soccer terms and not as a curse after a clash he described as two separate games.
England has not reached the decider since lifting the World Cup for the only time in 1966, and it looked like ?it might get that monkey off its back until Argentina netted two late goals for a 2-1 ?win in ?the semi-final.
¡°I love to see these things in a football matter and not ?through football curses,¡± Tuchel told reporters. ¡°I don¡¯t believe so much in an English thing and in a curse or whatever, history repeating itself in these moments.
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