Falklands war 2026 colorized. A first half that did not include much football, just mostly a ton of fouls and confrontations. When they did play football it was quite even. First half saw 19 fouls and 0 shots on target. Also 3 shots in total which is the lowest in 45 minutes out of all the games this tournament. First time no shot on target in 30 minutes in all of World Cup history (last record was 29 minutes between England - Norway). Second half wasn’t as extreme as the first 45 minutes luckily. But a brilliant cross from Rogers and a good finish from Gordon was enough to open the score. Which was really needed in a game like this, because it completely opens the game for both sides to have more chances. Really really brilliant tackle from Djed Spence, for me its the tackle of the tournament. England were actually hanging on by a thread in the last 15 or so minutes and thats what killed them. Enzo Fernandez being allowed to shoot from distance and force a corner is one thing, him being allowed to do the exact same thing again without anyone marking him is genuinely a disaster. Then the second goal is just more of the same with bad defending, no one rushing to block crosses and just hoping for the best, awful. Maybe unpopular opinion but Argentina deserved this one, they took advantage of England their massive weakness here. Two more Messi assists, has g/a in each of his last 11 WC games. 12 g/a this tournament too, one more than Mbappé. First time from at least 2002 that i checked that a team ranked 1st in the FIFA rankings reached the final (or semi final for that matter) Man of the match probably just Messi, so important yet again.