00:02England's World Cup journey ended in disappointment after a 2-1 semi-final defeat to Argentina
00:09but Liverpool fans still have plenty of reason to tune in to Sunday's final.
00:16Reds midfielder Alexis McAllister played a key role as Argentina booked their place in the showpiece
00:24producing another composed display in the heart of midfield.
00:30While England's players return home wondering what might have been, Alexis McAllister will now travel on to the final
00:39and has a chance to add a second World Cup winner's medal to his growing list of honours.
00:45The 27-year-old has once again shown the intelligence, work rate and technical quality as well as being alongside
00:53Messi in a team.
00:54The player is also a favourite at Anfield and will be returning to Merseyside with confidence no matter what the
01:01result is on Sunday for the World Cup final.
01:06However, he will be hoping that he can return with another winner's medal.
01:12Liverpool actually signed Alexis McAllister after his successful World Cup campaign in 2022
01:18and he'll be hoping to return to Anfield after another successful campaign in 2026.
01:25For England fans though, that's their tournament over. Here's what some of the fans at the ground had to say.
01:31First off was KG, right? It was the most tense first off of football I've seen in a long time.
01:38Second off, we nicked a goal. I thought, oh my god, okay, we got the momentum.
01:45Nothing, right? Negative substitutions, defensive players come on and then you're thinking, okay, against Mexico, 10 men at the altitude,
01:54fair enough.
01:55To then think 30 minutes in this stadium against the best team in the tournament for making comebacks, the best
02:01strategy is to sit back.
02:03And then when they scored and we went 1-1, you're thinking to yourself, well, the momentum's in their favour
02:08and what have we got?
02:09What are we going to do? Because we've reduced our attacking outlets. We haven't got many options.
02:15I think that was a tactical disaster, honestly. I actually think if we kept playing the way we played in
02:21the first half,
02:21kept the same players on, kept pushing forwards, if they score, so be it, we can equalise.
02:26But actually, we set ourselves up for failure. And then when they scored the second goal, you knew it was
02:31over.
02:31We had nothing. Because at that point, the momentum shifted so much and we've got no options.
02:37Do you know something? I really thought we were going to win it. It's very disappointing.
02:42I think Tuchel's tactics were too negative. And had we gone for it a little bit more after we'd scored,
02:49I think it might have been different. It just felt like we were inviting trouble.
02:55I thought Messi was a different mustard.
02:57What?
02:57That's it.
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