Yahoo Sports AM is our daily newsletter that keeps you up to date on all things sports. Sign up here to get it every weekday morning.(Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)Argentina, playing on a razor’s edge all tournament long, looked destined to finally see their flame extinguished at the hands of an English side seeking 60 years of catharsis. Instead, La Albiceleste again saved their best for last on Wednesday in Atlanta, sending the defending champions and their legendary No. 10 back to another World Cup Final.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementArgentina 2, England 1: A first half that more closely resembled a wrestling match than a soccer game — with the sides combining for 10 fouls and zero shots at the first hydration break — gave way to a thrilling conclusion as the mounting pressure built to its inevitable combustion.England struck first on a 55th-minute finish from Anthony Gordon; in hindsight, that (relatively) early lead might have been the worst thing to happen to Thomas Tuchel’s side, which chose to batten down the hatches for the rest of the game. Did they forget who they were facing?Indeed, after an endless barrage of Argentine attacks, Enzo Fernández finally broke through with an equalizing missile in the 85th minute. Just seven minutes later, a Lautaro Martínez header turned England’s dream into an all-too-familiar nightmare. Their boogeyman? Lionel Messi, of course, who assisted both goals.Escape artists: Perhaps England’s questionable approach to park the bus so early opened the door for Argentina’s late-game heroics. But anyone who’s watched La Albiceleste these last few weeks knows that the Three Lions may have simply been powerless against a result that felt more preordained than miraculous. Because this wasn’t a miracle; this was just Argentina.Jay Busbee, Yahoo SportsNobody can be like Argentina. That’s the whole point of La Albiceleste. They’re singular, a force unlike any in the World Cup this year, maybe unlike any in World Cup history. They are the defending champions, yes, but they’ve found a new, bizarre roadmap to victory in this year’s tournament.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementIn all four of its knockout rounds this year — against Cape Verde, Egypt, Switzerland and now England — Argentina has won without holding the lead after 90 minutes of play. “They find a way to win” undersells what Argentina does, time and time again. Argentina win after the other squad has already begun dreaming of moving on, begun buying plane tickets, begun naming their children after their poor soon-to-be doomed heroes.Argentina is the monster lurking under your bed, in your closet, in the backseat of your car late at night. Argentina comes back to life after the credits have rolled. Argentina will speak up and halt weddings while all others hold their peace. Argentina simply will not die.It’s not coming home: Soul-crushing losses in major tournaments have become as customary an English tradition as the Sunday roast or after
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