​Former England captain Wayne Rooney laid the blame for the World Cup semi-final defeat squarely with Thomas Tuchel after suggesting that England “crumbled” against Argentina.Having taken the lead through Anthony Gordon in Atlanta, Tuchel made a number of defensive changes to cede the initiative and control of the contest.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementArgentina duly took advantage, with Lionel Messi conjuring two chances late on to swing the semi-final and secure a 2-1 success to set up a meeting with Spain in Sunday’s final.Tuchel had been praised for how he managed a rearguard action when England were reduced to 10 men in the round of 16 encounter with Mexico, but has faced heavy criticism for the introduction of defensive trio Ezri Konsa, Dan Burn and Nico O’Reilly.And Rooney felt that England’s capitulation began from there – leaving the manager with questions to answer.“We have crumbled,” a disappointed Rooney said on the BBC. “It started from the manager and the decisions he made. It was too passive.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement”Against this team, the world champions, you will not get away with it. This has been the biggest test and we have failed it.Wayne Rooney has slammed Thomas Tuchel’s changes (PA Wire)”I felt the changes we made at 1-0, that if Argentina scored we wouldn’t make extra time.”Tuchel only introduced Ivan Toney and Marcus Rashford in the final minutes as England sought a late equaliser having played a large period with six defenders on the pitch.“If you’re an attacking player on that pitch and you go 1-0 up and you see the changes which the manager’s making, you’re losing belief, there’s only so many times you can get away with it,” Rooney explained. “Then you start thinking, oh no we’re going to sit back for this long, how are we going to get through this?AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement“It’s a panic, it’s a real panic. You can’t go a goal up and then surrender the strength of the ball and surrender any opportunity going to try and get the second goal because that’s what you want to do.“If you let players of that quality have the ball around your penalty box, sooner or later they’re going to score.”