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I am not satisfied with the performance.
"I'm not satisfied with the performance."
When Tuchel spat those words into the ITV camera, Bellingham had just booted England into the World Cup semi-finals with a 93rd-minute winner.
The hero's response was even sharper: "He probably doesn't know what it's like to play Haaland and Ødegaard under these conditions."
He even threw in a "whatever" at the end.
Won the game, but the manager's face was black, and the top star publicly fired back.
The cracks in this dressing room look more glaring than the World Cup trophy itself.
Looking back at those 90 minutes, England survived purely by luck.
In the 36th minute, Schjelderup smashed a long-range shot into the net. Norway drew first blood.
Don't forget, this same team had just sent the five-time champions Brazil home 2-0 in the previous round, with Haaland scoring a brace at the death. England wasn't facing some pushover on a tourist trip.
In the 2nd minute of first-half stoppage time, Bellingham dragged them level by sheer force. Under pressure, he pulled the team back from the cliff's edge with individual brilliance.
In the 55th minute of the second half, Norway's Heggem scored from a corner scramble.
VAR saved the day. Haaland was called for a push on Elliot Anderson before the goal, and it was disallowed.
Tuchel admitted it himself after the match: "We were lucky in this game."
What happens when the luck runs out?
The 93rd minute. Bellingham again. The winner.
Let's do the math. In this World Cup's knockout stages, England has scored four goals in total.
All of them belong to Bellingham.
Round of 16 against Mexico, a 3-2 narrow escape. Bellingham scored two in 98 seconds, and Kane just slotted a penalty.
That match was at the Azteca Stadium. The same turf where Maradona's "Hand of God" happened in 1986. That geographical echo is enough to give England fans a headache.
Then look at the Norway game. Rice was subbed off at halftime, with a post-match rating of 4/10.
Tuchel preferred to bring on Eze and pull the midfield core early. That move was like smashing the tactical board in front of all of Europe.
On the same night, Argentina ground out a 3-1 win over ten-man Switzerland in extra time.
Before Embolo's red card, the Swiss had equalized. Down a man, they dragged the defending champions Argentina into extra time for 120 minutes. That 3-1 was earned with blood and sweat, nothing like a walkover.
July 15th, Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
England and Argentina have met 5 times in the World Cup, with England winning 3, drawing 1, and losing 1. The three most painful encounters are all scars left by Argentina.
1986: Maradona's Hand of God and Goal of the Century, single-handedly kicking England out.
1998: Simeone's dive, Beckham's red card, and a penalty shootout exit.
2002: Beckham's penalty revenge, 1-0. It took four years to swallow that bitter pill.
Now, the defending champions stand in their way again.
England has scored 13 goals in this tournament, matching the record for most goals in a single World Cup set in Qatar 2022.
This is the fourth time they've reached the World Cup semi-finals. The previous three: winning it all in 1966, losing to West Germany in the semis in 1990, and losing to Croatia in extra time in 2018.
On the Golden Boot leaderboard, Messi and Mbappé are tied at the top with 8 goals each, Haaland sits in between with 7, while Bellingham and Kane are tied with 6.
One man is carrying the team towards the final four, but his relationship with the manager has hit rock bottom.
In the player tunnel in Atlanta.
The face that scored 6 goals is about to come face-to-face with the face that said "not satisfied."