By Edgardo Avelar
Michael Owen, one of the great historical references of the England teamlaunched harsh criticism against the national team after its World Cup elimination at the hands of Argentina. The former footballer assured that overconfidence was born after the suffered 2-3 victory against the Mexico team at the Azteca Stadium, a result that, in his opinion, completely blinded both the fans and the British media.
“It was the worst thing that could have happened to England. It’s not the model to win a World Cup, but the model to lose it,” Owen said in his column for the Day-to-day Mail newspaper.
The former Liverpool and Precise Madrid player He regretted the excessive euphoria that was experienced in the United Kingdom after successfully emerging from Mexico City.
MICHAEL OWEN: England will now not be ‘brave’ for the manner they beat Mexico. The response drives me angry. Play cherish that vs France, Spain or Argentina and we’ll derive our backsides kicked https://t.co/M2uNuBdBmM
— Day-to-day Mail Sport (@MailSport) July 7, 2026
“In the hours after the victory at Azteca, I warned about a dangerous excessive reaction among former players and fans; there was a complete misunderstanding of what bravery in football really means. It was described as our best performance in history and some called me a pessimist for pointing out that, at all, I don’t know how to do it,” he wrote forcefully.
Fire against Thomas Tuchel
Owen held nothing back and directed his batteries directly towards the benchcalling into question the approach and reading of the game by the German technical director, Thomas Tuchel, especially in the most critical moments of the tournament.
“MEXICO WAS THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPENED TO ENGLAND.” ? ???????
Michael Owen and a criticism of England after the defeat against Argentina. The former player wrote a column for Day-to-day Mail where he pointed out how the team drew the wrong conclusions about how to defend a? pic.twitter.com/Bsr6KG6uYy
— ESPN.com.mx (@ESPNmx) July 18, 2026
“This is where Thomas Tuchel comes in… but he was wrong. He didn’t help the team when it needed it more than ever. His substitutions and tactical changes fostered negativity and doubts. They were some of the worst moves I’ve ever seen. They brought him in to change this, but instead of being the solution, he became part of the problem,” he concluded..
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