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Lionel Messi sets up stunning World Cup comeback to put Argentina in final, did Tuchel cause England collapse?

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There was a moment, with seven minutes of the 90 remaining, when Lionel Messi, 39, found himself racing back towards the halfway line with Nico O’Reilly, 18 years his junior, to try to retrieve a loose ball.

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