Kane and Bellingham air strong views in England World Cup review

England players are understood to have aired strong views about their World Cup semi-final defeat by Argentina in a team meeting. BBC Sport has been told the squad feel that now they have been able to have their say, they can move on from their heartbreak in Atlanta on 15 July. And this was demonstrated in the last international break when England, after a narrow defeat by Spain in the first game, went on to win the next three matches impressively.

The ramifications of the Argentina defeat, or perhaps more pertinently, the circumstances, meant some of the squad held grievances, with those feelings lingering and even growing throughout the summer. In particular there was unhappiness about how Tuchel told them to approach the closing stages of the game after Anthony Gordon had given them a 55th-minute advantage. As reported by BBC Sport at the time, a number of senior England players held misgivings at Tuchel's instructions for the closing stages of the Argentina loss, believing the approach was too negative and defensive.

Hindsight, of course, is 20/20.