Another England World Cup campaign has ended in horrible heartbreak.
When Anthony Gordon tapped home a superb counter attacking move to make it 1-0, it looked as if Thomas Tuchel's Three Lions were going to head to the World Cup final, having beaten one of the world's best in Argentina.
Unfortunately, after the Gordon strike, England's tactics became far too negative and passive, and waves of relentless Argentina pressure eventually resulted in two late goals being scored by Lionel Messi and Co. to hand the reigning world champions a dramatic 2-1 win.
This isn't the first time Tuchel has surrendered a one-goal lead as a manager, despite all his experience as a Champions League winning tactician, with the German's last experience of facing Southampton in the Premier League, as Chelsea boss, resulting in a similar crushing defeat.
Tuchel's collapse against Southampton
Tuchel might well have his head on a stick right now when it comes to passionate Three Lions supporters being down in the dumps, but he is recognised - in the wider footballing world - for being a world-class manager.
Indeed, the German has quite the trophy collection from the sidelines, having lifted the Ligue 1 title with Paris Saint Germain, the Bundesliga title with Bayern Munich, and the illustrious Champions League trophy with Chelsea.
During his time with the Blues, however, a Premier League title evaded him, and he won't have many happy memories of St. Mary's either, as he collapsed to a 2-1 loss at Southampton's home ground in August of 2022, with his dismissal announced in September of that year.
Slamming Chelsea's defending as "not being tough enough" on the day, with the England defending equally as lax as Messi ran riot in Atlanta, a spirited Saints comeback - after Raheem Sterling opened the scoring - would secure the 2-1 win, as Romeo Lavia and Adam Armstrong shared out the goals for the hosts.
Sacked very soon after this disappointing loss to Ralph Hasenhuttl's men, it will be interesting to see if the negative German sticks it out in the England dug-out, after the nation's hopes of an elusive World Cup final were squashed right at the death.
Will he stay on as England manager?
Already, talk has centred on the fact England should look to serial winner Pep Guardiola to replace Tuchel, with the Spaniard perhaps just what the Three Lions need to get over their 1966 hoodoo.
For the time being, it does look as if the well-travelled manager will be staying put in the pressurised dug-out, with a third place playoff game still to play against Didier Deschamps' France, who will definitely be leaving Les Bleus behind after this aimless tie is done.
Southampton fans will be more intrigued by the long-term future of their own German tactician, with it still up in the air as to whether Tonda Eckert will be handed a ban or not for his involvement in the heavily talked about Spygate scandal.
He will be desperate to remain in his job post, so he can finally guide the South Coast giants to promotion.
It remains to be seen whether Tuchel has this same hunger to guide England to Euros glory in 2028, as another miserable night in Three Lions history took place on Wednesday.
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