England's Harry Kane was gutted after his side conceded two late goals to lose to Argentina in the World Cup semi-final, and the captain said they tried to hold on after going ahead but it was just not enough.England took the lead through Anthony Gordon's 55th-minute goal, but came under enormous pressure as Argentina drove forward.Enzo Fernandez netted the equaliser and Lautaro Martinez scored the winner in added time."We played a good game for the large majority of it. Once we went 1-0 up, we seemed to just try and hold on," Kane told the BBC."At this level, it's not enough, so just gutted, gutted because we've worked so hard to be here and the lads have given every last bit of running, sweat, blood, tears, whatever it is."After the goal, whether it was them putting more men forward or us just not being able to match them man for man, it just was wave after wave and we were trying to hold on as we were putting blocks in."But in the end, it wasn't enough."Harry Kane commiserates with Jude Bellingham after the match.AFP / Odd AndersenEngland have not reached a World Cup final since winning the trophy in 1966, and Thomas Tuchel's side came so close but ultimately were left with the same old sinking feeling."The boys are always ready for any moment in the game. When we went ahead, the messaging was to go again and get another goal," Kane said."Then obviously once they scored their two goals, it was to try and find something, but we couldn't quite get the momentum back in the game."We had a lot of good moments in this tournament. A lot of good games, another semi-final. We talk about knocking on the door. We're close, we just need to find that missing piece in the final stage of the tournament."Just gutted for the boys, gutted for everyone, the team, the staff, the fans."Tuchel defends tacticsEngland manager Thomas Tuchel defended his tactics after the Three Lions' World Cup dream ended in an agonising late defeat to Argentina.England appeared poised to reach their first World Cup final since 1966 after Anthony Gordon fired them into the lead early in the second half in Atlanta.Argentina's defender Nahuel Molina and England's forward #18 Anthony Gordon fight for the ball during the game.ODD ANDERSENBut England then invited wave after wave of late pressure from the defending champions and goals from Enzo Fernandez and Lautaro Martinez secured a famous 2-1 victory.Tuchel said his team had become "too passive" after taking the lead at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium."We're disappointed, we were so close but we got too passive after we scored and conceded a lot of chances," Tuchel told the BBC."We could not turn the ball possession around and then conceded so many crosses, chances and shots," the German coach added."We were close but couldn't keep the level up after we scored."Tuchel is likely to face serious scrutiny for his substitutions, notably the decision to bring goalscorer Gordon off for defender Ezri Konsa in the 72nd minute."I did also offensive substitutions in the last games, we just tried to help the players," he said."We conceded a chance straight away and we decided to go to a back five because the gaps were far too open."Straight after our goal, without any substitutions, we conceded way too many crosses and way too many chances so we tried to help."Of course, the responsibility is on the coach and if it doesn't go well, it is easy to say it was wrong."England manager Thomas TuchelRichard Pelham / Getty Images via AFPAsked why England had shied away from a more adventurous approach when leading, Tuchel replied: "Yes, but it doesn't help if you can't get the ball. We couldn't get out."Of course we wanted to go for the second goal but I did not have the feeling that offensive substitutions would help."We couldn't win any balls, we couldn't keep the ball so I think it was not a structural problem, we changed nothing. But the match changed completely."Tuchel admitted he expected to face criticism for his decisions."It's no problem, I can understand these discussions are out there and there are millions of coaches after the game who know it better," he said.Argentina's midfielder Giovani Lo Celso adjusts a banner reading "The Malvinas (Falkland Islands) belong to Argentina," after the semifinal.AFP / Jewel SamadArgentine players brandish political Falklands flagArgentina players held up a political banner declaring "Las Malvinas Son Argentinas" ("The Falklands are Argentine") after their 2-1 World Cup semi-final victory over England on Wednesday (US time), in apparent contravention of FIFA rules.FIFA's Stadium Code of Conduct bans "banners, flags, flyers, apparel and other paraphernalia that are of a political, offensive, and/or discriminatory nature" inside stadiums.World football's ruling body did not immediately reply to a request for comment.The question of sovereignty over the islands in the South Atlantic known to the British as the Falklands and the Argentines as the Malvinas has been a long-running sore in relations between the countries.They fought a short conflict over the islands in 1982, in which 649 Argentine soldiers and 255 British combatants died. Britain ultimately won and the vast majority of residents of the islands have said they wish to remain part of Britain.But Argentina has long claimed it inherited the islands from Spain after its independence in 1816 and that Britain took control in 1833 through an illegal colonial act.Lisandro Martinez and Giovani Lo Celso held up the banner, grinning, and waved to fans in the stands. It was unclear where the banner had come from.It is not the first time the question of political banners has come up during the World Cup. Last month in Los Angeles, Iranian Americans waved pre-revolutionary flags that are symbols of protest against the Tehran government when Iran played. Those matches proceeded without incident.-Reuters / AFPSee how all the action unfolded below: