Thomas Tuchel has said that England’s World Cup semi-final defeat to Argentina is a “scar” that is becoming “more and more painful every single day”.Tuchel has faced 48 hours of intense criticism since Wednesday night’s 2-1 defeat over his tactical decisions, and while he said that he takes “personal responsibility” for it all, he also insisted that he does not regret any of the choices he made in Atlanta.England must now play the third-placed play-off game against France on Saturday, a game that Tuchel said “nobody wants” to play. But speaking at his pre-match press conference in Miami on Friday night, a downbeat Tuchel revealed how hurt he was by Wednesday evening.“We have to live with this,” Tuchel said. “So it’s our pain, my pain, and the players’ pain. We feel the most pain of all, and it is our scar that we carry now. It is a very painful defeat, and we have to live with this defeat first and foremost. Not the critics, not the experts, not our family members who suffer as well with us and want only the best for us. But it’s basically us.”England were 1-0 up in Atlanta with just five minutes left before conceding two late goals which sent Argentina to Sunday’s World Cup final instead. Since then Tuchel has faced criticism for England’s retreat in the second half, his defensive substitutions and his switch to a back five.“After a kind of a shock in the beginning, it is becoming more and more painful every single day,” Tuchel said. “It will be a scar for us. Unfortunately, not the first one, and very likely not the last one.”