THE LOWDOWN — THE FULL HISTORY
THE MATCH
World Cup 2026 semi-final: England 1-2 Argentina. Gordon put England ahead in the 55th minute. Enzo Fernández equalised in the 85th and Lautaro Martínez won it in the 90+2nd minute. Argentina went through to the final against Spain.
THE SURRENDER
England held the line for 55 minutes. Then they scored, and retreated. The film tracks England's median action height, how far from their own goal they were playing, falling from 49 metres to 18 metres as Argentina took over the pitch.
THE FILM
A momentum-terrain data visualisation: England's and Argentina's territory rendered as a landscape that shifts minute by minute, with the score, scorers and minutes as the fixed points. The terrain is an illustrative visualisation built around the real match, not a minute-by-minute tracking feed.
THE LINE
The climb came only after it was over.
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THE TERRACES — DISCUSSION
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