India, July 15 -- Thomas Tuchel knows the threat posed by Lionel Messi as England gear up to face Argentina in their FIFA World Cup semi-final. Argentina have scored 17 goals at this year's World Cup, out of which eight have been scored by Lionel Messi, a joint-high for the competition, alongside Kylian Mbappe.

Speaking at the pre-match press conference, England head coach Thomas Tuchel revealed that he had considered man-marking the Argentina skipper.

"I was thinking about this, if we do a proper old-school man-mark [on Messi]," he said.

"I'm not sure if we follow through with this idea but it crossed my mind. I think everyone knows the spaces where he wants to show up. It's just like, you analyse the matches, you feel he just sees st...