⚽ World Cup kick-off time: 4pm EST/9pm BST/6am AEST
⚽️ Guide to all 1,248 players | Bracketology | Golden Boot
Ever do that thing where you fix one problem and unwittingly create another? If so, there are three lions who know how you feel. To explain. For decades, England were notoriously poor starters at a major tournaments. Between 1986 and 2016, they won only two of their 14 opening matches at a World Cup or European Championships. Then Harry Kane scored a late winner against Tunisia in 2018 and it all started to change.
Englnd have won their last five opening games, culminating in Wednesday’s happy-go-lucky 4-2 defeat of Croatia. But that has facilitated a different problem, one with which all Stone Roses and Elastica fans are familiar: the difficult second group game.
Continue reading…⚽ World Cup kick-off time: 4pm EST/9pm BST/6am AEST⚽️ Guide to all 1,248 players | Bracketology | Golden BootEver do that thing where you fix one problem and unwittingly create another? If so, there are three lions who know how you feel. To explain. For decades, England were notoriously poor starters at a major tournaments. Between 1986 and 2016, they won only two of their 14 opening matches at a World Cup or European Championships. Then Harry Kane scored a late winner against Tunisia in 2018 and it all started to change.Englnd have won their last five opening games, culminating in Wednesday’s happy-go-lucky 4-2 defeat of Croatia. But that has facilitated a different problem, one with which all Stone Roses and Elastica fans are familiar: the difficult second group game. Continue reading…