Our Gareth, who art in Samara,
Hallowed be they waistcoat,
Thy moment's come,
Thy match will be won,
In normal, not extra time,
Give us this day our 2-1 win,
And forgive us for doubting your tactics,
As we forgive those that dive against us,
Lead us not into penalty shootouts,
But deliver us from Sweden,
For thine is the semi's,
The Final and the Glory,
For ever and ever.
I read that out loud to himself Sharon, it’s very good :)
We have a Swedish branch of the family and I promised to hang our rather large Swedish flag from the window if they won. Phew...
Excellent. I believe it's between us and Belgium now. Belgium are in their golden era now in terms of players but so are we. We may not have the most outstanding bunch, but we have, most importantly, a combination that work well together. They're young, confident, fearless and hungry.
France have Kylian Mbappe. A star in the making. If they put out a full team of 11 at last instead of inexplicably carrying Giroud every time then they’ll be a handful :-)