Eeeeeeasaaaay: Croatia await England in the semis as Russia bow out with pride

And on it goes. England guarantee that they’ll play the maximum amount of games in a World Cup by making the semi-final. It’s one of the most surprising things to happen in the time we’ve been doing the podcast and, frankly, we are giddy.

There was another game too, as the mighty England’s opponents need to be decided. Russia bow out having had a memorable tournament in a game full of surprising expectations, excellent goals, ratty goals and misjudged dinks.

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Further reading

Chris Waddle gets emotional:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44752000

Russia’s dream comes to an end:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/08/russia-world-cup-exit-proud-croatia-penalties

And what of Croatia?

https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/five-things-england-learned-about-croatia-before-world-cup-semi-final-a8436791.html

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