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I was a football fan in those days, but, never dreaming England would even get past the preliminary rounds, went ahead with plans for an extended trip through Europe. Striking a note somewhat similar to the “Yet you participate in society! Curious!” man in that “We should improve society somewhat” meme, he also says: For the first - and only - time since the competition began in 1930, an England player was able to hold the Jules Rimet trophy aloft in triumph. It is positively whizzing past, isn’t it? It is only day ten of this World Cup like no other, and already we are at the sharp end of the group stages. By close of play tonight, eight teams will have “played three” next to their names, and four of them will be going home. Well, let us be honest, three of them will be going home, and Qatar will just be sat glumly in the corner of their own party. In many ways, the bomb threat [aimed at Maguire’s home and family] was perhaps the logical culmination of what we might describe as English football’s Maguire-industrial complex: an industry that grew up around his towering performances in the 2018 World Cup before juddering violently in the other direction. Just as Maguire became the face and the forehead of a new, humbler and more relatable England side, so he would become the face and flailing limbs of their regression, the emblem of a United team struggling to define their identity under four successive managers.
It became clear towards the end of that Portugal and Uruguay match yesterday that I don’t really understand the handball rule any more, and I probably am not alone. Chief VAR nerd Dale Johnson at ESPN was 100% convinced it should not have been a penalty against Jose Maria Gimenez in the 89th minute on Monday. He writes: And so, on to England. Many, if not most, of our fans were disappointed when we were drawn in the same group as our nextdoor neighbours. If the European Championship is about big international derbies and the continent’s heavyweights being pitted against each other, part of the World Cup’s allure is new teams, strange fixtures, different experiences, something that can’t be provided by the familiarity of Luke Shaw and Mason Mount. Before last Monday night the only competitive games Wales had played against non‑European opposition were against Mexico and Brazil in 1958. Declan Rice was not part of the plan in this global festival of football. I and a friend tried to get into a pub to watch the match in the childrens tv room, but we were thrown out.My son, Paul was born on May 10th 1966. Lay on my knee during the broadcast of the game, cried when I cheered.
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This was the year Bobby Moore's team defeated West Germany 4-2 in the World Cup final on 30 July, after a nail-biting and controversial match. The vitriol and disdain towards Qatar as the tournament approached has been laughable. You would have thought the tournament had been awarded to the country a few months ago. It’s the same debate that was had ten years ago. Since Qatar was awarded the tournament, things have changed, and progress has been made on the human rights of migrant workers. While there is still a long way to go, the situation is streets ahead of where they were ten years ago – with improvements in housing, facilities and wages. An England win would see them top Group B. They’ll be at risk of going out if they lose by four goals, which seems unlikely. Wales are on the brink of elimination but are bound to be hugely motivated. Southgate expects a tough test, which is why he isn’t rotating too heavily.
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