Youth faces experience when England’s young guns and Croatia’s old guard face off in Wednesday’s World Cup semi-final in Moscow, with the prize of a return trip to the Luzhniki Stadium for the final. England have not reached the last four for 28 years and have only once before reached the final, when they won the World Cup on home soil in 1966.
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England’s FIFA World Cup nears fever pitch on #WaistcoatWednesday
All over the country similar mass screenings are planned as England attempt to reach just the second World Cup final in their history
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FIFA World Cup 2018: England defeat Colombia 4-3 on penalties – photos
England held their nerve against Colombia to win their first ever penalty shootout in a World Cup and reach the quarter-finals in dramatic fashion on Tuesday. Eric Dier scored the decisive spot-kick to win the shootout 4-3 and send Gareth Southgate’s young team through to a meeting with Sweden, who earlier beat Switzerland.
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Russia World Cup 2018: England 2-1 victory over Tunisia – photos
Captain Harry Kane came to the rescue with two goals, the second a dramatic injury-time winner, as England began their World Cup Group G campaign with a stuttering 2-1 win over Tunisia on Monday. Gareth Southgate’s men almost paid a heavy price for missing a slew of first-half chances when Tunisia’s Ferjani Sassi slotted home a softly-awarded penalty 20 minutes before half-time.
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Coach says Tunisia beaten by ‘optimal striker’ Kane
‘If we were to get a draw, it would have been an excellent result for us,’ said Tunisia coach Nabil Maaloul