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It was, for a change, quite routine on Saturday afternoon (by England tournament knockout game standards) as a 2-0 win over Sweden saw them qualify for only their third ever World Cup semi-final, and their first since 1990.

 

Ken is a journalist, and so is unmoved by those who would suggest that he’s not exactly embracing this England team… even if news that he was watching “The Wind That Shakes The Barley” on Saturday night leaked out online.

Jonathan Liew of The Independent in London and Rory Smith of the New York Times talk us through England’s impressive win, Pickford magic and look ahead to their match against an increasingly leggy-looking Croatia.

 

And we discuss Waddle’s lip wobble, self aware Ross Kemp, Harry Maguire’s slab-head, Stuart Barnes on Neymar, Richard Clayderman, and Didier Deschamps’ “that’ll do” management which has gotten them all the way to the World Cup semi-final.

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