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So, England are on the so-called ‘easy side of the draw’, where their path to glory is paved with gold?
Right?
Guess again, says Jacob Steinberg, who douses cold water on that hot take by taking a look at England’s murky past.
Preamble
Daniel Gallan
We’re back! And now that the group stage is done and dusted, things are getting serious.
Tomorrow the knockouts get going with Switzerland playing the defending champions Italy, and hosts Germany take on Denmark.
We’ll have all the build up to those games and plenty more besides. No doubt there’ll be some fresh outrage around England. Surely we’ll have a new take on Mbappe’s France. Perhaps we might even start to wonder if a young Spanish team is, wait for it, the real deal?!
Drop a line with your thoughts. The whackier the better.