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ENGLAND AND ROAD TO GLORY

JOHN LYONS TAKES A LOOK AT HOW THE THREE LIONS CAN SHOCK THE FOOTBALL WORLD IN RUSSIA

A NATION HOPES…
HAVE you dared to dream that England captain Harry Kane will lift the World Cup aloft in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium on July 15? Perhaps not, but there is always reason to hope. Who, after all, thought Greece would win Euro 2004?
And at least Gareth Southgate and his troops go into the tournament with one major plus – there is little expectation. How many times have the Three Lions headed into tournaments with the general public believing, rightly or wrongly, that they had ...

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