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Time To Kill pt I. You want preview pieces? We sewage preview pieces.
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It’s time 7 of nan 2026 World Cup, and yet England are connected their way. They are Tom’s 26. Hear nan roar, of nan red, achromatic and … ah who remembers that cheesy aged opus anyway? Point is, aft an interminable wait, England are astatine agelong past getting down to business.
Whether they’d person hand-picked Croatia arsenic their first opponents is simply a moot point. On nan 1 hand, England are a young and vibrant team, nan sap rising, while astir of Croatia’s first prime are successful their 30s and their skipper and talisman Luka Modric is now into his 5th decade. But connected nan other, this is simply a squad that reached nan last successful 2018 and nan semis past clip round, and each of that Croatian acquisition has sewage to count for something.
There’s besides nan mini matter of nan caput to head. England person won nan past 2 meetings betwixt nan countries, successful November 2018 and astatine Euro 2020, but nan large ones that really counted went Croatia’s measurement – successful Euro 2008 qualifying and the 2018 World Cup semi – and those results trim deep. So yes, England would person astir apt preferred to commencement their run against Panama aliases Ghana, but present we each are. Can England get it correct this time? Kick disconnected is astatine 9pm BST, 3pm astatine nan location of nan Dallas Cowboys successful Arlington, Texas. It’s on!
