World Cup semi-final: the big reaction of the English fans after the final whistle

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E s was a remarkable scene that took place in the stands twenty minutes after the semifinal of the World Cup between Croatia and England. There were English fans who sang incessantly, their team had long been beaten and disappeared with drooping heads in the catacombs of the Luzhniki stadium. But the curve has sung. Outré

Moscow should have become the site of the greatest success of English football in half a century. But the dream of the finale was over, destroyed by ruthlessly effective Croats. English fans still sang. How they always do that, with fervor and a smile. "Do not look back in anger". Do not look back in anger.

Southgate-Elf erupts

Nothing more appropriate at this time than the clbadic British band Oasis. They sang so loudly that the embbady had to reach the devastated English team in the cabin: you made us happy. Or as the English commentator said a little later: "The message from home is: We will not forget this summer so early because of the football you played."

The young English team had surprised several experts. The semi-finals were a moderate sensation. And the team had played a brave first game, had rightly taken the lead, but Gareth Southgate's men ran out of gas, they burst in completely after the break, both physically and mentally.

The least experienced team in the tournament Submissions may well be unknowingly, "said Southgate. Croatia won 2-1 and plays in the final against France on Sunday. "We wanted to create moments for eternity, for ourselves and for others," said England's head coach, who won the sympathies of his compatriots shortly before the kick off. Let it shoot. A moment for eternity, the former defender has not succeeded.

English fans deserved the final

Supporters still supported their team and the coach. They sang in a good mood through the cannon of football in the motherland. "Football's Coming Home", "God save the Queen", "Do not look back in anger". The relentlessness with which they reacted to the result after the disappointing result of the semifinal caused goose bumps to the other spectators in the stadium.

Nobody can be as optimistic about the disappointment transforming as the fans of the "Three Lions". Is probably accessible only to those who thoroughly explore the English soul.

And even if the English team could not convince over the 120 minutes against Croatia and lost to the deserved end, his fans had won the World Cup final.