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I n Samara, the once secret heart of the Soviet space program, England is about to take off. And that's part of the danger as they prepare for an improbable World Cup quarter-final against Sweden.
Win this upward trajectory and upward trajectory behind Gareth Southgate and this growing team will go into orbit. Losing and he will feel like the opportunity of a lifetime has been wasted. Soufflé, in fact, even if it will still be considered a successful campaign (ish). This is not rocket science.
The fact that it is Sweden who is in the style of England and a semi-final against Russia or Croatia makes it even more tricky – and not terrific – yet so much more familiar. In a sense, it is already a retro tie, a return to the 90s when England reached the last four of the Italia 90, then also the semifinals of the Euro 96 when Three Lions – revived in Russia – became their anthem.
The Swedes had their own sparkling between the two when they reached the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup in the United States with their own anthem: Vi Gräver Guld USA (we are digging gold in the USA). They are mining again and have tried to get under the skin of England.
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