World Cup: England knocked out by Croatia in semi-finals

Summary

England lose 2-1 to Croatia in World Cup semi-finals
Three Lions were in first World Cup semi since 1990
England face Belgium in Saturday's third-place play-off
Croatia meet France in Sunday's final
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Steve Sutcliffe

Postpublished at 08:05 British Summer Time 12 July 2018
Some nice words from the Mirror's Darren Lewis here.
Not sure where I exactly stand on this. England have probably rekindled the inner school kid in me during this tournament...reminding me hugely of 1990.
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Get Involvedpublished at 08:01 British Summer Time 12 July 2018
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David: Watched the game this morning Sydney time! I feel proud of the team but disappointed as this could have been our year.
Josh: Disappointed but not disheartened. To get to a world cup semi final under a manager in the job for less then a year and a squad which has an average age of 24 is an immense achievement! Future looking very bright.
Andrew: England showed great spirit but are lacking star players. Had their route been Japan, Brazil then France I highly doubt we would have got past the quarters. It's not enough to have likeable, modest players, you need absolute quality for a major tournament.
Royal seal of approvalpublished at 07:57 British Summer Time 12 July 2018
This was a nice touch as well.
The Duke of Cambridge, Prince William has of course been the president of the Football Association since 2006.
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More reactionpublished at 07:54 British Summer Time 12 July 2018
More from two former England forwards....
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'Utterly choked'published at 07:50 British Summer Time 12 July 2018
Here's how Gary felt.....
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Get Involvedpublished at 07:45 British Summer Time 12 July 2018
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So how are we all feeling today? Where did you watch England lose to Croatia and what's your mood like now?
Crestfallen, gutted, frustrated or optimistic for the future?
Feel free to drop me a line.
Postpublished at 07:43 British Summer Time 12 July 2018
Regarding my previous entry. By my working out then England have averaged a semi-final every 13 years since 1966.
There's also a slight pattern to it all....
- 2 years
- 22 years
- 6 years
- 22 years
Definitely an intro for a GCSE Mathematics question perhaps.....?
Postpublished at 07:40 British Summer Time 12 July 2018
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Postpublished at 07:35 British Summer Time 12 July 2018
If you fancy a reminder of how close England were to a World Cup final or you just want to dissect their 2-1 defeat by Croatia... here you go.
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World Cup 2018: Croatia 2-1 England (aet) highlights
'Hold your heads high'published at 07:32 British Summer Time 12 July 2018
Another sanguine headline from the Daily Telegraph.
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'The hurt goes on'published at 07:26 British Summer Time 12 July 2018
The Guardian headline is succinct and also captures the mood.
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'We salute you'published at 07:22 British Summer Time 12 July 2018
The Mail continues in the same fashion.
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'National treasures'published at 07:19 British Summer Time 12 July 2018
The Daily Mirror says that Gareth Southgate's team 'restore faith' in the England team.
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'You did us proud'published at 07:15 British Summer Time 12 July 2018
National pride restored? The Daily Star thinks so.
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'We lived the dream.. thank you England'published at 07:10 British Summer Time 12 July 2018
The Daily Express thanks Gareth Southgate and the England players for reaching the World Cup semi-final.
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Postpublished at 07:07 British Summer Time 12 July 2018
Right, time to have a look at the back pages... and some front ones.
Postpublished at 07:05 British Summer Time 12 July 2018
As big tournament failures go dare I say last night was typically English.
A swirl of excitement, a smattering of hope, a soft goal or two and an agonising finale.
Still what a ride. It was good while it lasted.
Postpublished at 07:01 British Summer Time 12 July 2018
Good morning. Well sort of.
Where to start - it very much feels like the morning after the night before to me at the moment.
Wasn't football meant to be coming home? No. Just England, I'm afraid.