English hearts were broken by Croatia. In what will go down as a successful world cup campaign, the English nation dared to dream.
England in recent years have always been mediocre in their performance at football grandest stages, so it was a welcome change to see the boys succeed and do well even though twas cut short by a heart breaking loss.
All they need do now, is to continue building, in the trusted hands of Gareth Southgate, and who knows they might capture a major title sooner.
It is indeed true that this was a great opportunity to have announced themselves, mind you, they did announce themselves, with performances from Jesse Lingard, Harry McGuire, Jordan Pickford they have much to hope for in future competitions, especially with starlets like Phil Foden, Ryan Sessegnon, Angel Gomez, Sancho.
England is on its way back, and they will take it home.
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