Pinch me! This can't be true - England 2 - Sweden 0

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Before the World Cup started most of the English public were not expecting it to take long before we'd be out and making excuses all over again. I was born in 1965, the year before England won the world cup and they've never come close to any kind of glory since. Every 4 years we go through the ritual disappointment - interspersed with the same for the European Championships every 4 years in between. We usually expect too much and end up with egg on our faces. This time nobody seemed to expect much at all. It was assumed we'd be just as disappointing as ever. But oddly it just hasn't happened. People are watching games and not having to peep through their fingers or hide behind the sofa. We won a penalty shootout for the first time ever and about half an hour, the team easily beat Sweden two-nil. So now I have to find somebody to take me in and let me watch on Wednesday as I don't have a TV at the flat where I stay when I'm working. I had an appointment for curry and a chat with good friend on Wednesday and have just emailed her to ask if we can eat at a pub with a television. Tonight we find out who England will be playing - Russia or Croatia. If it's Russia, it'll get brutal - our governments are at daggers drawn over them poisoning spies in my home town. Come on Croatia!