Kash's Stats and Memories: World Cup Memories (1998 to 2022) with England!

 It's World Cup season and for those who might not know, yes I am a football fan. I don't talk about it much lately since my poor old Manchester United have been in quite the slump but are still doing ok and my other favourite team, Newcastle United, are flying high in the EPL too. But I don't have football on my TV anymore so it's hard to follow the matches or watch them, thus me not talking about them much.

The World Cup however, I had to find a way to watch it at least since it's once every four years and I've watched every single one since my first time watching international football back in 1998 for the World Cup in France. 24 years on and here we are watching my 7th World Cup haha! And for every single one, I've been cheering on one team, England! Why England? I'm a fan of English Premier League, who else would I support? Easiest decision for me. My favourite team is from England, most of my favourite players were English, might as well right.

World Cup 1998 France

The first World Cup I ever saw, probably still my favourite because it was the one that got me into this whole football craze. Heck, my first football game was the FIFA World Cup 98 game, and it's still one of my favourite FIFA games of them all along with FIFA 2000. I knew all of the England squad because at that time, I was following everything relating to the English Premier League. If you asked me about the team now, I'd struggle to tell you who some of them are. Here, I know the whole lot! That was my generation of football, since I grew up watching the like of Beckham, Neville, Scholes, Owen, Shearer all wrecking havoc at their youngish-age. 

Watching this World Cup was a trip for this 8 year old. I tried to watch as many games as possible. I even collected the Panini stickers, something I still do till this day but not as much as I used to (they're expensive now for some reason). England started off with a win, then I was sad when they lost to Romania. And then super happy when they beat Colombia. 

I don't know why but I was happy seeing them in the Red/White colours here (because that's Manchester United colours, but I will say this, I think their 98 home jersey is still my favourite England jersey of all time), but also because David Beckham finally scored his first goal for England with his trademark free-kick and he was my favourite player at that time since Eric Cantona had retired a year earlier.

And then that Argentina game happened. Michael Owen did score that amazing goal to make a name for himself at just 18 years old. But then Diego Simeone decided to mess with Beckham and that got him sent off. And of course England lost on penalties. I still dislike Argentina till this day, and Simeone, for giving me one of my two worst World Cup memories, the other being Croatia beating England 20 years later to deny England a spot in the World Cup finals. France ended up winning their first World Cup in front of their home fans, good on them!

England's Squad:

1. David Seaman - GK - Arsenal - 34 yo - 40 caps - 0 goals
2. Sol Campbell - D - Tottenham Hotspur - 23 yo - 16 caps - 0 goals
3. Graeme Le Saux - D - Chelsea - 29 yo - 25 caps - 1 goal
4. Paul Ince - M - Liverpool - 30 yo - 39 caps - 2 goals
5. Tony Adams - D - Arsenal - 31 yo - 51 caps - 4 goals
6. Gareth Southgate - D - Aston Villa - 27 yo - 25 caps - 0 goals
7. David Beckham - M - Manchester United - 23 yo - 15 caps - 0 goals
8. David Batty - M - Newcastle United - 29 yo - 31 caps - 0 goals
9. Alan Shearer - F - Newcastle United - 27 yo - 39 caps - 18 goals
10. Teddy Sheringham - F - Manchester United - 32 yo - 33 caps - 9 goals
11. Steve McManaman - M - Liverpool - 26 yo - 21 caps - 0 goals
12. Gary Neville - D - Manchester United - 23 yo - 27 caps - 0 goals
13. Nigel Martyn - GK - Leeds United - 31 yo - 7 caps - 0 goals
14. Darren Anderton - M - Tottenham Hotspur - 26 yo - 18 caps - 5 goals
15. Paul Merson - F - Middlesbrough - 30 yo - 18 caps - 2 goals
16. Paul Scholes - M - Manchester United - 23 yo - 7 caps - 3 goals
17. Robert Lee - M - Newcastle United - 32 yo - 17 caps - 2 goals
18. Martin Keown - D - Arsenal - 31 yo - 18 caps - 1 goal
19. Les Ferdinand - F - Tottenham Hotspur - 31 yo - 17 caps - 5 goals
20. Michael Owen - F - Liverpool - 18 yo - 5 caps - 1 goal
21. Rio Ferdinand - D - West Ham United - 19 yo - 3 caps - 0 goals
22. Tim Flowers - GK - Blackburn Rovers - 31 yo - 11 caps - 0 goals

Matches:

2-0 vs Tunisia (Shearer & Scholes)

1-2 vs Romania (Owen)

2-0 vs Colombia (Anderton & Beckham)

Group G - 2nd

R16 2-2(p) vs Argentina (Shearer & Owen)

World Cup 2002 Japan/South Korea

Hey a World Cup in Asia, that's a first! And two hosts too, which was also a first. This was the World Cup similar to this year's one where they were a lot of surprise results. France lost to debutants Senegal in the first match! They were eliminated in the group stages, as were Argentina. Argentina actually lost 1-0 to England and who scored the penalty? David Beckham! Talk about poetic justice for what happened in 1998.

Seeing South Korea upset both Spain and Italy in the knockout stages were quite something, I don't think any of us expected it. They weren't the only surprise, Turkey also made it to the Top 4. They lost to Brazil in the semis and we all remember what happened to Rivaldo don't we? He got a Turkish player sent off because the guy kicked the ball to him and Rivaldo dived as if he just got shot.

As for England? They beat Denmark 3-0 in the round of 16, Rio Ferdinand scored his first international goal in that one, I remember that! Then Brazil happened. Owen scored to give England the lead. Rivaldo equalised just before half time. And then Ronaldinho had the cheek to loft the ball past David Seaman in that famous free kick. Poor Dave never saw it coming. Brazil won 2-0 vs Germany in the finals, that man Ronaldo again was on fire. He was quite the talent.

England's Squad:

1. David Seaman - GK - Arsenal - 38 yo - 68 caps - 0 goals
2. Danny Mills - D - Leeds United - 25 yo - 7 caps - 0 goals
3. Ashley Cole - D - Arsenal - 21 yo - 8 caps - 0 goals
4. Trevor Sinclair - M - West Ham United - 29 yo - 5 caps - 0 goals
5. Rio Ferdinand - D - Leeds United - 23 yo - 22 caps - 0 goals
6. Sol Campbell - D - Arsenal - 27 yo - 46 caps - 0 goals
7. David Beckham - M - Manchester United - 27 yo - 49 caps - 6 goals
8. Paul Scholes - M - Manchester United - 27 yo - 44 caps - 13 goals
9. Robbie Fowler - F - Leeds United - 27 yo - 25 caps - 7 goals
10. Michael Owen - F - Liverpool - 22 yo - 36 caps - 16 goals
11. Emile Heskey - F - Liverpool - 24 yo - 24 caps - 3 goals
12. Wes Brown - D - Manchester United - 23 yo - 6 caps - 0 goals
13. Nigel Martyn - GK - Leeds United - 35 yo - 23 caps - 0 goals
14. Wayne Bridge - D - Southampton - 21 yo - 5 caps - 0 goals
15. Martin Keown - D - Arsenal - 35 yo - 43 caps - 2 goals
16. Gareth Southgate - D - Middlesbrough - 31 yo - 49 caps - 1 goal
17. Teddy Sheringham - F - Tottenham Hotspur - 36 yo - 47 caps - 11 goals
18. Owen Hargreaves - M - Bayern Munich - 21 yo - 6 caps - 0 goals
19. Joe Cole - M - West Ham United - 20 yo - 6 caps - 0 goals
20. Darius Vassell - F - Aston Villa - 21 yo - 5 caps - 3 goals
21. Nicky Butt - M - Manchester United - 27 yo - 18 caps - 0 goals
22. David James - GK - West Ham United - 31 yo - 9 caps - 0 goals
23. Kieron Dyer - M - Newcastle United - 23 yo - 9 caps - 0 goals

Matches:

1-1 vs Sweden (Campbell)

1-0 vs Argentina (Beckham)

0-0 vs Nigeria 

Group F - 2nd

R16 3-0 vs Denmark (Ferdinand, Owen & Heskey)

QF 1-2 vs Brazil (Owen)

World Cup 2006 Germany

The last World Cup for my favourite generation of England players (namely Beckham, Neville and Owen). No real surprise happened in the group stages here, other than France drawing the first two games and needing to win the last one to make it into the knockout stages. England didn't struggle much in the group stages. The emergence of Peter Crouch was a nice surprise but seeing all 6'9'' of him jumping on Trinidad players to score a goal was pretty funny.

And then Quarter Finals happened. England and Portugal drew 0-0 but what happened before penalties broke my heart. Seeing Cristiano Ronald, a Manchester United player, get Wayne Rooney sent off, also a Manchester United player, made me very mad. Why was my own team players going after each other??? 

At least they made up in time for the new season and Ronaldo responded just like Beckham before, but having one of his better seasons. Still a sad end for the World Cup journey of Beckham and Neville. Gotta feel sorry for poor old Michael Owen too, he had only just gotten back from a long injury, only to have another major injury just a minute into the Sweden match in the group stages.

France lost to Italy in the finals to penalties but we all know what happened here. Zidane got sent off because he headbutted the horrible human named Marco Materazzi who made offensive comments about his family. Not the way for the legend to end his footballing career with a red card and him walking past the World Cup trophy sure was some sight. 

England's Squad:

1. Paul Robinson - GK - Tottenham Hotspur - 26 yo - 21 caps - 0 goals
2. Gary Neville - D - Manchester United - 31 yo - 79 caps - 0 goals
3. Ashley Cole - D - Arsenal - 25 yo - 46 caps - 0 goals
4. Steven Gerrard - M - Liverpool - 26 yo - 42 caps - 7 goals
5. Rio Ferdinand - D - Manchester United - 27 yo - 47 caps - 0 goals
6. John Terry - D - Chelsea - 25 yo - 24 caps - 1 goal
7. David Beckham - M - Real Madrid - 31 yo - 89 caps - 16 goals
8. Frank Lampard - M - Chelsea - 27 yo - 40 caps - 10 goals
9. Wayne Rooney - F - Manchester United - 20 yo - 29 caps - 10 goals
10. Michael Owen - F - Newcastle United - 26 yo - 77 caps - 37 goals
11. Joe Cole - M - Chelsea - 24 yo - 32 caps - 5 goals
12. Sol Campbell - D - Arsenal - 31 yo - 68 caps - 1 goal
13. David James - GK - Manchester City - 35 yo - 34 caps - 0 goals
14. Wayne Bridge - D - Chelsea - 25 yo - 23 caps - 1 goal
15. Jamie Carragher - D - Liverpool - 28 yo - 25 caps - 0 goals
16. Owen Hargreaves - M - Bayern Munich - 25 yo - 30 caps - 0 goals
17. Jermaine Jenas - M - Tottenham Hotspur - 23 yo - 15 caps - 0 goals
18. Michael Carrick - M - Tottenham Hotspur - 24 yo - 5 caps - 0 goals
19. Aaron Lennon - M - Tottenham Hotspur - 19 yo - 1 cap - 0 goals
20. Stewart Downing - M - Middlesbrough - 21 yo - 2 caps - 0 goals
21. Peter Crouch - F - Liverpool - 25 yo - 7 caps - 5 goals
22. Scott Carson - GK - Liverpool - 20 yo - 0 caps - 0 goals
23. Theo Walcott - F - Arsenal - 17 yo - 1 cap - 0 goals

Matches:

1-0 vs Paraguay (Gamarra OG)

2-0 vs Trinidad & Tobago (Crouch & Gerrard)

2-2 vs Sweden (J Cole & Gerrard)

Group B - 1st

R16 1-0 vs Ecuador (Beckham)

QF 0-0(p) vs Portugal

World Cup 2010 South Africa

This World Cup was an interesting one for me to follow because I was actually in Canada for the entire duration of this World Cup! So instead of dealing with an akward South African timing back in Singapore (matches at night/midnight), most of the matches were in the morning or afternoon for me in Canada so that was fun. Even the Japan/Korea one wasn't quite like that since it was noon/evening for us.

Quite a number of things I do remember from this one. The famous 1-1 draw between England and USA sucked for me since my family there were cheering on the US and guess who had to go to Bellingham, Washington, USA the next day. Yup, me. Seeing Javi "Chicarito" Hernandez score for Mexico against France in the early morning while I was visiting family in Calgary, and putting France in danger of getting eliminated early (which they did) was fun as he was a Manchester United player. England had to beat Slovenia to make it into the knockout stages and thankfully they did if not that would have sucked. 

England lost to Germany 4-1, which I somewhat suspected but this match will be remembered for the ghost goal. Frank Lampard had a shot where the ball clearly crossed the line before it bounced back off but the ref said no goal. Thankfully now we have VAR! Ghana had a great run and should have had a shot to make the semi-finals if not for that piece of shit named Luis Suarez. My hatred of him started in that match where he put his hands up to stop Ghana from scoring, and celebrated like an idiot when they missed the penalty to send them into the semis. Fuck Suarez. I really enjoyed seeing him miserable and the poetic justice that Ghana was the ones to send them out in the group stages this year.

Funnily enough, I didn't watch all of the finals here because I was in the Vancouver airport when the match was going on, waiting for my flight back home. When I reached Taiwan, the first thing I did was to find a TV to see who had won the World Cup and sadly it was Spain, since I was hoping to see The Netherlands win it, I was a fan of them. Be it Jos or Max Verstappen and the many great players there, their Oranje army always has their back. A few of my favourite players are Dutch (van Nistelrooy, van der Sar, van der Vaart, Davids, Sneijder and van Persie to name a few).

England's Squad:

1. David James - GK - Portsmouth - 39 yo - 50 caps - 0 goals
2. Glen Johnson - D - Liverpool - 25 yo - 22 caps - 1 goal
3. Ashley Cole - D - Chelsea - 29 yo - 78 caps - 0 goals
4. Steven Gerrard - M - Liverpool - 30 yo - 80 caps - 16 goals
5. Michael Dawson - D - Tottenham Hotspur - 26 yo - 0 caps - 0 goals
6. John Terry - D - Chelsea - 29 yo - 60 caps - 6 goals
7. Aaron Lennon - M - Tottenham Hotspur - 23 yo - 17 caps - 0 goals
8. Frank Lampard - M - Chelsea - 31 yo - 78 caps - 19 goals
9. Peter Crouch - F - Tottenham Hotspur - 29 yo - 38 caps - 21 goals
10. Wayne Rooney - F - Manchester United - 24 yo - 60 caps - 24 goals
11. Joe Cole - M - Chelsea - 29 yo - 54 caps - 10 goals
12. Robert Green - GK - West Ham United - 30 yo - 10 caps - 0 goals
13. Stephen Warnock - D - Aston Vlla - 28 yo - 1 cap - 0 goals
14. Gareth Barry - M - Manchester City - 29 yo - 36 caps - 2 goals
15. Matthew Upson - D - West Ham United - 31 yo - 19 caps - 1 goal
16. James Milner - M - Aston Villa - 24 yo - 8 caps - 0 goals
17. Shaun Wright-Phillips - M - Manchester City - 28 yo - 31 caps - 6 goals
18. Jamie Carragher - D - Liverpool - 32 yo - 36 caps - 0 goals
19. Jermain Defoe - F - Tottenham Hotspur - 27 yo - 40 caps - 11 goals
20. Ledley King - D - Tottenham Hotspur - 29 yo - 20 caps - 2 goals
21. Emile Heskey - F - Aston Villa - 32 yo - 58 caps - 7 goals
22. Michael Carrick - M - Manchester United - 28 yo - 22 caps - 0 goals
23. Joe Hart - GK - Birmingham City - 23 yo - 3 caps - 0 goals

Matches:

1-1 vs USA (Gerrard)

0-0 vs Algeria

1-0 vs Slovenia (Defoe)

Group C - 2nd

R16 1-4 vs Germany (Upson)

World Cup 2014 Brazil

Ah yes, the World Cup that in all honesty, I have little memory of. I didn't follow this one much mainly because of the awkward timing of the matches. That and England getting knocked out in the group stages with the weakest team I've seen them bring so yeah, that sucked.

I do remember watching Netherlands beat Spain 5-1 in their group game which was nice revenge from the last World Cup and THAT amazing Robin van Perise headed goal! Other than that, Germany's famous 7-1 win against Brazil in the semi-finals and them winning in extra time thanks to Mario Gotze in the finals, I really can't tell you what happened in this World Cup. 

I had to look it up to see that Netherlands made top 4 and I don't even remember that (they beat Brazil 3-0 in the 3rd/4th playoff, I don't even remember that one too)! Heck I even forgot Germany beat Argentina in the finals, all I remember was Germany winning and Gotze scoring haha! 

England's Squad:

1. Joe Hart - GK - Manchester City - 27 yo - 41 caps - 0 goals
2. Glen Johnson - D - Liverpool - 29 yo - 52 caps - 1 goal
3. Leighton Baines - D - Everton - 29 yo - 24 caps - 1 goal
4. Steven Gerrard - M - Liverpool - 34 yo - 111 caps - 21 goals
5. Gary Cahill - D - Chelsea - 28 yo - 24 caps - 3 goals
6. Phil Jagielka - D - Everton - 31 yo - 26 caps - 2 goals
7. Jack Wilshere - M - Arsenal - 22 yo - 18 caps - 0 goals
8. Frank Lampard - M - Chelsea - 35 yo - 105 caps - 28 goals
9. Daniel Sturridge - F - Liverpool - 24 yo - 12 caps - 4 goals
10. Wayne Rooney - F - Manchester United - 28 yo - 92 caps - 38 goals
11. Danny Welbeck - F - Manchester United - 23 yo - 23 caps - 8 goals
12. Chris Smalling - D - Manchester United - 24 yo - 12 caps - 0 goals
13. Ben Foster - GK - West Bromwich Albion - 31 yo - 6 caps - 0 goals
14. Jordan Henderson - M - Liverpool - 23 yo - 11 caps - 0 goals
15. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain - M - Arsenal - 20 yo - 15 caps - 3 goals
16. Phil Jones - D - Manchester United - 22 yo - 10 caps - 0 goals
17. James Milner - M - Manchester City - 28 yo - 47 caps - 1 goal
18. Rickie Lambert - F - Liverpool - 32 yo - 6 caps - 3 goals
19. Raheem Sterling - M - Liverpool - 19 yo - 4 caps - 0 goals
20. Adam Lallana - M - Southampton - 26 yo - 6 caps - 0 goals
21. Ross Barkley - M - Everton - 20 yo - 6 caps - 0 goals
22. Fraser Forster - GK - Celtic - 26 yo - 2 caps - 0 goals
23. Luke Shaw - D - Southampton - 18 yo - 2 caps - 0 goals

Matches:

1-2 vs Italy (Sturridge)

1-2 vs Uruguay (Rooney)

0-0 vs Costa Rica

Group D - 4th

World Cup 2018 Russia

Well this one was pretty fun to follow because for once, England made it all the way to the semi-finals so I still had them to cheer on until almost the last day. But then Croatia happened. And yes I'm still upset at Croatia for that, they denied me the chance to see England play in a World Cup finals. I don't know if I'll ever get to see it happen at this rate, this was the closest they came the 7 times I've seem them play.

This was also the first World Cup where I didn't buy the TV package thing to watch the event at home but instead I went to the local Community Centre to watch most of the games there. The timing was better than Brazil at least, I didn't have to stay up at 5-6am to watch some of the matches. South Korea beating Germany was probably the biggest surprise result from that group stage, knocking them out of the group stages for the first time!

I was so sad for Japan when they lost to Belgium in the last minute. I didn't expect them to win but they were leading 2-0, giving them a hard time only to lose in the 94th minute was soul crushing. Russia beating Spain on penalties was another surprise! And then came the miracle.

When England and Colombia went to 120 minutes still at 1-1, I kinda accepted the fate. It's England, it's the knockout stages and it's penalties, I know how this story goes. But this time, fate was on England's side and they actually won a penalty shootout for the first time in what feels like forever! I was super psyched about that. Too bad they lost to Croatia in extra time in the semi finals but hey that was their best showing with a team I didn't expect much from.

It was nice to see France winning again, especially after what happened in the 2006 finals, they should be 3-times World Champion by now. I mean, they still can be at the end of this one.

England's Squad:

1. Jordan Pickford - GK - Everton - 24 yo - 3 caps - 0 goals
2. Kyle Walker - D - Manchester City - 28 yo - 35 caps - 0 goals
3. Danny Rose - D - Tottenham Hotspur - 27 yo - 18 caps - 0 goals
4. Eric Dier - M - Tottenham Hotspur - 24 yo - 26 caps - 3 goals
5. John Stones - D - Manchester City - 24 yo - 26 caps - 0 goals
6. Harry Maguire - D - Leicester City - 25 yo - 5 caps - 0 goals
7. Jesse Lingard - M - Manchester United - 25 yo - 12 caps - 1 goal
8. Jordan Henderson - M - Liverpool - 27 yo - 39 caps - 0 goals
9. Harry Kane - F - Tottenham Hotspur - 24 yo - 24 caps - 13 goals
10. Raheem Sterling - M - Manchester City - 23 yo - 38 caps - 2 goals
11. Jamie Vardy - F - Leicester City - 31 yo - 22 caps - 7 goals
12. Kieran Trippier - D - Tottenham Hotspur - 27 yo - 7 caps - 0 goals
13. Jack Butland - GK - Stoke City - 25 yo - 8 caps - 0 goals
14. Danny Welbeck - F - Arsenal - 27 yo - 39 caps - 16 goals
15. Gary Cahill - D - Chelsea - 32 yo - 60 caps - 5 goals
16. Phil Jones - D - Manchester United - 25 yo - 25 caps - 0 goals
17. Fabian Delph - M - Manchester City - 27 yo - 11 caps - 0 goals
18. Ashley Young - D - Manchester United - 32 yo - 34 caps - 7 goals
19. Marcus Rashford - F - Manchester United - 20 yo - 19 caps - 3 goals
20. Dele Alli - M - Tottenham Hotspur - 22 yo - 25 caps - 2 goals
21. Ruben Loftus-Cheek - M - Chelsea - 22 yo - 4 caps - 0 goals
22. Trent Alexander-Arnold - D - Liverpool - 19 yo - 1 cap - 0 goals
23. Nick Pope - GK - Burnely - 26 yo - 1 cap - 0 goals

Matches:

2-1 vs Tunisia (Kane x2)

6-1 vs Panama (Stones x2, Kane x3 & Lingard)

0-1 vs Belgium

Group G - 2nd

R16 1(p)-1 vs Colombia (Kane)

QF 2-0 vs Sweden (Maguire & Alli)

SF 1-2(a) vs Croatia (Trippier)

World Cup 2022 Qatar

And here we are, currently in the midst of the quarter finals of the 2022 World Cup. Yes, England are still in it but they've got France up next so that will not be fun. But it's been a really fun World Cup to follow so far. Loads of suprise results from Saudi Arabia beating Argentina, to Japan beating both Germany AND Spain to top their group, and seeing 3 Asian teams make it into the round of 16 was awesome!

Sadly all 3 lost in the Round of 16, the one that hurt the most was Japan who were denied by penalties vs Croatia (them lot again???). Croatia sure seem to like penalties, they've won thanks to penalty shootouts in the Round of 16 and the quarter finals in this World Cup and the last one too (at time of writing, yes, they did just beat Brazil on penalties). 

It was nice to see Canada in the World Cup for once but they did nothing much. Morocco was a nice surprise, and they're in the Quarter Finals after beating Spain on penalties in the Round of 16 (Spain sure have no luck against unfancied opponents in Round of 16s huh).  

England's Squad:

1. Jordan Pickford - GK - Everton - 28 yo - 45 caps - 0 goals
2. Kyle Walker - D - Manchester City - 32 yo - 70 caps - 0 goals
3. Luke Shaw - D - Manchester United - 27 yo - 23 caps - 3 goals
4. Declan Rice - M - West Ham United - 23 yo - 34 caps - 2 goals
5. John Stones - D - Manchester City - 28 yo - 59 caps - 3 goals
6. Harry Maguire - D - Manchester United - 29 yo - 48 caps - 7 goals
7. Jack Grealish - F - Manchester City - 27 yo - 24 caps - 1 goal
8. Jordan Henderson - M - Liverpool - 32 yo - 70 caps - 2 goals
9. Harry Kane - F - Tottenham Hotspur - 29 yo - 75 caps - 51 goals
10. Raheem Sterling - F - Chelsea - 27 yo - 79 caps - 19 goals
11. Marcus Rashford - F - Manchester United - 25 yo - 46 caps - 12 goals
12. Kieran Trippier - D - Newcastle United - 32 yo - 37 caps - 1 goal
13. Nick Pope - GK - Newcastle United - 30 yo - 10 caps - 0 goals
14. Kalvin Phillips - M - Manchester City - 27 yo - 23 caps - 0 goals
15. Eric Dier - M - Tottenham Hotspur - 28 yo - 47 caps - 3 goals
16. Conor Coady - D - Everton - 29 yo - 10 caps - 1 goal
17. Bukayo Saka - F - Arsenal - 21 yo - 20 caps - 4 goals
18. Trent Alexander-Arnold - D - Liverpool - 24 yo - 17 caps - 1 goal
19. Mason Mount - M - Chelsea - 23 yo - 32 caps - 5 goals
20. Phil Foden - F - Manchester City - 22 yo - 18 caps - 2 goals
21. Ben White - D - Arsenal - 25 yo - 4 caps - 0 goals
22. Jude Bellingham - M - Borussia Dortmund - 19 yo - 17 caps - 0 goals
23. Aaron Ramsdale - GK - Arsenal - 24 yo - 3 caps - 0 goals
24. Callum Wilson - F - Newcastle United - 30 yo - 4 caps - 1 goal
25. James Maddison - M - Leicester City - 25 yo - 1 caps - 0 goals
26. Conor Gallagher - M - Chelsea - 22 yo - 4 caps - 0 goals

Matches:

6-2 vs Iran (Bellingham, Saka x2, Sterling, Rashford & Grealish)

0-0 vs USA

3-0 vs Wales (Rashford x2 & Foden)

Group B - 1st

R16 3-0 vs Senegal (Henderson, Kane & Saka)

QF ?-? vs France

England is currently in the quarter finals and to make it back to back semi-finals, they will have to go up against arguably the best team in the world right now, France. So I don't really expect much to happen here. If England lose, I'll shrug that off and say, well it was to France, not much can be done about that. But if England win, that'd be amazing and a big scalp! Either way I wish nothing but the best for the three lions, come on England!