I Expect

The football is keeping my mind off my Gran's terminal condition. For this reason alone I'd like to England progress another round. Stories that 40,000 of the 65,000 capacity crowd will be English -- despite the fact is being played in the host's backyard stadium -- encourage wishful thinking that perhaps this time, more than any other time, England can go all the way.

I have £1 on England to win 3-1 in normal time.