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Well it's easier to perform against a weaker side. I can't remember it that well, but I don't have fond memories of the game against Egypt. Colombia looked second best yesterday, except for the first half of extra time.

Colombia are a lot better than that Egyptian side.

Agreed. Actually, I don't feel any more confident. I feel we're as likely to lose against Sweden as we were against Colombia, but at least we got to the quarters, which is better than nothing. Yep.

Indeed. It's not rocket science is it.

Not a chance. We haven't won a knockout game for 12 ****ing years! Even the better teams are unlikely to take games for granted. Korea beat Germany, Iran drew with Portugal and Morocco drew with Spain.

And in Southgate's favour, he doesn't seem to have engineered coming second, he simply played the B side and they tried and failed to win. If Mexico beat an out of sorts Brazil, finishing top of our group will suddenly look like the best option, but as it stands, finishing second looks good...

They had 10 men.