England’s Three Lions ended their World Cup campaign in Russia with a 2-0 defeat by Belgium at the St Petersburg Stadium, finishing in fourth place. The England team was unable to bounce back from the events of Wednesday’s extra time loss against Croatia in the semi-finals in Moscow. In spite of its all, Gareth Southgate’s team still presented an impressive tournament for England. Gareth Southgate brought together a young and talented squad that highly surpassed all expectations. There is no England team that has bettered the fourth place that they…

The French national team made it to the 2018 World Cup Finals where they will face Croatia. This is the first time that France is making it to the tournament final since 2006. France won its first and only World Cup title in 1998 and if all goes in their favour, they will be celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 1998 win with another one!

England’s journey to the semi-final When England played the first game of this year’s world cup tournament, not many could predict that they would be playing in a semi-final game. The team has played five games in the tournament, winning four and losing one. Below we take a look at their remarkable journey to the semi-final.

Gareth Southgate’s squad beat Sweden 2-0 to reach semi-finals where they will be clashing with Croatia. This comes as a proud moment for England as the last time that the team made it to the final four in the semi-finals was in Italy 90, 28 years ago. At that time, England had defeated Cameroon 3-2 in the quarter finals, working their way up to a shutdown with West Germany. It was then that after a 1-1 draw, the match went into penalties where England was thrashed.

The world cup came with a promise to entertain us and it has lived up to this billing. The quarter-final matches saw giants lock horns and the weaker teams had to pack their bags. The quarterfinals could be summed up as two frantic days of football that saw four teams eliminated. The remaining four are in their camps preparing for what promises to be a mouthwatering semi-final. Below we look at how the fixtures unfolded.