The England fans are out and about on the streets of Kaliningrad. In this very place, on Thursday afternoon, England will go head to head against Belgium. It’s the game that will decide whether England will come second, and enter the round of 16 in Moscow, or win, and play off in the Southern City of Rostov-On-Don.
Sputnik correspondent Maud Start spoke to Tony, a man who has travelled all the way from New Zealand to be in Russia, for his tenth World Cup tournament. Originally from Britain, Tony Plower is a true veteran of the championships. Tony believes that ‘it is coming home’.
I’ll tell you what, if you were to ask me to name that team, I could name it.