Croatia Sweden

My prediction is England choke and croatia demolish Russia , it's very hard to see any other result ...

Refs and VAR (video assistent referee)

Professional Fouling is still the name of the game ( and probably always will be) and the resolve of FIFA to clamp down on cheating seems to be half hearted to say the least , so anything can happen ...

The Harry Cane Effect

I prefer it when sides work as a team , but we all know that individuals like messi , suarez , renaldo and the Like (mbappe) can make a huge difference to a team as uraguay and brazil found out when their Edinson Cavani's and the like were not there ...

How did Russia get so far ...

We all know Russia should not have made it though the group stages , and it is totally unimaginable that they win against Croatia who have demolished all opposition in their path.. expect Russia to get a bad hiding

Choker on the Bulldog ...

Gareth Southgate the England manager has done a stirling job of keeping this new look England side grounded , however it still remains to be seen if the english can keep their shit together in the face of the swede's who may just be even more grounded and determined , my money is on sweden to stay the course ...

Results : eng won 2-0