Three Lions flying high, Portugal disappointing in opener
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🗓️ 18 June 2026
⏱️ 61 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Right team, puddle in. Nann will come in and attack hard for the pizza. |
| 0:03.4 | Kev, if you intercept with a bowl of crisps, we can defend that until everyone turns up. |
| 0:07.7 | Now that's big summer energy. |
| 0:10.0 | As are the incredible prices at ASDA. |
| 0:12.3 | Get two for £19.66 across 20 different packs of beer and cider, like a 12 pack of Corona or a 15 pack of Budweiser. |
| 0:20.4 | That's ASDA price. Selected stores and, subject to availability, Corona 330 mil each, Budweiser 440m each. Excludes Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland. Excludes Asda Express and small stores. The azda.com slash small stores. Welcome into latest edition of ESPNFC. I'm Dan Thomas. Look at this. The big desk is out. |
| 0:39.8 | Craig Burley is here. Kieran gives you, Robbson and Nadim. I knew it later on in the program. |
| 0:44.5 | Alexis will be joined by the boys to reflect on what we saw in those late games. |
| 0:48.6 | But we kick things off in Texas. England against Croatia, England winning by four goals to two. |
| 0:55.0 | It was two two at the break. Harry came with a first half brace. |
| 0:59.0 | Croatia with a couple of lovely goals, so first off, Batarina from a long way out, |
| 1:03.0 | and then Musa after a great buildup play from Croatia. |
| 1:07.0 | But then the second half was all about England. Jude Bellingham scoring just after that |
| 1:11.5 | half time break and then Marcus Rashford coming on his second half substitute to seal the deal |
| 1:16.2 | as England win by four goals to two. To kick things off, former England international |
| 1:21.3 | Kearing Gibbs. You happy? Positive. Positive. Positive start. I think can't get too carried away, but scoring four goals in an opening |
| 1:29.4 | World Cup game, I think they'll take that all day. I think concerns would be conceding two |
| 1:36.1 | goals. I think concede a goal in the whole of the qualifying. So I think that will be a bit of a |
| 1:41.0 | concern, but I think they just had too much star power for Croatia. I think too |
| 1:45.4 | much physicality. I thought the first half, they really needed to grow into the game, into |
| 1:52.9 | the tournament, which is normal. But all in all, I think, you know, we have a team that probably lacks a little bit of identity, but is a moment's team. And that's what I feel that is going to take us far in this tournament. And Robo, you drive quite a toxic narrative when it comes to England, despite the fact you are English. Well, I won't say we like Kieran just did. Well, that's okay. It's allowed to say we. I'm English. I play for England. |
| 2:35.2 | That's allowed. England, in the first half, I didn't think played particularly well. There was no patterns of play. They played at a slow tempo. Croatia had large periods of the play. They scored the two goals from open play. England scored them from a set play and a header from a corner. but the second half they played with a greater intensity. |
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