For a while on Saturday in New Jersey, England were in the last 32 against Portugal and through to the last 16 against Spain, when you’d expect their interest in this year’s World Cup to come to an end.
As it was, two goals in five minutes against Panama avoided the disaster, and now Senegal or the Democratic Republic of Congo may be their opponents.
Croatia and Ghana also qualified from the group, thus ending Scotland’s slim hopes of reaching the round of 32, and soon after Steve Clarke ended seven years in charge of the team.
Portugal’s final game in Group K has many chances, one of which means that if they beat Colombia in the clash that starts at 7.30am on Sunday, Hong Kong time, they will end up in the same side as Argentina.
Lionel Messi v Cristiano Ronaldo in the quarter final anyone? The discussion on that topic is for another day, right now, this is what happened one night.
