Pinch yourself: an England football team have not only reached a first World Cup final since 1966, but are favourites to win
What? England are in the final of a World Cup? How on earth did that happen?
Skill, obsessive organisation, one of the best managers in the world, a bit of luck and some champagne football, my friend. The England women’s football team – known as the Lionesses – are in a World Cup final for the first time in their history, after Sarina Wiegman’s sideWhen they face Spain on Sunday, it will be the first time England – either women or men – have been in the final since 1966, and we all know what happened that time.The game, which takes place at Stadium Australia in Sydney at 11:00 BST, will be broadcast live on both the BBC and ITV.
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