Where's Leo?
Three lions on a shirt obviously wasn't sufficient for this current summer's England squad, in light of the fact that a fourth is being hauled around on the shoulders of whoever happens to be the present fall fellow.
The individuals who watched John Stones' banana-skin slip against the Netherlands won't be amazed to discover that he's the grievous conveyor of Leo the Lion, the stuffed mascot which England have been bearing.
We don't really comprehend what it's a relinquish for - any wannabe sleuths among you may note Chris Smalling had it last - however we do realize that it is profoundly befuddling to Vasili Berezutsky, a 6'2" bodyguard of a Russian shield who appears as though he could quiets Dele Alli down with a solitary look.
Vardy dropped
What happens when a relentless power - Jamie Vardy's mind blowing ascend from non-League to the Euros - meets a steady question, similar to Wayne Rooney's trudging and unhelpful nearness at the focal point of England's assault against Portugal?
Vardy gets dropped, that is the thing that. Unsatisfied by Kane and Vardy's full-back harrying against Portugal, Roy Hodgson has chosen to run with simply them one in advance in his trusted 4-3-3 development.
Ground breaking
Conveys a tear to the eye, isn't that right? All that magnificent assaulting ability lost to the Euros, wrested away by harm, loss of structure, and a glad semi-retirement in New York (taking a gander at you, Andrea Pirlo). Marco Reus... too bad! Christian Eriksen: greatly missed.
Furthermore, Danny Welbeck, the gem in the crown!
Here's JJ Bull's investigation of England's strategies, including a decent case for Arsenal's leggy rabbit-in-the-headlights being a frightful misfortune to the Three Lions.
Are England egotistical?
In front of today's conflict with Russia, Roy Hodgson's side have been blamed for being "presumptuous" by Wales' Gareth Bale.
As England commencement their offer to end 50 years of hurt and with Wayne Rooney asserting he is superior to anything he has ever been, Bale has dispatched a stinging assault in which he guarantees England "enormous themselves up before they've done anything."
Bunch has additionally cautioned England that they absence of the pride and energy of Wales, who they play in their second Group B coordinate, and depicted Roy Hodgson's men as "the adversary."
Britain have not won a noteworthy competition since 1966 and it is 20 years since the nation's last semi-last appearance, in the 1996 European Championships.
On being attracted the same gathering as England, Bale included: "I had a laugh, I'm not going to mislead anybody. In case you're Welsh, take a gander at the rugby, we feel more pride and energy than any other individual. Take a gander at the national song of devotion, everybody sings, the entire stadium."
Match review
At the point when is the match?
It's this evening at the Stade Vélodrome in Marseille.
What time is commencement?
9pm nearby, which makes it 8pm in the UK.
What TV channel is it on?
You can get it live on ITV1 and ITV Player, with scope starting at 7.00pm. You can hear it out on BBC Radio 5 Live, and you can take after our liveblog right here.
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