For England fans this is the best bit of any tournament, there is still hope in hearts and a chorus of 'Football's Coming Home' in our lungs as we have yet to be disheartened by the sight of the opposition striker wheeling away in celebration as our goalkeeper lays on the floor with the ball nestling in the net behind him.
Or rather, that's how it used to be because this World Cup things are going to be different and yes i know that we say that every World Cup but the fates are conspiring with us this time.
A relatively straight forward group stage and last 16 match up with the hiccup coming in the formidable shape of either Brazil or Germany in the Quarter Finals but after that Super Sunday which saw Brazil draw with Switzerland and Germany beaten by Mexico, our path may have been cleared of the two best teams in the competition giving us an easier ride.
England face Tunisia at 7pm tonight, the first match in what could be the first step to Football actually coming home.
In the real world though we all know England are not serious contenders to win it and we all suspect they’ll draw with Tunisia, beat Panama and lose to Belgium before scraping through to get beaten in the second round by a bunch of South Americans but as of the moment, five hours before our first game, we believe that come Sunday 15th July, it will be the hand of an Englishman holding aloft the trophy and after half a century of going elsewhere, Football is finally coming home.
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