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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Rob Smyth

The spin cycle that is an inescapable part of supporting England

Tin UEFA Champions League England Euro Euro 2022 David Murphy Sarina Wiegman Football Barça Norway
Holding a coffee through the game can’t have helped Austria's Laura Wienroither.
Holding a coffee through the game can’t have helped Austria's Laura Wienroither. Photograph: Lee Smith/Reuters

THE MORNING AFTER THE NIGHT BEFORE

It was a tense Wednesday night in Fiver Towers. Two TV screens, two matters of great national import, two compelling struggles: England trying to hold on to their 1-0 lead over Austria in an increasingly fraught Euro 2022 opener, and Boris Johnson trying to preserve his 42-0 deficit against the Tories. Our eyes were mainly on the former, where Beth Mead’s stylish early goal gave the Euro 2022 hosts an important if nervy victory. The Fiver didn’t deal with the tension of the last 25 minutes particularly well, polishing off a quota of Tin that was supposed to last us up to and including Sweden v Switzerland at 5pm on Wednesday 13 July. By the final whistle we were so discombobulated that we were screaming for Sarina Wiegman to resign and BJ to pick Alex Greenwood against Norway on Monday.

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