Why England's World Cup Campaign Wasn't the Heroic Overachievment the Hype Would Have You Believe

After weeks of frenzied excitement and simmering expectation, football has pulled a Nabil Fekir, and is indeed not coming home.  When the final whistle blew in Moscow, and ​England had lost to Croatia, the headlines changed from "It's Coming Home!" to "OK, Maybe It Isn't Coming Home But We Made the Semis and That's Better Than We Should Have Done". The question this begs is as follows: in practical terms, did England really overachieve by simply making the semis, as the vast majority of media... Via All the latest breaking football news, transfer rumours, analysis, and match reports - 90min http://www.90min.com/