The English Have No Shame! So This Is How You Play Football?!

After the France National Team became the first to reach the final, the outside world began hyping up a Spain-versus-France final.

Europe's major mainstream media outlets rushed to publish reports from every possible angle. Some analyzed and compared the strengths and weaknesses of the players in each position on both teams.

Others conducted systematic analyses based on the data the two teams had accumulated during this World Cup, looking for their respective advantages, weaknesses, and stylistic differences.

There were even media outlets digging deeply into the historical grudges between the two teams, crafting the narrative of two old rivals meeting once more.

But the only team that had actually secured a place in the final was the France National Team. Spain National Team's semifinal had not even been played yet!

Yet in their eyes, the England National Team was already dead. Though the match had not begun, England had been handed an early death sentence.

That contemptuous attitude left the English furious.

However, as Europe's traditional troublemaker, and with the Brexit affair having caused such an unpleasant falling-out with the EU in recent years, Britain had a largely negative image across Europe.

Though people always called for politics to stay out of sports, how could that possibly be achieved?

Thus, the systematic disregard and even contempt shown toward the England National Team by Europe's major media outlets was entirely deliberate.

What could they do? Britain simply was not well liked!

With the media of other European countries collectively writing off the England National Team, Britain's domestic media began using their influence in the English-speaking world to cheer for their own team.

The Times: Spain National Team Is Not Invincible—One Fatal Weakness Could Be England National Team's Key to Victory.

The exaggerated headline drew plenty of readers' attention.

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