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The national anthems. Whoever you’re supporting tonight, we’re all friends together here, in full agreement both that Ukraine’s glory should be born again, and also it’s for the best if the Queen is saved. No need to be banging out those anthems again, we’ve been there and done that during Euro 2020 already, so instead how about a ditty that embraces both cultures at once? A performance of Ukrainian folk classic Давні Часи by Leeds and England’s Kalvin Phillips finest bar-chord specialists The Wedding Present should do the trick.
Another dip into the pre-match postbag. “Well, this feels odd,” begins Guy Hornsby. “Germany was such a huge game for all sorts of reasons, but we can’t allow tonight to be a hangover. The Ukraine team are no mugs, we’re without the Wembley effect, so I’m hoping we’ll try and just press restart. Southgate will make us tough to beat and in tournament football it’s how it should be. We’re not France or Belgium, and we have such quality up front that we should be confident we can do it. Punditry over, where’s the whisky!”
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