Dele Alli put England 2-0 up in the quarter-final match against Sweden in the 2018 World Cup on Saturday.
By doing so, he became the fifth different player to score a goal for England at the 2018 World Cup, their joint-most in a single edition of the tournament (also 1954, 1998 and 2002).
Samara Stadium, where the match is being played today, knew best how to create the prefect environment. As soon as England netted a second goal, Samara played It’s Coming Home by Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds blares out over the PA System.”
This is how fans in the stadium reacted to Alli's goal:
Earlier, a thumping 30th-minute Harry Maguire header from a corner gave England a 1-0 lead over Sweden.
Meanwhile, Harry is the fourth player to score his first England goal in a World Cup knockout match, after Alan Mullery, David Platt and Rio Ferdinand.
Centre-back Maguire connected with an Ashley Young corner to score his first international goal and reward England for their more adventurous approach in a largely cautious first half.
The winners will play either Russia or Croatia, who meet later on Saturday, in the semi-finals.
England have not been in the last-eight since 2006, when tens of thousands of England fans travelled to Germany to watch their side lose. But when England face Sweden in Russia on Saturday, there will be few England supporters. According to a few reports, stadium on Saturday will barely have 3,000 English supporters. Looks like, nobody thought, ‘it could come home!’
