England – whose recent World Cup outings have proved as disappointing as the expectations heaped on the team were high – faced Tunisia in their opening match in Volgograd.
Could the Three Lions pounce or would they be picked off by the Carthage Eagles?
Here, in pictures, is the story of that encounter.
As it turned out it was the bugs
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