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Published 12:11 14 Jul 2018 BST
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'No one really thought we'd win it'.https://twitter.com/GaryLineker/status/1018079625300336640 No-one. None of the thousands of England fans that forked out even more thousands of Euro to get to the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. None of the tens of thousands that watched the game on big screen at Hyde Park and various other public gatherings across the country. None of the 24,200,000 million viewers that watched the drama unfold on ITV. None of the journalists and pundits that predicted England to beat Croatia and march on to the final. None of the players' friends and families, presumably, who followed the team across Russia. Nope. According to Lineker, this was all an elaborate ruse that was England's famous, self-deprecatory humour at its' very best. No point admitting you got a little carried away when you can instead claim you were taking the piss the whole time, even when your country was two games from glory. Following England's quarter final win, Lineker called England "amazing" and turned over to Shearer for his take. The former Newcastle and England forward declared:
"It's magnificent. Thoroughly deserved. It's coming home - I'll end on that!"Shearer knew. Lineker knew. They all knew. We hope you knew too, and knew that they knew. They are the best jokes of all.
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