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Originally Posted by Ark2
How can the country that invented the sport be so bad at it? That was some really poor, uncreative football. Why people think that England is a threat to win the Cup every tournament is mind boggling. They just flat out suck in every single tournament.
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1986: Quarter Finals: Hand of god
1990: Semi-finals: Pen shootout loss
1998: Round of 16: Pen shootout loss
2002: Quarter finals
2006: Quarter Finals: Pen shootout loss.
Not great but better than a lot of teams.
Incidentally in 1990 England drew their first two games and won unconvincingly in the third game. They went onto the semis that year.