With surprise early exits from favourites such as Germany and Spain, each tournament upset seems to be paving the way for the homecoming of football.

In fact, England's loss to Belgium on Thursday actually improved their odds of Southgate's big brave boys winning the tournament, as it meant they were granted a seemingly easier route to the final.

Now, for the first time since 1990 England are joint third favourite to lift the trophy, with Oddschecker showing they are tied with Croatia at 6-1 and behind only Brazil and France who are both at 4-1.

Following Spain's loss to underdogs Russia yesterday, Twitter found itself in shock when everyone realised that that the World Cup final would definitely feature one of Russia, Croatia, Sweden, Switzerland, Colombia or England.

England face Colombia tomorrow evening in a clash that team manager Gareth Southgate has described as "the biggest knockout game for a decade".

Given how very England it would be, we'll likely beat Colombia in a hope-rousing display only to be trounced by Switzerland, proving this truly is the World Cup of the underdog.