Soccer Football - World Cup - Group G - England vs Panama - Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia - June 24, 2018 England's John Stones celebrates scoring their fourth goal with team mates REUTERS/Matthew Childs
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, Russia (Reuters) - Even on the back of an extraordinary 6-1 victory it would take an enormous leap of faith, not to mention a reckless disregard for battle-hardened sides with better pedigrees, to even think of England lifting the World Cup trophy next month.
Successive English sides, packed with some of the biggest names in soccer, have over promised and under achieved, turning World Cups and European Championships into studies in fragility.
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