Golden generation [ɡəʊl.dən d͡ʒɛnəˈɹeɪʃən] n A particularly talented group of footballers who should dominate the sport for 10 years but inevitably disappoint instead, often going out of tournaments to the first good team they face.
In the days leading up to England’s last-16 day of destiny with Slovakia, the question being asked inside the camp was not whether Jude Bellingham would play – that was never in doubt – but whether he could do all the things that were asked of him.
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