Whenever I walk up to the Royal Albert Hall, I always see this sign and ponder. You may be in London now, but you are only nine measly miles away from the bright lights and glamour of Hounslow #proms
Kane = Odysseus, bringing football home
Bellingham =Telemachus
Penelope = the World Cup
Argentina = the wicked suitors
VAR = Cyclops
Lotus Eaters = the Mexico result
Sirens = social media after Mexico result
Scylla and Charybdis = DR Congo and Norway
Oxen of the Sun - the semi
England's semi-final was The Odyssey. Kane has spent years trying to bring football home, his spiritual son, Bellingham, tried his best to hold off the suitors (Argentina) and to protect Penelope (the World Cup itself). In this version the wicked suitors prevail
@nguyenhdi