20 years on from World Cup heartbreak v Brazil, do England fans not remember how bad it was? – The Warm-Up

TUESDAY'S BIG STORIES Give Gareth a chance please Ad/> It's exactly a week since England were thumped at home by Hungary. More notably, it's exactly 20 years since Ronaldinho floated a free-kick towards the England goal, John Motson uttered the immortal words «oh, and Seaman's been beaten» and the biggest lie in football — «it wasn't a fluke, promise» — was born. Brazil won the quarter-final 2-1 and nine days later the Brazilian Trent Alexander-Arnold was lifting the World Cup aloft.

It still hurts. World CupGiggs steps down as Wales boss9 HOURS AGO At the time, it was the third instalment of England-themed anguish in the Warm-Up's short existence on Planet Earth. First it was David Beckham and Diego Simeone at France '98, then it was Phil Neville and the most needless tackle at Euro 2000.

And then this: the day David Seaman briefly forgot how to jump. /> It didn't get any better. A double dose of Portugal penalty heartbreak in 2004 and 2006.

The red and blue umbrella of 2008. Wayne's «that's what loyal support is» in a particularly bleak 2010. Penalties again in 2012.

Roy Hodgson's Manaus misery in 2014 and death by Thunderclap in 2016. And then, after Sam Allardyce was caught eyeing up a pint of wine, along came a stubbled man in a waistcoat and everything changed. A team containing Ashley Young, Dele Alli and Jesse Lingard found themselves leading a World Cup semi-final, and still firmly in it when extra time rolled around.