Millions of England fans are expected to leave work early on Wednesday and drink 28million pints of beer to cheer on the Three Lions at the World Cup.
Thomas Tuchel‘s men will play their first knockout match of this year’s tournament at 5pm BST, heading to Atlanta to take on the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Workers are expected to abandon desks and ditch last-minute meetings to rush to bars or dash home to watch the Round of 32 match which will be broadcast on BBC One.
The 5pm kick-off time is notable given it will be England’s only game of the tournament that
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