The Times on Saturday reports with barely disguised pleasure the hilarity caused by the performance of the teams’ national anthems before England’s match against Croatia:

The singer [Tony Henry] … should have sung Mila kuda si planina, which translated roughly as “You know my dear how we love your mountains”. Instead he appears to have sung Mila kura si planina, which can be interpreted as, “My dear, my penis is a mountain”.

Film of the build-up to the game shows Croatian players and mascots giggling as Henry performs.

For some reason, I keep getting images of schoolgirls, mangled school songs and canings in assembly the following day.

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