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Published 12:41 2 Jul 2016 BST
Wales' 3-1 victory over Belgium, and their advancement to the semi-finals of Euro 2016, have further compounded England's misery, and this statistic will make it all the more difficult to stomach, and therefore funny for the rest of the world.
Chris Coleman's side have won as many knockout games at an international tournament (2) as England have in the past 20 years.
Wales beat Northern Ireland and Belgium in the past week, while in the past 20 years, England beat Denmark in the last-16 of the 2002 World Cup, and Ecuador at the same stage of the 2006 World Cup.
While England beat Spain on penalties in the quarter-finals of Euro '96, that was technically over two decades ago, as the game was played in June 1996.
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