Meanwhile in London, England football fans invaded an IKEA after defeating Sweden in the 2018 Russia World Cup quarter-final.
If you stayed up to watch the game then you would have witnessed England’s 2-0 victory over the Swedes. English fans went into full meltdown and poured into the streets singing and chanting.
Transport for London actually reported traffic blockages.
Per the footage doing the rounds on Twitter, fans in Stratford are seen singing the Three Lions’ It’s coming home and rushing into an IKEA store. The video was presumably filmed by the cashier who can be heard saying “what the hell?”
Ikea in Stratford pic.twitter.com/JfhS3oPX1M
— Marley 🇯🇲 (@MarlzAnthony) July 7, 2018
Another video shows fans jumping on a display bed and kicking cushions around:
https://twitter.com/cutclear/status/1015636499457544192
While some people found the raucous funny, others have shared their disgust and shame:
https://twitter.com/Kicehouse/status/1015669216865906688
One Twitter user by the name of Mark wrote “Let’s get some of these gammons named, shamed so @IKEAUK & @metpoliceuk can get them convicted!!”
IKEA UK actually responded to Mark’s tweet writing:
“We are aware of a small group of fans celebrating the match result in one of our stores. Being both British and Swedish, we were on the edge of our seats during the game and we would like to say ‘grattis!’ (that’s congratulations in Swedish) to the England team for getting through to the semi-finals. In celebration, we’ve put one of the nation’s favourite dishes, fish and chips, on offer for just £1.”
Comedian Elis James wrote:
if you think smashing up an IKEA is funny you are a fucking dick.
— Elis James (@elisjames) July 7, 2018
While another compared the English to the Japanese:
https://twitter.com/Tweetsfor45/status/1015765242721079296
https://twitter.com/DaeGuid/status/1015886315198537728
Brilliant! Ikea’s answer to the hooligans who trashed the stores who is as graceful as it can get for a brand. They are inviting fans to the store with a special discount on fish and chips to celebrate the England’s victory over Sweden! #brand #ikea https://t.co/3uyp6W1ZBf
— Prateekshankar Dixit (@psdixit09) July 8, 2018
To all those morons who went into #IKEA to wind up mostly British workers and shoppers. Gareth Southgate and his team are representing a new kind of England, an England that doesn’t include arseholes like you. #England #FootballsComingHome
— MimiJ (@MimiJ9) July 8, 2018
Another applauded Croatia’s huge but seemingly appropriate celebrations in comparison to the English fans:
https://twitter.com/FutbolEv_/status/1015702027157024768
England will face Croatia next for a spot in the finals.
In far calmer scenes, Kensington Palace sent out a royal bird congratulating the national team:
You wanted to make history @England and you are doing just that. This has been an incredible #WorldCup run and we’ve enjoyed every minute. You deserve this moment – Football’s Coming Home! W
— The Prince and Princess of Wales (@KensingtonRoyal) July 7, 2018
Earlier that day, the Bands of the Guards Division played a rendition of It’s Coming Home:
🎶📽 The Bands of the Guards Division played a very special rendition of the “Three Lions – It’s Coming Home” song on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace yesterday ahead of England’s World Cup quarter-final game with Sweden.
© @ArmyInLondon #WorldCup #SWEENG pic.twitter.com/YKublhJHrG— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) July 7, 2018
Swedish legend Zlatan Ibrahimovic had also made a bet with English legend David Beckham, agreeing to buy dinner for him if Sweden lost the match. If Sweden won, Beckham would buy Ibrahimovic anything he wanted from IKEA.
France will take on Belgium on July 11 and England will go up against Croatia on July 12 for a spot in the finals.
