Sunday's Euro 2020 final will determine if football really is coming home but England have never looked more primed to receive their long-awaited visitor.
Gareth Southgate has always said this young side is different to their predecessors: rather than being burdened by history, they sense an opportunity to create their own. And here it is: England have reached their first ever Euros final and first tournament showpiece since winning the 1966 World Cup.
Just as some misconstrue the sentiment behind 'Three Lions', the biannual summer anthem afforded extra poignancy this time around as it comes 25 years after its debut at Euro 96, the euphoric scenes after England secured a 2-1 extra-time win over Denmark here at Wembley could be interpreted as premature.