Even Alexa knows football’s coming home

It’s been 52 years since England won the World Cup, but that hasn’t stopped English fans from dreaming of another victory ever since. Coming out of the group stages, England defeated Colombia earlier this week to edge the country even closer to the World Cup final. Home fans supporting England in Russia have all been chanting “it’s coming home,” and created internet memes that have left the rest of the world a little confused. Now, even Alexa is getting involved.

“It’s coming home,” is part of England’s official football (soccer) song Three Lions, that was originally introduced in 1996 for the Euro 96 football championship that was hosted in England. SB Nation has a great explainer on the song’s history, and it essentially refers to…

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