Dedicated duo’s van-tastic voyage

England fans Nigel Holder and Larry McNulty climbed into the cab of their camper van on Sunday and set off for the next leg of their Russia World Cup odyssey, the 20-hour journey to Moscow, site of their team’s semifinal match.

The two building contractors from Cheltenham, western England, who drove all the way to Russia in their Mercedes van last month, watched their team defeat Sweden in Saturday’s quarterfinal in Samara.

Their next stop is the Russian capital, but there is one snag: they don’t have tickets for the game, when Gareth Southgate’s side will take on Croatia.

“If anyone’s got any tickets out there, we’re desperate,” Holder said before setting out for Moscow, just over 1,000 km (600 miles) northwest of Samara.

The pair left England on June 12 and have been on the road since, taking in Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod, Kaliningrad, Moscow and Samara in support of the Three Lions.