“Three Lions”, the anthem of Euro 1996 which has soundtracked England at every major tournament since, begins with a spoken word intro. The clip is from the BBC’s Match of the Day in 1994, after England finished third in their qualifying group and failed to secure passage to that summer’s World Cup in the United States.“We’re not creative enough, and we’re not positive enough,” says Trevor Brooking, the former West Ham and England midfielder who was a pundit on the show.Fast-forward just over three decades, and England are at a World Cup hosted by the U.S. (plus Mexico and Canada). And have they found any creativity and positivity? The numbers would suggest they have given Opta says Thomas Tuchel’s side are the tournament leaders for big chances, having generated 20 in their first four matches. That includes seven in yesterday’s 2-1 comeback win over DR Congo to progress from the round of 32.There are only three other instances of teams managing that many in one match at this tournament: France against Sweden, Portugal versus Uzbekistan and England again, this time in their opening game against Croatia. Argentina, Spain and Portugal were in single digits for big chances after three group games. In context, Thomas Tuchel’s side is showing fantastic incision.The problem is that England have only converted one-quarter of these shots, and that includes Harry Kane’s penalty to open the scoring against Croatia.Such profligacy meant it took them more than an hour to get the group-winning goal against Panama, and is why DR Congo held on to their seventh-minute lead for so long — before a Kane brace flipped the tie.“After 20 minutes, I thought we were the stronger team, we attacked with more freedom and more threat,” Tuchel told reporters following the round of 32 win. “We created a lot of big chances in the second half of the first half. We kept pushing their goalkeeper; he kept on saving.”England had their first shot on 30 minutes, their longest wait in a World Cup match on Opta records (since 1966). They settled after the hydration break, having been bamboozled by DR Congo’s fast start and clever passing patterns.Crosses into the second six-yard box for No 10 Jude Bellingham were the best route to goal. From the first of those, delivered by Declan Rice, Bellingham tried to go back across the goal but headed straight at the goalkeeper, Lionel Mpasi.Later in the half, right winger Noni Madueke found him with an in-swinging cross hit between the DR Congo centre-backs. Bellingham timed his run well, helped by Kane and Marcus Rashford positioning themselves for a deep ball.This time, Bellingham went for a glancing header. Once more, it was central, and Mpasi kept it out.Bellingham has scored big goals, poking in the opener against Panama from a corner and putting England 3-2 up versus Croatia with a run-in-behind for Elliot Anderson’s long pass.