Sounds like we played a strong team. Holloway on the score sheet, McLaughlin, Banks, Gerrard and Stott in the picture from the match report and Flitcroft mentioning Davies and Clarke in his post match interview.
It will be more down to upload speeds at their end than download speeds at your end. They may also have chosen a lower streaming resolution to minimise glitches.
No - I don't really want to take the risk to be honest. It's quite a lot of money for it to not work, especially when you're also relying on a decent VPN which will probably mean shelling out even more money.
Don't see why a UK card wouldn't work, though. Lots of people working abroad who still have a UK bank account.