Assured performance puts England in last eight of World Cup
England qualified for the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar earlier in the evening with a 3-0 victory over Senegal.
Goals from Jordan Henderson, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka set a date with France next Saturday.
Gareth Southgate has decided to drop Marcus Rashford from the starting line-up despite the Manchester United man scoring twice in the previous game against Wales. Phil Foden and Bukayo Saka started the match with Harry Kane.
Senegal put pressure on the English players from the start of the game. The Three Lions barely had time to play the ball without a Senegalese opponent shutting it down immediately.
In fact, it was the African champions who had the first chances in the first half. One was thrown over the bar a few yards and Diab's second was pushed back by Jordan Pickford.
Jude Bellingham put Jordan Henderson in place with a single touch for the first goal in the 38th minute.
The Dortmund star then had a big part to play in England's second goal in the first half. He crossed the Senegalese midfield before throwing the ball towards Phil Foden.
The Manchester City man sent a first-time ball to Harry Kane who crossed and shot low into the far corner of the net, seconds before the half-time whistle.< /p>
Eleven minutes after half-time, England were three goals ahead.
Once again, Jude Bellingham was at the forefront of the move, picking up a stray ball and running down the left wing.
Bellingham spotted Bukayo Saka rushing into the box and played a low ball into the penalty area. The Arsenal striker sent the ball over the eager Senegalese goalkeeper who was closing in quickly.
The rest of the second half was almost like a testimonial. Jude Bellingham and John Stones were replaced by Mason Mount and Eric Dier in the 75th minute. Jordan Henderson then replaced Kalvin Phillips with eight minutes remaining.
Next weekend's game will be a very tough competition against reigning world champions France. The idea of Kylian Mbappe circling our defense is terrifying. He played very well against Poland earlier in the day and scored two great goals.
Olivier Giroud will also provide a significant problem and facing those two will be the first real test of the tournament for our backline.
If we can play as well as we have in the future, no doubt we can get on the scoresheet against Didier Deschamps' men. The key question is whether we can stand firmly behind and not concede. At least Gareth Southgate was a former defender so he knows something about that!
England qualified for the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar earlier in the evening with a 3-0 victory over Senegal.
Goals from Jordan Henderson, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka set a date with France next Saturday.
Gareth Southgate has decided to drop Marcus Rashford from the starting line-up despite the Manchester United man scoring twice in the previous game against Wales. Phil Foden and Bukayo Saka started the match with Harry Kane.
Senegal put pressure on the English players from the start of the game. The Three Lions barely had time to play the ball without a Senegalese opponent shutting it down immediately.
In fact, it was the African champions who had the first chances in the first half. One was thrown over the bar a few yards and Diab's second was pushed back by Jordan Pickford.
Jude Bellingham put Jordan Henderson in place with a single touch for the first goal in the 38th minute.
The Dortmund star then had a big part to play in England's second goal in the first half. He crossed the Senegalese midfield before throwing the ball towards Phil Foden.
The Manchester City man sent a first-time ball to Harry Kane who crossed and shot low into the far corner of the net, seconds before the half-time whistle.< /p>
Eleven minutes after half-time, England were three goals ahead.
Once again, Jude Bellingham was at the forefront of the move, picking up a stray ball and running down the left wing.
Bellingham spotted Bukayo Saka rushing into the box and played a low ball into the penalty area. The Arsenal striker sent the ball over the eager Senegalese goalkeeper who was closing in quickly.
The rest of the second half was almost like a testimonial. Jude Bellingham and John Stones were replaced by Mason Mount and Eric Dier in the 75th minute. Jordan Henderson then replaced Kalvin Phillips with eight minutes remaining.
Next weekend's game will be a very tough competition against reigning world champions France. The idea of Kylian Mbappe circling our defense is terrifying. He played very well against Poland earlier in the day and scored two great goals.
Olivier Giroud will also provide a significant problem and facing those two will be the first real test of the tournament for our backline.
If we can play as well as we have in the future, no doubt we can get on the scoresheet against Didier Deschamps' men. The key question is whether we can stand firmly behind and not concede. At least Gareth Southgate was a former defender so he knows something about that!
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