France defeat Poland 3-1 and England beat Senegal 3-0; each advance to a quarter-final showdown on the World Cup.
France and England have stormed by to the quarter-finals of the World Cup in Qatar with a flurry of targets that noticed them convincingly finish the match runs of Poland and Senegal.
The massive names from each successful groups have been in high goal-scoring kind on Sunday: France’s Kylian Mbappe and Olivier Giroud supplied the 3-1 targets that defeated Poland, and England’s Jordan Henderson, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka put three within the web for his or her 3-0 win over Senegal.
France and England at the moment are set for a World Cup quarter-final match that can see the 2 giants of European soccer sq. off on Saturday, December 10, at Qatar’s Al Khor stadium.
Right here’s a recap of all you have to know from Day 15 — Sunday, December 4 — of the World Cup 2022 in Qatar.
France vs Poland
New footballing data have been set on Sunday evening on the World Cup as France received by to the quarter-finals by beating Poland 3-1 at Al Thumama Stadium.
The opening objective of the match scored by Olivier Giroud not solely set his crew on the trail to victory, it additionally elevated him to France’s all-time main objective scorer after he took his whole to 52 for the French nationwide facet. His objective in opposition to Poland within the forty fourth minute — only one minute in need of half-time — put Giroud’s whole one forward of the 51-goal file held by France’s Thierry Henry.
Giroud’s tally of targets may have gone another after his shot discovered the Polish web once more within the 57th minute, nevertheless it was disallowed as the sport had already been stopped as a result of a collision between Poland goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny and France’s Raphael Varane.
Kylian Mbappe, who received the opposite two targets within the recreation on Sunday night, additionally set a file by beating Pele’s whole of seven World Cup targets earlier than the age of 24. The 23-year-old Mbappe now has 33 targets in 63 appearances since making his debut for France in 2017.
Mbappe scored his first objective within the 74th minute and added his second when he curled a shot into the highest nook one minute into harm time.
Poland additionally put a objective away in stoppage time from a Robert Lewandowski penalty shot, nevertheless it was far too late for a comeback.
French coach Didier Deschamps mentioned after the match: “France wanted an incredible Kylian Mbappe tonight they usually received one.”
Poland coach Czeslaw Michniewicz had phrases of comfort for his crew.
“We did our homework and received by the group stage. We didn’t handle that for 36 years. However then, sadly, we met the world champions,” he mentioned.
France will now meet England, who superior 3-0 in opposition to Senegal afterward Sunday.
England have received each earlier encounters with France on the World Cup: 2-0 in 1966, and 3-1 in 1982.
England vs Senegal
England overcame African champions Senegal on Sunday evening with targets scored by Jordan Henderson, Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka for a 3-0 win.
Henderson’s opening objective got here within the thirty eighth minute and was added to by Kane’s objective — his first on this match — simply earlier than the half-time whistle was blown. Saka made it three targets for England within the sixty fifth minute.
Although England’s win regarded snug, Senegal did pose a risk within the first half when Ismaila Sarr beat England’s goalkeeper however then fired the ball over the goalmouth. Sarr additionally assisted in Senegal’s first strike on objective when he performed the ball to teammate Boulaye Dia, whose shot pressured England’s goalkeeper right into a left-handed save.
England’s efficiency within the second half was commanding for a crew chasing a World Cup dream so as to add to their 1966 championship victory. Notable was the absence of England ahead Raheem Sterling, who was not obtainable for choice on Sunday for what was reported to be a household challenge.
Senegal coach Aliou Cisse later spoke of defensive lapses by his crew and the way African soccer would proceed to progress.
“Our energy has all the time been defence, we don’t typically concede targets, and definitely not three in a match. That was a shock for me as a result of defence is normally the place we are able to make the distinction,” he mentioned.
“After the primary objective it was robust for us after which we let the second in simply earlier than half-time. The third was key,” he mentioned.
Cisse mentioned soccer in Africa was “enhancing on a regular basis”.
“You don’t win the World Cup in a single day. We see that African infrastructure is enhancing and the federations are coaching coaches. We'd like extra technical administrators, improved refereeing, however our international locations are engaged on these enhancements. It can't be executed in a single day,” he mentioned.
“Errors have been made up to now however Africa now has the best insurance policies in place. We can not cease now if we need to win this match someday.”
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