Kylian Mbappe passes Pele for most World Cup goals scored by a men’s player before turning 24 years old (8)
Kylian Mbappe passes Pele for most World Cup goals scored by a men’s player before turning 24 years old (8)
England have announced that Raheem Sterling will not be available for the match against Senegal as he is dealing with a family matter.
#ENG XI: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw; Rice, Henderson, Bellingham; Saka, Foden, Kane.
#SEN XI: E. Mendy; Sabaly, Koulibaly, Diallo, Jakobs; Ciss, N. Mendy; Diatta, Ndiaye, Sarr; Dia.
2 - Jude Bellingham (19y 158d) is the second teenager to start in a #FIFAWorldCup knockout stage game for England, after Michael Owen (18y 198d) against Argentina in 1998. Spotlight.
England haven’t lost in seven previous World Cup matches against African opposition (W4 D3)
Kick off is fast approaching!
Player with most World Cup goals before turning 24 (9)
More World Cup goals than Cristiano Ronaldo
Level on World Cup goals with Lionel Messi
Kylian Mbappé is built for this stage
Jude Bellingham is the first player to score a goal and provide an assist at a World Cup before turning 20 years old since Lionel Messi in 2006
Henderson Bellingham
Kane Foden
Saka Foden
Three-asy does it.
Bukayo Saka is the first Arsenal player to score a goal in a men’s major tournament knockout stage game for England.
Lil Chilli on the big stage.
◉ Mar 2022: Harry Kane overtakes Thierry Henry’s Premier League goals tally
◉ Dec 2022: Harry Kane overtakes Thierry Henry’s international goals tally
The North London Derby goes global.
A few topsy-turvy moments for both France and Poland in the FIFA World Cup Round of 16 match but it was Olivier Giroud who eventually put Les Bleus in front.
In the process, Giroud also became France’s all-time top-scorer, overtaking Thierry Henry who had 51 goals to his name.
In the second-half, Kylian Mbappe doubled France’s lead with his 4th goal of the tournament. Mbappe doubled the lead with a terrific strike in the top-corner to make it 3-0 for France.
A late Robert Lewandowski penalty saw Poland salvage some pride but it’s France who qualified for the quarter-finals.
Goals from Jordan Henderson, Kane and Bukayo Saka sealed England’s berth in the quarter-finals of the World Cup. England will meet defending champions France in the quarter-final stage of the Qatar World Cup.
Free-scoring England extended their unbeaten record against African teams with a 3-0 victory over Senegal on Sunday which included a first goal at this World Cup from captain Harry Kane as they set up a quarter-final clash with holders France.
England’s goalfest in Qatar - 12 so far - equals their previous best World Cup total at Russia 2018 when they made the semi-finals. They scored 11 in winning the world title in 1966.
Budweiser Player of the Match, Harry Kane singled out the performances of Phil Foden and Jude Bellingham as England progressed to set up a huge Quarter-Final clash with France.
Raheem Sterling was the victim of a robbery last night at his home in London while in Qatar.
He’s gone back to England to check on his families well-being and will return to the squad if the circumstances are right.
(Source: @Matt_Law_DT)