England throws out Senegal in a hurry and challenges France in some exciting rooms

A combination of sprinter football and high definition has taken England to the quarter-finals.

Thomas Osborne
Thomas Osborne
04 December 2022 Sunday 19:33
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England throws out Senegal in a hurry and challenges France in some exciting rooms

A combination of sprinter football and high definition has taken England to the quarter-finals. The English do not need to chew the plays to knock out the opponent, they attack like lightning and they have plenty of players to combine running, as if taking a break for a while was forbidden to them. The result is usually strong. Senegal paid for it, an orderly and successful selection but not very sharp without Sadio Mané; their players saw the English pass by as if they were motorized. Senegal, champion of Africa, will not repeat the feat of sneaking into the quarterfinals as it did 20 years ago.

England, a finalist in the last European Championship and a semifinalist in the World Cup in Russia, continues to haunt the idea of ​​winning the World Cup again 56 years later. There is a small problem: he measures 1.78, his name is Kylian Mbappé and he plays with a team called France with the appearance of wanting to be champion again. Mbappé is also a sprinter and defines cinema, by the way. What a brutal match the France-England.

The first act was already closed with two goals in favor of England and Senegal wondering why. The Africans displayed a very polished game, almost European in style, to the constant rhythm set by the percussion of their people from the stands. Pondering each play under the command of the small Nampalys Mendy, they managed to scare England thanks to the mobility of Ismaïla Sarr and Boulaye Dia, two forwards in charge of making Mané forget the loss. They could not due to lack of aim.

Sarr claimed a few hands from Stones as his shot headed for the goal. The play had its substance but the VAR ruled it out because the ball bounced off the English center-back's thigh before landing on his arm. Dia was the one who came closest to overtaking Senegal. Pickford prevented him with a great intervention by deflecting a shot with a very powerful left foot with a firm arm. The game could have taken a turn there, but the one who did was England, who began to run. In this field, his list of sprinters is copious. Even with the absence of one of them, Sterling, who was not in the call due to family problems, as announced by the English federation before starting.

The goals were falling like lightning from the sky. The first was a seen and not seen. Harry Kane, much more than a classic nine, mounted the offense, Bellingham crossed from the left with power and precision and Henderson, one of the slow ones, managed to enter the area from the second line and shoot Edouard Mendy. Before the break came the second. Again a manual kickback executed at the speed of light. It was a replica but from the other side. Bellingham started, Foden crossed and Kane finished off a goal. It is the first goal for the English captain in Qatar.

In case there was any doubt England sentenced the matter with the third as soon as the second half began, the result of another meteoric choral play. The center again carried the signature of Foden and this time who took advantage of it was Saka, who already has three goals in the World Cup.

With no need for further electric shocks, Gareth Southgate began booking footballers. It was the final half hour in which the minds of all of England were already thinking of France and Senegal to try again in four years.