England vs France Quarterfinal, Highlights
Full Time So it would end and end in a very bad manner for England at yet another World Cup. The English dominated the entire game with 58% possession, 16 shots on goal and 8 shots on target compared to France’s 8 and five respectively. But all that mattered in the end was the column of goals and over there they lacked behind.
The only goal that England got was through a penalty converted by Harry Kane. Things would have been different had he converted the second penalty as well, but he hit it over the bar and as a result, English would now have to return home empty-handed once again.
France would now take on Morocco in the semi-final on December 15th.
The Preview
England and France both have been brilliant throughout their World Cup campaign and while France even lost to Tunisia in one of their games, England only faced a draw against the USA. The English side has scored the most in this World Cup so far.
France, on the other hand, have Kylian Mbappe on their side who is not only a prolific striker but the leading goal scorer of this tournament with five goals to his name. It is therefore going to be a fight between the top goal-scorer and the top goal-scoring side.
More than this, it is also going to be a battle of approaches between French manager Didier Deschamps and Englishman Gareth Southgate. While the Frenchman is an attacker, Southgate believes in securing the defence first and then going for the attack. Who will win this battle, only time can tell?
England Starting 11
Pickford, Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw, Henderson, Rice, Bellingham, Saka, Kane, Foden
Formation: 4-3-3
France Starting 11
Lloris, Kounde, Varane, Upamecano, Theo Hernandez, Tchouameni, Rabiot, Dembele, Griezmann, Mbappe, Giroud
Formation: 4-2-3-1
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