AL KHOR, Qatar (AP) — England captain Harry Kane scored his first objective of this year’s World Cup, helping his team beat Senegal 3- Sunday and setting up a match in opposition to France in the quarterfinals.
Kane scored for the 52nd time for his state to move inside one of Wayne Rooney’s England history. He also overtook Gary Lineker as his country’s leading scorer in major tournaments with 11 ambitions.
“The ball just sat up properly and the relationship was excellent,” Kane stated. “I had a person just prior to that I should really have performed superior with so it was good to see that a single go in.”
Jordan Henderson and Bukayo Saka also scored at Al Bayt Stadium even though Jude Bellingham played a critical position in the opening two ambitions and Phil Foden experienced two helps.
England, which reached the semifinals at the very last World Cup in Russia, will face defending champion France at Al Bayt Stadium on Saturday.
“We enjoyed this a single, but of class our emphasis turns straight to that,” Kane explained. “It’s heading to be a genuinely challenging video game. They’re reigning champions but it’ll be a superior battle.”
The will have to-see contest will aspect the tournament’s primary scorer in Kylian Mbappe and one particular of its standout players in Bellingham.
Mbappe scored 2 times against Poland in a 3-1 victory to just take his whole at this year’s Globe Cup to 5 targets.
Bellingham only has the a single he scored in England’s opening 6-2 rout of Iran, but his activity is about so significantly much more.
“Goodness me, @BellinghamJude is unbelievably great. He’s the leader in this team. His mothers and fathers have to be so very pleased. Love him,” Lineker wrote on Twitter just after the Borussia Dortmund midfielder crossed for Henderson to rating the to start with aim in the 38th moment.
Up to then, Senegal had been producing the additional perilous probabilities. Ismaila Sarr sent a shot more than from close assortment and then England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford had to throw out an arm to block yet another work from Boulaye Dia.
All that without the need of the team’s player, Sadio Mane, who was dominated out of the tournament with an injury right before enjoy even commenced in Qatar.
Almost everything adjusted at the time Bellingham seized command, charging into the box ahead of placing up Henderson. In 1st-50 percent stoppage time, he went on an additional unstoppable operate, carrying the ball from just outside England’s box and deep into Senegal’s half. Foden then performed in Kane to double England’s direct.
With the 1966 Globe Cup champions properly on their way to a showdown with France, Saka scored in the 57th minute by converting Foden’s cross.
Remaining Electric power
The match was played to the defeat of the Senegal fans’ drums, which furnished the soundtrack from start off to finish. England’s admirers struggled to be listened to in excess of the sounds — even when the end result was outside of question.
STERLING Hold out
Raheem Sterling was dominated out just before the match begun since of a “family matter.” England coach Gareth Southgate did not give any sign if or when the ahead would be ready to return.
Report Set
Bellingham grew to become the youngest England participant to supply an guide at a Planet Cup.
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