France defeated England to secure a spot in the semifinal of the FIFA World Cup with a 2-1 win at the AL Bayt Stadium on Sunday.
For France, Aurelien Tchouameni scored in 17′ and Olivier Giroud in 78′. For England, Harry Kane equalized in 54′ throught penalty. However, Harry Kane, missed a penalty minutes away from full-time, to miss a chance to level the score at 2-2.
Kane now has eight World Cup goals and has equalled the tally of Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, who earlier crashed out of the World Cup after a 1-0 defeat against Morocco. This was also his 53rd goal for England, thus equalled the record set by Wayne Rooney.
France’s Antoine Griezmann bagged two assists for his country against England in the FIFA World Cup quarterfinal, becoming the all-time leader in French football history with 28 assists. Griezmann broke the joint-top record set by Thierry Henry and Zinedine Zidane (26). He has 42 goals for his country and is third in the list of all-time goalscorers for his country, behind Olivier Giroud (52) and Thierry Henry (51).
England Starting XI: Jordan Pickford; Kyle Walker, John Stones, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw; Jordan Henderson, Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham; Bukayo Saka, Harry Kane (capt), Phil Foden
France Starting XI: Hugo Lloris (capt); Jules Kounde, Raphael Varane, Dayot Upamecano, Theo Hernandez; Antoine Griezmann, Aurelien Tchouameni, Adrien Rabiot; Ousmane Dembele, Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappe
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