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England 3-0 Senegal: Three Lions reach last 8 to face France as Kane & co net

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England set up a huge World Cup quarter-final showdown with defending champions France after easing past Senegal with a 3-0 victory in the last-16.

2022 World Cup

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Match Report

After a sluggish start at the Al Bayt Stadium, England burst into life in the 39th minute when Jude Bellingham brilliantly set up Jordan Henderson for the opener.

It got even better for Gareth Southgate's side just before the break when Bellingham launched a devastating England counter, which was finished off by Harry Kane (45+3) for his first goal of the tournament.

England's charge to the last eight continued after the break as Bukayo Saka (57) justified his recall to the starting XI with a deft finish to convert Phil Foden's cross.

It led to an extremely comfortable end to the game for England as Southgate made a host of substitutions as he aims to keep his squad fresh for what lies ahead.

It sets up a mouth-watering last-eight contest with France on Saturday (kick-off 7pm), who were inspired by a clinical performance from Kylian Mbappe as his double helped secure them a 3-1 victory over Poland.

What does the result mean?

England now have a blockbuster World Cup quarter-final against France to look forward to next Saturday, December 10.

Kick-off at the Al-Bayt Stadium will be at 7pm.

England's potential route to the World Cup final...

Quarter-finals - Saturday December 10
England vs France - Kick-off 7pm

Semi-finals - Wednesday December 14
England vs Morocco/Spain/Portugal/Switzerland - Kick-off 7pm

Match Events

0' The match is about to start!

4' CLOSE! Maguire makes timely block

22' Handball in the box but ref says no penalty!

30' What a save from Pickford!

37' GOAL! England 1-0 Senegal (Henderson)

40' Kane fires his shot into the sky

43' Mendy makes decent save to stop Shaw

48' GOAL! England 2-0 Senegal (Kane)

56' GOAL! England 3-0 Senegal (Saka)

73' Sarr's free kick wide out

Line-ups

England XI: Henderson, Walker, Kane, Pickford, Maguire, Stones, Shaw, Rice, Foden, Saka, Jude Bellingham

Subs: Callum Wilson, Trippier, Coady, Grealish, Pope, Dier, Maddison, Mount, Alexander-Arnold, Kalvin Phillips, Rashford, Ramsdale, Conor Gallagher

Senegal XI: Koulibaly, Nampalys Mendy, Sabaly, Edouard Mendy, Diallo, Sarr, Diatta, Pathé Ciss, Ismail Jakobs, Iliman Ndiaye, Boulaye Dia

Subs: Gomis, Famara Diédhiou, Seny Dieng, F.Toure, Cisse, Mamadou Loum, Pape Gueye, Moustapha Name, Moussa N'Diaye, Formose Mendy, Pape Matar Sarr, Nicolas Jackson, Bamba Dieng

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