England turned connected the people aft a investigating commencement to handily bushed Senegal 3-0 astatine the 2022 World Cup and beforehand to the quarterfinals.
The effect sets up a tantalizing clash with France, who bushed Poland 3-1 earlier successful the day, for Gareth Southgate's broadside successful the 2 European heavyweights' first-ever knockout circular gathering astatine a World Cup.
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Jordan Henderson and skipper Harry Kane some scored conscionable earlier the interruption to unafraid a 2-0 half-time pb against a Senegal broadside that had looked wholly up to the task astatine the Al Bayt Stadium.
Speedy Senegal striker Boulaye Dia, who looked unsafe connected the counter, came closest for the African broadside erstwhile helium brought retired a crisp one-handed prevention from Jordan Pickford aft England's defence carelessly gave the shot distant conscionable past the half-hour.
Henderson settled England's nerves successful the 38th minute, stroking the shot location aft being played successful by Jude Bellingham astatine the extremity of a beauteous passing move.
Kane struck a ferocious changeable past goalkeeper Edouard Mendy with the past footwear of the archetypal half, leaving him 1 extremity down Wayne Rooney's grounds of 53 goals for England.
Manager Rigobert Song rang the changes for Senegal astatine half-time but to small effect arsenic Bukayo Saka enactment England 3 up successful the 57th minute, applying a deft interaction to Phil Foden's transverse done the six-yard container implicit the outstretched arms of Mendy.
Saka's onslaught took England's full goals frankincense acold successful Qatar to 12 -- level with the country's World Cup grounds fig scored successful reaching the semifinals successful Russia -- arsenic the Three Lions saw retired the lucifer astatine a canter.
Chelsea winger Raheem Sterling, who had started England's archetypal 2 matches, was near retired of the squad entirely to woody with what the FA described arsenic a "family matter."
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