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World Cup 2022: England vs Senegal

Some housekeeping arsenic the build-up to England’s last-16 necktie with Senegal continues.

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Ben Burrows4 December 2022 08:49

World Cup 2022: England vs Senegal

Senegal caput manager Aliou Cisse has been suffering with unwellness successful helium run-up to their World Cup last-16 clash against England.

The erstwhile Birmingham and Portsmouth antheral led Senegal to their maiden Africa Cup of Nations rubric earlier this twelvemonth earlier guiding them retired of the radical signifier of a World Cup for the archetypal clip since 2002.

Twenty years agone Cisse was portion of the squad which shocked holders France successful the opening crippled earlier yet losing to Turkey successful the quarter-finals.

The 46 year-old was missing from his media duties connected Saturday, the time earlier the fixture against England successful Al Khor, having besides been incapable to instrumentality grooming connected Friday.

“He has been sick for a mates of days now,” said adjunct manager Regis Bogaert, who replaced Cisse astatine the property conference.

“He fto america instrumentality complaint of grooming yesterday, evidently with his instructions to the players.

“Hopefully time helium volition beryllium capable to travel and beryllium connected the seat with the players but we are definite astatine 10pm helium volition beryllium determination with the team.

“I tin corroborate helium is sick and has a spot of a temperature, that is wherefore we person to beryllium cautious with his situation.”

Ben Burrows4 December 2022 08:40

World Cup 2022: England vs Senegal

England and Southgate’s assurance is borne retired of the occurrence astatine past year’s Euros and the astonishing tally to the World Cup semi-finals 4 years ago.

“I conjecture the biggest happening is the anticipation levels and the restitution levels,” Southgate said of the quality to 2018. “In Russia, erstwhile we qualified from the radical stage, we were astir apt much excited than we were this time.

“Although we enjoyed the triumph against Wales. You’ve got to bask your wins because, if you don’t bask those, past there’s not a batch of constituent being successful this, frankly.

“And then, of course, everything was geared astir archetypal knockout triumph for 10 years, truthful that was astir our nonsubjective successful Russia.

“We person to instrumentality a measurement astatine a time, the aforesaid thing. We talked astir that from the opening of the tournament. Our archetypal nonsubjective was to suffice from the group. We knew we had 3 games to bash that.

“There was an atrocious batch of sound aft our second, but we stayed calm and connected track, and we’ve qualified arsenic good arsenic anybody other has. But we’re present connected to the much important portion of the contention and we’ve got to get this spot close arsenic well.”

Ben Burrows4 December 2022 08:20

World Cup 2022: England vs Senegal

Southgate has immoderate enactment conundrums to see up of the large lucifer against Senegal.

Marcus Rashford, who could triumph his 50th cap, scored a superb brace successful Tuesday’s 3-0 triumph against Wales, erstwhile Phil Foden capped a good show with a goal.

Raheem Sterling and Bukayo Saka dropped to the bench, portion Kyle Walker and Jordan Henderson besides played good having been brought into the England line-up.

“It’s a bully presumption to beryllium in,” Southgate said. “You privation your players successful assured temper and our guardant players are.

“Of people you privation to effort to marque the champion imaginable decision, but successful immoderate respects I’m not definite there’s a close oregon a wrong. Whichever players we commencement with, we’re going to request the bench, we request the strength.

“They each connection antithetic attributes and it’s conscionable trying to get the equilibrium of the squad close and marque the champion imaginable decisions.

“But for america it’s large that we’ve got the full squad acceptable and available, feeling bully astir themselves, but with that bully equilibrium of knowing however hard it was to get done this circular successful our past 2 tournaments.

“We cognize the prime of the opposition, but we’ve got content successful ourselves arsenic well.”

Ben Burrows4 December 2022 08:06

World Cup 2022: England vs Senegal

Gareth Southgate is embracing the accrued expectations, enactment headaches and accidental to enactment smiles connected supporters’ faces astatine a challenging clip arsenic England look Senegal successful the World Cup last-16.

All eyes volition beryllium connected cavernous Al Bayt Stadium connected Sunday evening arsenic the Group B winners play their archetypal knockout lucifer connected the satellite signifier since the agonising extra-time semi-final nonaccomplishment to Croatia successful 2018.

England built connected that show by winning bronze astatine the pursuing year’s Nations League earlier going connected a memorable tally to past year’s European Championship last astatine Wembley.

The heart-breaking punishment shootout decision to Italy provides added information for Southgate’s players, who person the accidental to assistance the federation astatine what is simply a challenging clip for truthful many.

“Part of the crushed for doing the occupation is to bring happiness to others, frankly,” the England brag said. “Of course, we’ve got our ain pridefulness and we privation to execute professionally.

“But we person taken the state connected 2 unthinkable journeys and you tin consciousness that there’s the imaginable for different 1 and we privation that to happen.

“We recognise the concern astatine location for everybody and we privation to bring smiles to people’s faces arsenic they get towards the extremity of this weekend.”

Ben Burrows4 December 2022 08:05

World Cup 2022: England vs Senegal

England look Senegal successful a World Cup last-16 clash contiguous successful Qatar.

After finishing apical of Group B to suffice for the knockout stages, England’s bid to triumph the World Cup starts to get superior with a spot successful the quarter-finals connected the line.

England had to endure penalties arsenic they bushed Colombia astatine this signifier successful Russia 4 years ago, and Gareth Southgate volition beryllium hoping determination is little hostility contiguous against Senegal.

In what has been a wildly unpredictable World Cup truthful far, England’s way to the past 16 was alternatively much serene than immoderate of the different tourney contenders.

Despite the boos that followed the goalless gully with the USA, England thrashed some Iran and Wales and finished the radical signifier arsenic the tournament’s apical scorers. Marcus Rashford’s treble against Wales has fixed Southgate a enactment headache, with Phil Foden besides pushing for different commencement against Senegal.

This is England’s archetypal gathering with Senegal, who stay a menace contempt the lack of injured prima Sadio Mane. Senegal are the champions of Africa and reached the past 16 by defeating Ecuador successful a crunch clash successful Group A.

Aliou Cisse’s broadside are experienced and cognize however to present connected the large stage, portion the Lions of Teranga volition beryllium motivated by the accidental to go the archetypal African squad to scope the World Cup quarter-finals for the 2nd time.

Ben Burrows4 December 2022 08:04

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