World Cup 2022: French media expect 'explosive' England quarter-final

Explosive, tempting, shocking - the French newspapers person gone dense connected the adjectives arsenic they await a World Cup quarter-final against England.

England boosted fans' hopes of becoming satellite champions for the archetypal clip since 1966 with a 3-0 triumph implicit Senegal, portion Kylian Mbappe starred arsenic France bushed Poland 3-1.

Here is simply a look astatine however some sides person been getting connected - and what the French nationalist are expecting from the Three Lions.

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'God Save OUR King'

The beforehand leafage of L'Equipe reads 'God Save OUR King', praising 23-year-old Mbappe aft his 2 goals against Poland.

Mbappe had refused to speech to the media earlier the last-16 crippled truthful that helium could afloat absorption connected the crippled and paper Le Monde describes him arsenic a "silent saviour".

The insubstantial has gone high-brow with its speculation implicit gameplans for the past eight, paraphrasing an 18th Century subject punctuation - changing "Englishmen, you sprout first" to "Englishmen, you support first".

It was paper Le Figaro which described the quarter-final arsenic "shocking" and "as explosive arsenic it is tempting", adding that anyone who believed France's way successful the World Cup had been casual "may alteration their minds adjacent Saturday".

Eurosport successful France points retired that "the stakes person ne'er been truthful high" for a France-England match, fixed the 2 sides person ne'er faced each different successful the knockout stages of a men's large competition.

Regional insubstantial Sud Ouest keeps things much simple. "Ready to devour immoderate lion," the beforehand leafage reads.

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History and World Cup truthful far

As mentioned, this is the archetypal men's knockout crippled betwixt England and France.

The 2 sides past faced each different successful 2017, erstwhile France's pacey onslaught was excessively overmuch for England and the hosts won 3-2 successful Paris.

Mbappe has been cardinal to Les Bleus' occurrence and leads the race for the Golden Boot with 5 of France's 9 goals - the adjacent champion scorers are each connected three.

In the radical stage, France started with a 4-1 triumph implicit Australia, past bushed Denmark 2-1, earlier a daze 1-0 decision by Tunisia.

England began with a promising 6-2 triumph against Iran, earlier the world cheque of a 0-0 gully with the United States - yet capping disconnected the radical signifier with a 3-0 triumph implicit Wales.

Midfielder Jude Bellingham has drawn the astir praise of England's players, with L'Equipe conceding the 19-year-old has the accomplishment to combat France's Adrien Rabiot and Antoine Griezmann.

Bellingham and England volition look their biggest trial yet astatine this World Cup connected Saturday and the presumption from France suggests they are prepared for their toughest situation too.

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