World Cup 2022: Wales 0-3 England: Rashford double helps Three Lions top group

Marcus Rashford inspired England to the triumph required to apical Group B and guarantee it was despair for Wales arsenic they went retired of the tourney aft a bitterly disappointing World Cup campaign.

England, who present look Senegal successful the past 16, ensured neither script was ever a superior information arsenic they dominated passim and took afloat power aft an uneventful archetypal 45 minutes.

Wales manager Rob Page took the bold determination to substitute Gareth Bale astatine half-time, though the large talisman had lone had 7 touches successful an anonymous display, but immoderate anticipation the daze maneuver would enactment was wiped retired arsenic England scored doubly wrong six minutes of the restart.

Marcus Rashford fired a free-kick past Danny Ward pursuing Ethan Ampadu's foul connected Phil Foden aft 50 minutes, with the Manchester City midfielder past marking his instrumentality to England's squad moments aboriginal by turning successful Harry Kane's transverse astatine the acold post.

Wales were demoralised and outclassed arsenic they knew they were connected the mode location from Qatar and Rashford added his 2nd successful the 68th minute, with a ample portion of assistance from Wales keeper Ward who allowed a fierce changeable to gaffe done his legs.

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England marque creaseless advancement

It took England clip and a desperately dull archetypal fractional earlier they clicked into apical cogwheel but erstwhile they did they were past capable to overrun Wales, who ended this World Cup successful timid fashion.

And Rashford continued to marque a large interaction astatine this World Cup, with his treble present coming aft scoring with virtually his archetypal interaction successful the 6-2 romp against Iran successful England's opening game.

He missed a bully accidental successful the archetypal fractional erstwhile helium was played though by Kane but his free-kick was emphatic and the 2nd a reward for his willingness to thrust into the Wales defence astatine pace. He astir had a hat-trick lone for Ward to artifact his changeable astatine the adjacent post.

Rashford indispensable present beryllium nether superior information for a starting spot erstwhile England look the pugnacious trial of Senegal arsenic the knockout signifier gets nether way.

Manager Gareth Southgate made 4 changes to his squad that performed truthful poorly against USA, Rashford, Foden, Jordan Henderson and fit-again Kyle Walker coming successful for Raheem Sterling, Bukayo Saka, Mason Mount and Kieran Trippier.

It not lone helped England tally retired casual winners but gave squad members invaluable crippled time, particularly Walker, who is specified an important portion of Southgate's plans but missed the extremity of the Premier League to acquisition groin surgery.

England and Southgate person achieved their archetypal precedence of qualifying for the past 16 portion topping their group, 2 beardown wins against Iran and Wales coming either broadside of that dismal USA showing.

It represents a occupation satisfactorily done by England - present they indispensable instrumentality the adjacent measurement against the unsafe African champions.

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