England overwhelms with his talent and will face France in the quarterfinals

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Soccer is much simpler than we try to make the rest believe.

If footballers who mix technique and understanding of the game come together, everything flows.

Three of those special players,

,

and

, teamed up in Al Khor's Qatari tent to end Senegal's resistance in half an act and qualify their team for the World Cup quarterfinals.

Saka closed the feast.

Who awaits in the penultimate round is France, which England always won in the World Cup.

He did it in Spain '82 in the old San Mamés (3-1) thanks to a couple of goals from the iconic

.

And also, and there the grace, in the home World Cup in 1966, where the English reigned for the only and last time.

, Liverpool legend who went down in history for raising his arms in

's ghost goal that gave England the championship, was the one who knocked down the French with two goals in the first round (2-0).

However, the selection of the

will have time to recreate their curse despite the traces of history.

Southgate

, who already led his team to the final of the last European Championship and to fourth place in Russia, continues to do his thing.

And oblivious to criticism for his insistence on not piling up talent, but managing it.

from the starting eleven

, who had been his top scorer in the tournament (two goals against Wales and another against Iran, coming off the bench in his debut).

Until the night was resolved he did not wind up the United striker.

But Southgate is one of those technicians who are disturbed by changes in plans unless they are impossible to argue.

His federation announced before the match that

would not be available due to a family matter.

So Foden, who had been in the galleys the first two games to appear in a big way against Wales, was located on the left.

Saka regained his place on the right and both were the escorts of an omnipresent captain and whose position no one disputes, Harry Kane.

Southgate's plan

There could have been reasons to doubt Southgate's plan at dawn when the African champions were encouraged to attack to the rhythm of the fanfare from the stands, tireless in their spirits against a much quieter British supporter than usual despite the progress of your selection.

The surroundings of Al Khor do not help any rampage.

And Senegal thought they had some option in the game when they saw how

couldn't manage to get the ball out.

An error by the Manchester United central defender, how could it be otherwise, led to the first great opportunity for

's footballers , who was the captain of Senegal who reached the quarterfinals of the 2002 World Cup, the last frontier of the Teranga lions.

But

fired high after the referee, Salvadoran

, denied a handball from

after the ball bounced off his thigh.

Shortly after,

had to oppose an iron hand to Dia's hammer blow, and thus make amends for the break that

on

the shore.

But Foden imitated a wink with his spur.

And there Senegal succumbed.

Kane sent Bellingham running, and Bellingham raised his head to give

Liverpool captain

Before the end of the first half, Bellingham made progress again, Foden insisted on art at the first touch, and Harry Kane finally made his debut in the competition scoring at will.

That was not a release, because Kane is not a player who needs goals to shine on the attack front.

And already at the beginning of the second half, before the duel became distorted with the changes, Foden, in full recital, offered Saka his third goal in the World Cup.

England's behavior in all lines of the game has few reproaches for now.

His offensive potential is overwhelming (12 goals in four games), and his defensive system, together with goalkeeper Pickford's usual good performance with the national team, have led him to concede only two goals, on the first day and with everything already resolved against Iran .

For England it is now or never.

Again.

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