Can you decide a World Cup knockout game with a heel pass down the center line?
Yes, Phil Foden can do that.
Christopher Meltzer
Sports correspondent in Munich.
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It's Sunday, Al Bayt Stadium, Round of 16, England v Senegal, 38 minutes and Foden, the England international, is waiting where the center and touchline meet as the ball rolls his way.
Then he decides the game.
He takes a quick step out with his right foot and a quick back heel pass in with his left foot.
He doesn't just do it because he can, but because he has to do it that way in this situation.
It's the only way to engage your opponent, Senegalese right-back Youssouf Sabaly, without blocking the path down the middle.
With his little stunt, Foden starts the move that his teammates, who can attack right-back, complete.
A good pass from Harry Kane.
A very good pass from Jude Bellingham.
And a good shot from Jordan Henderson.
They take advantage of the fact that the Senegalese back four has to defend in the scene without Sabaly.
So England scored the first goal in the 38th minute of this game, which immediately discouraged Senegal.
England manager Gareth Southgate sits in the stadium's press conference room later in Sunday night, which ended in a 3-0 win for his side.
He is asked about several of his players there.
On the midfielder Jude Bellingham from Dortmund.
To the center forward Harry Kane from Tottenham.
To Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson.
To those who ensure the big actions in this game.
However, he is not asked about the player who takes care of the small actions.
It is Phil Foden who plays the crucial pass before the 1-0 and the final pass before Kane makes it 2-0 and Bukayo Saka makes it 3-0.
That's how Jonathan Liew, the cunning "Guardian" sports reporter, puts it, who then formulates a text with the following title: "With a groundbreaking performance, Phil Foden shows England that he really is sensational." And what can I say: That's right!
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In England, everyone knows how sensational Foden can kick.
He has worn the Manchester City shirt since he was eight years old.
At the age of 17 he played in the Champions League and Premier League for the first time.
At the age of 18 he scored his first goals.
At the age of 19 he played as a regular in the team that became English champions.
At 20 he was playing so well that Pep Guardiola, his coach, apparently didn't mind the club deciding to sell Leroy Sané, who was playing in Foden's position, to Bayern Munich.
At the age of 21 he played in the Champions League final and only missed the European Championship final because he injured himself in training.
Now, at 22, Phil Foden wants to be world champion.
If Gareth Southgate wants that too, he will have to rely on several elements in his squad.
To the goals of Harry Kane.
On the physique of Jude Bellingham.
On the Structural by Jordan Henderson.
And yet it's Foden, the most secure player on his team, who could make the difference in crucial moments.
There was some controversy in England when Southgate set up his starting eleven for the group stage against Iran (6-2) and USA (0-0) without Foden.
"I'm disappointed," he told the BBC, "but that's part of the tournament.
I'm a team player - and if I get a chance I'll take it." In the third group game against Wales (3-0) Southgate gave him that chance - and Foden, starting in his favorite position at left winger, took it.
He scored the 2-0.
But it wasn't the goal that stood out, it was what he did with the ball.
He can stop, hold, forward it even when surrounded by defenders.
He can do what nobody else in the England team can do at this level.
This Saturday, when England take on France in the quarter-finals, Foden will likely be allowed to start again on the left flank.
That's the short-term solution.
But there are some football connoisseurs, including Kevin de Bruyne, his team-mate at Manchester, who believe Foden should play down the middle for the long haul of his career.
Where the games in modern football are usually decided.