World Cup quarterfinals with record-breaking night

The young and old generations mixed to devastating impact for france on sunday, as les bleus moved one step towards achieving their formidable intention of turning into handiest the 1/3 guys’s crew to repeat as international cup champions – and the primary due to the fact that brazil won again-to-lower back trophies in 1958 and 1962.

Comprehensive three-1 win over poland changed into achieved thank you in large element to olivier giroud, who opened the scoring with his 52nd goal for the french guys’s facet, overtaking thierry henry to emerge as the pinnacle aim scorer inside the group’s history no longer to be outdone changed into kylian mbappé, who after setting up giroud’s opener bagged a brace to become the first player in global cup records to score eight career goals before his twenty fourth birthday.

mbappé’s first goal of the night time in the 74th minute highlighted the very exceptional qualities of this sensational french team. centre lower back raphaël varane outmuscled polish striker robert lewandowski to begin the counter assault. forward antoine griezmann displayed awesome selflessness in supporting out in his own box to win again ownership. giroud had a sublime contact at the ball as he kept the attacking sequence transferring along. ousmane dembele's speed and directness in progressing the ball forward pushed poland returned on its heels. and mbappé’s sheer talent in firing a powerful shot into the pinnacle left nook that no goalkeeper ought to’ve saved become some thing to behold.

He can exchange a match in just a second and he’s constantly gambling with such pleasure and all of us need to proportion the ones smiles with him,” france manager didier deschamps advised journalists after the game. “france wished a notable kylian mbappé tonight and they were given one.

senegal flames out with heavy loss to england

senegal marked its global cup debut in 2002 in grand style, defeating reigning world and european champions france, proposing zinedine zidane and thierry henry, inside the opening game of the event in seoul. the lions of teranga in addition introduced themselves at the international stage by means of going unbeaten inside the organization stage and defeating sweden to end up handiest the third african country to reach the quarterfinals of the men’s global cup.

20 years later, senegal arrived in qatar looking to reproduction the sensational feat of that superb aspect that become captained through cutting-edge educate aliou cissé and ahead el hadji diouf, who become named to the match’s all-famous person group. however the dream become snuffed out within the cruellest of fashions on sunday by a super england group.

the reigning african champions have been dealt a crushing blow on the eve of this global cup whilst celebrity striker sadio mané of bayern munich became dominated out of the competition because of damage. after dropping to the netherlands in its beginning match, the senegalese didn’t appear to be they’d be sticking round in qatar for very lengthy. however they quick regrouped and rebounded with a couple of wins over the host kingdom and ecuador to e book their spot inside the round of 16, with guyé’s absence made up for by means of five specific gamers stepping up to score in the organization stage.

however a preventing spirit and remedy can simplest bring you so far at a world cup. in the end, class prevails. england has it in abundance; senegal is in short deliver of it. that become the difference at the day as england became definitely ruthless in attack because it unmercifully exploited the africans’ defensive shortcomings, with the generally dependable kalidou koulibaly proving to be a liability.

Aim of the day

74th minute, france gained the ball back inner its field after which quickly released a suitable counter-attacking series that ended with kylian mbappé taking a bypass from ousmane dembele after which blasting a shot from 16 yards out into the pinnacle nook of the net that left goalkeeper wojciech szczęsny completely helpless.

Moment of the day

it needs to be polish goalkeeper wojciech szczęsny consoling his younger son liam after poland changed into eliminated via france.

quote of the day

“there's no recipe. no one is aware of the recipe; no coach is aware of the recipe to forestall kylian mbappé inside the shape he's in. he hurt us these days, but i'm cheering for him due to the fact he is a actual famous person. i’m speaking approximately [Lionel] messi, [Cristiano] ronaldo, [Robert] lewandowski. if someone goes to take over, i assume mbappé might be the participant to be the great one [for] many years.” – poland coach czesław michniewicz.

• hugo lloris has equalled lilian thuram because the most-capped participant inside the history of the french guys’s team (142 appearances). he also tied thierry henry and fabien barthez for the joint-maximum world cup appearances for les bleus (17).

• kylian mbappé has scored five goals in four video games at this world cup, already surpassing his goal tally from the event in 2018 (four goals in seven games).

• france’s guys’s crew will play inside the quarterfinals of three consecutive global cups for the primary time in its records.

• at 32 years and 170 days, jordan henderson is the second-oldest scorer for england at the men’s global cup, after tom finney (36 years and 64 days) against the soviet union in 1958.

• harry kane has now scored eleven goals at principal tournaments for england (seven at the sector cup, four on the euros), overtaking gary lineker as the english men’s crew’s all-time top scorer in such competitions.

• england and france have never met before inside the knockout degree of a chief men’s tournament (international cup and eu championship).

stats courtesy of opta

3 stars of the day

1) kylian mbappé (france): the paris saint-germain forward set up france’s opening aim, after which scored himself to take over as this match’s pinnacle scorer (5) and ship his country via to the area-finals.

2) jude bellingham (england): he collected an help on jordan henderson’s establishing aim, and become a riding force within the midfield for the three lions, completing eighty five.3 in step with cent of his passes and making 4 tackles.

3) ousmane dembele (france): tallied one assist and turned into a steady attacking danger for france, the use of his pace and direct play to usually pressure the polish defence to lower back pedal.

searching in advance to monday

fresh off disenchanted wins over germany and spain within the organization degree, japan could be seeking to knock off another ecu large while it faces croatia (10 a.m. et). all 4 in their goals have come within the 2nd half of once they’ve been trailing, so the japanese have shown great resolve in qatar. however taking place towards croatia, who boast a celebrity-studded midfield led with the aid of luka modrić, would be unwell-recommended.

the opposite recreation sees brazil tangle with south korea (2 p.m. et). it’s handiest the third time this south korean crew has made it to the knockout round in eleven global cup appearances, at the same time as brazil can be trying to get better after a disappointing loss to cameroon in its organization stage finale.

the france ahead, who scored four goals whilst he led his u . s . a . to the title 4 years in the past as a 19-year-vintage phenom, put on but every other demonstration of the way devastating he can be on the football field.

after it became over, mbappé nearly regarded to be chuckling as robert lewandowski came over to congratulate him.

mbappé scored dreams sunday and installation every other for olivier giroud to present france a three-1 victory over poland and pass the 2018 champions within 3 wins of effectively protecting their title. he already has a match-exceptional 5 dreams in qatar as les bleus have reached the quarterfinals for the third straight world cup.

“the most effective goal for me is to win the world cup," mbappé stated. "the best issue i dream is that this. i came here to win this world cup. i didn’t come here to win the golden ball or golden boot. if i win it of course i’m going to be satisfied but that’s not why i’m here. i’m right here to win and that i’m right here to help the french countrywide group.”

lewandowski, a -time fifa participant of the year, scored from the penalty spot in 2nd-half of stoppage time for poland.

france will play england for a niche inside the semifinals. the english crew beat senegal three-zero.

mbappé scored his first aim in the 74th minute whilst he turned into left unmarked to blast in an extended-variety shot following a counterattack. he introduced every other in stoppage time when poland goalkeeper wojciech szczęsny should simplest get a weak glove on every other effective shot from the man within the no. 10 blouse.

“he can exchange a match in just a moment and he’s constantly playing with such pleasure and we all want to proportion those smiles with him,” france instruct didier deschamps said. “france needed a tremendous kylian mbappé this night and they got one.”

having additionally furnished two assists, mbappé has without problems been the most effective player in qatar.

after his today's exploits, mbappé defined why he hadn't addressed the media in qatar earlier than sunday.

“i had to consciousness on the event and my football,” he stated thru a translator, including that he had volunteered to pay a french federation first-rate for his silence. “once I need to pay attention on something that’s the way i function. and that’s why i didn’t want to come communicate to you before now.

“i’ve been making ready for this match at some point of the season, physically and mentally," he brought. "i desired to be ready for this event and i am.”

mbappé celebrated his 2nd aim by way of waving his palms for the gang to cheer louder. then he hoisted himself up onto the crossbar rapidly after the very last whistle in the front of france’s celebrating fans.

mbappé already has 9 career international cup dreams and if he remains healthful, he should likely play in every other 3 versions of soccer’s largest occasion — meaning he may method the match's career scoring report held by means of germany striker miroslav klose, who scored 16 dreams over 4 world cups.

“he hurt us nowadays but i am cheering for him due to the fact he is a real celebrity,” poland teach czesław michniewicz said thru a translator. “i’m speaking about (lionel) messi, (cristiano) ronaldo, lewandowski. if a person goes to take over, i assume mbappé might be the player to be the satisfactory one (for) many years.”

no united states of america has repeated as international cup champions in six a long time — when you consider that brazil completed the feat via claiming consecutive trophies in 1958 and 1962. italy is the simplest other country to have won instantly, in 1934 and 1938.

while lewandowski is a prolific scorer himself, he is by no means come near prevailing a main title with a poland group that struggles to get him the ball.

mbappé, via comparison, is supported by means of a big array of gifted players — despite the fact that half a dozen top france players are out injured.

the french team took the lead when mbappé threaded a pass to giroud and the ac milan striker quick slotted the ball into the some distance nook. it become giroud’s 52nd career worldwide purpose — breaking a tie with thierry henry on france’s all-time scoring listing.

after mbappé leaped into giroud’s fingers to rejoice, pumping his fists, giroud held up seven fingers to the cameras — 5 on one hand and on the opposite for “fifty two.”

it’s all of the extra sweet for giroud because he wasn’t even speculated to be a starter on this 12 months’s squad till ballon d’or winner karim benzema changed into dominated out because of harm. giroud additionally scored desires in france’s starting 4-1 win over australia.

on a document-putting night for france, goalkeeper hugo lloris matched the national group mark of 142 appearances held by way of lilian thuram.

with eu groups playing, there weren’t all that many supporters of both u . s . a . interior al thumama stadium except for small pockets of france lovers beating drums at the back of one intention and purple-and-white clad spectators chanting “polska” in the back of the alternative goal. there have been also lots of empty seats.

earrings break

play was paused in short within the first half of when france defender jules kounde become instructed by a fit official to cast off two gold chains he changed into sporting.

france educate didier deschamps turned into requested if kounde stored the chains on because they displayed a rainbow symbol.

“i don’t recognise what became on his necklace,” deschamps said. “jules is superstitious and he typically wears that necklace even in training.”

sao paulo (ap) — daughters and one grandson of brazilian football fantastic pele said the three-time world cup winner has been hospitalized given that tuesday to deal with a breathing infection annoyed via covid-19. they added that the eighty two-year-vintage is under no approaching risk of death.

kely and flavia nascimento and arthur arantes do nascimento said in an interview aired sunday night time that pele, who is additionally undergoing chemotherapy in his fight in opposition to most cancers, is expected to depart the albert einstein medical institution in sao paulo once he fully recovers from the respiration infection. neither the own family nor the health center have any predictions in that regard.

the health center said saturday that pele is responding well to remedy for the contamination and his fitness circumstance had now not worsened over the preceding 24 hours. the health facility did no longer trouble any statements on the former footballer's fitness sunday.

"he's ill, he's vintage. however in the interim, he's there because of the lung infection. and as soon as he feels better, he'll cross domestic once more,'' kely nascimento informed television globo. she lives within the u.s. and spoke on video.

"he is not saying goodbye in a hospital in the meanwhile,'' she delivered.

edson arantes do nascimento, who is globally referred to as pele, had a colon tumor eliminated in september 2021, but neither his own family nor the health facility have said whether it had unfold.

flavia nascimento said within the interview that pele is yet to have a remission of his colon most cancers however is now regulating his medicine with medical doctors to hold combating.

"it's far very unfair for humans to mention he is in the end of his life, in palliative care. men, that's no longer actual. consider us,'' she stated. "he is not in in depth care, he's in a normal bedroom. he is not in danger, he's in treatment.''

newspaper folha de s.paulo reported saturday that pele's chemotherapy isn't always operating and that docs had decided to put him on palliative care. the related press could not verify that data.

arthur arantes do nascimento stated he's debating world cup matches with pele via phone, which he believes suggests the 82-year-antique is fully aware in hospital.

pele's grandson stated the former footballer ignored injured famous person neymar at brazil's trendy suits in qatar — a 1-0 win against switzerland and a 1-0 defeat of the reserves towards cameroon, each in institution stage. brazil faces south korea on monday in the round 16, with neymar likely returning to the crew.

arthur arantes do nascimento additionally said his grandfather turned into moved via tributes that have poured from around the arena at the last few days. since saturday, about 100 fans of his lifelong club santos came for a vigil, prayers and tributes to the football notable. enthusiasts, players and coaches taking part in the global cup wished him well via more than one approach.

"i see people telling me 'rest in peace' (for pele). one day it'll appear, however it is not nowadays,'' arthur arantes do nascimento stated. "he goes to be nicely, it is a be counted of time. he'll see brazil lift the sixth title.''

pele helped brazil win the 1958, 1962 and 1970 world cups and stays the crew's all-time leading scorer with 77 desires in 92 matches.