◤FIFA World Cup in Qatar◢ England reach the round of 16s following a 0-3 thumping of Wales with a brace from Marcus Rashford and another strike from Phil Foden..

2022-11-30 21:52

◤FIFA World Cup in Qatar◢ England reach the round of 16s following a 0-3 thumping of Wales with a brace from Marcus Rashford and another strike from Phil Foden..




England thrashed Home Nations neighbour Wales 3-0 in the final Group B group stage of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium on Wednesday.


In the first half, Rashford's close-range shot was saved, Foden's shot went high out of the pitch, Stones' header was saved, and Allen's long-range shot went just slightly over the crossbar. Shortly after the start of the second half, Rashford scored a free kick and Foden strucked and scored from a close range, to help the Three Lions lead miles ahead of The Dragons. Later, James' long-range shot went slightly wide of the post. Moore's long-range shot was blocked and then was saved by Jordan Pickford. After that, Rashford's close range shot squeezed into the net. Subsequently, Rashford's close-range strike was blocked, and Bellingham's close-range strike was also blocked. In the end, England beat Wales 0-3 to advance to the round of 16.



First Half


In the 10th minute, England played a quick counterattack. Harry Kane made a through pass from the center circle of the midfield, Marcus Rashford successfully beaten the offside, got the ball, dribbled into the center of the box, before strucking the ball with his right foot against the outrushing Danny Ward, but his shot was blocked by the latter's outstretched leg.


4 minutes later, England got a free kick opportunity, Luke Shaw took the free kick from outside the penalty area and crossed it into the box, the attempt was initially headed off not far away by Ethan Ampadu, Phil Foden quickly followed up, picked up the loose ball and took a long shot with his left foot outside the penalty area, but his shot was just slightly wide of the right post.


In the 38th minute, Jude Bellingham passes horizontally from the right side of the box, After stopping the ball, Foden turned around in the center of the box and shot with his left foot, but his shot flew high out of the pitch.


In the 3rd minute of additional time in the first half, England got a corner opportunity, Foden took the corner and crossed it into the box, John Stones rose high on the right side of the box and attempted with a header, however his effort was caught Ward in front of the goal line who had to jump.


2 minutes later, Chris Mepham passes from the front, Joe Allen quickly followed up, stopped the ball,  adjusted his angle and unleashed a long range shot from just outside the penalty area, but his shot sailed just slightly over the crossbar.


At the end of the first half, Wales and England entered half time having being goalless.




Second Half


Both teams changed sides as the game continued. In the 50th minute, England got a free kick opportunity. Rashford took the free kick from outside the penalty area and directly shot with his right foot, his shot flew straight into the upper right corner of the net leaving Ward out of reach. England finally broke the deadlock and took a 0-1 lead!


England immediately come again with another deadly quick counterattack. Kane made a low cross into the box from the edge of the byline on the right wing, Phil Foden quickly followed up and pushes the ball into the bottom left corner of the net from a very close distance from the left of the box, England quickly expanded its lead to 0-2!


In the 54th minute, Aaron Ramsey made a long pass from the right wing, Dan James quickly followed up, got the ball, cut inside, took a few steps, before taking a long shot with his right foot from a difficult angle outside the penalty area, but his shot just went slightly wide of the right post.


After 2 minutes, Ampadu passes from the left wing, Kieffer Moore got the ball, took a few steps and then took a long shot with his right foot from outside the penalty area, his shot was briefly blocked by Harry Maguire and then parried out for a corner by Pickford who had to make a flying save.


In the 68th minute, Kalvin Phillips made a long pass from his own half, Marcus Rashford successfully beaten the offside trap, quickly followed up, got the ball, dribbled and cut into a very close distance in the right side of the box, before shooting with his left foot, the ball went through the gap between Ward's legs and rolled into the bottom right corner of the net, thus doubling his tally. England sealed the victory at 0-3!


4 minutes later, Callum Wilson passes horizontally from the front, Rashford quickly followed up, got the ball and shot with his right foot at a very close distance from the right side of the box, but his shot was blocked by Ward's outstretched legs by the bottom right corner.


In the 77th minute, Wilson passes horizontally from the center of the box, Jude Bellingham quickly followed up and shot with his right foot from the left side of the box upon receiving the pass, his shot was initially parried not far away by Ward, after picking up the loose ball, Bellingham shot with his left foot again at a very close range from the left side of the box, however his follow-up shot was blocked off for a corner by Joe Rodon.


As the final whistle is blown, England beat Wales 0-3 to reach the knockout round of 16 where they will play against defending Africa Cup of Nations champions Senegal.