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20:30
The Équipe Tricolore’s penalty area also burned brightly when the corner kick followed. In the confusing stabbing, the ball remains vacant three meters in front of Lloris for what feels like an eternity before the French can find order again and clear the leather. The game gets a little wilder.
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20:29
The English selection is now pressing and is putting on a real power play in the French penalty area. However, Les Bleus are very compact, which is why Harry Kane sometimes tries to finish from a distance. His powerful right-footed shot from 21 meters is dangerously deflected to the right corner, but Hugo Lloris saves with a strong flight to the corner.
27
20:27
The VAR check is complete: No penalty for England. Apparently the foul was just outside the penalty area, which is why the referee’s snapshot remains and the Three Lions don’t even get a promising free-kick. Dump for France.
26
20:26
The Three Lions attack and Harry Kane is laid on the line by Dayot Upamecano. The referee immediately decides to continue playing. Then, however, the VAR turns on and wants to check the situation again.
25
20:25
Kane accepts a pass worth seeing and passes the leather directly to Bellingham. But then he is in too much of a hurry and wants to send his team-mate into the interface with a one-two. However, Kane is not that fast, which is why the ball runs into space.
22
20:22
Now for the first time there is a fire in the penalty area of the Équipe Tricolore. First, however, Kane fails from a tight angle with his right outside instep against his team-mate Lloris, before the ball is fired again towards the back post, where Les Bleus have the upper hand in the air duel.
21
20:21
Shaw takes the free kick and wants to measure the right corner with his left hand. The 27-year-old gets the ball curled over the wall. But there isn’t a lot of spin involved. The leather comes too central to Lloris, who grabs courageously and buries the ball safely under himself.
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20:20
On the other hand, Rabiot Saka clears in front of his own penalty area. After all, that brings the English an interesting free kick from 20 meters.
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20:16
Tooor for France, 0:1 by Aurélien Tchouaméni
After winning the ball, Upamecano initiates a counterattack on his own sixteen, which ultimately leads to the 1-0 lead. Although the Three Lions sent the creative players of the French at lightning speed, there is no one in the backcourt with Tchouaméni, who gets the leather from Griezmann and shoots from 25 meters. The right shot fits perfectly into the lower left corner.
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20:16
Henderson fits Saka so weak. Rabiot throws himself in between and conquers the ball high. At the sixteen he lays it down for Mabppé, who hits a high cross towards the second post with a lot of train to the goal. Dembélé stretches, but can no longer reach the pass before the baseline. Kick off England.
14
20:14
Declan Rice is very attentive when pressing and wins the ball with a spotless tackle, which he immediately passes to Harry Kane. But the French defensive order is correct. Two players stand in the goalgetter’s way, who, for all his physicality, can’t hold his own against either of them.
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20:12
The first finish of the game belongs to the Équipe Tricolore. Griezmann picks up the pace in the center and sends Dembélé down the right, who then finds Giroud with his cross. The goalgetter has to throw his head into the difficult ball about 50 centimeters above the ground in order to get the ball on goal. However, the ball comes straight to Pickford, who grabs it safely.
9.
20:09
Dembélé picks up speed on the right wing and then crosses sharp and flat into the box. Maguire misses but Stones is good behind and clears ahead of Giroud.
7.
20:07
Because the center is condensed, the Équipe Tricolore plays a high ball forward, which lands on Mbappé. With a chip he is looking for Giroud, who tries to take the unclean pass artistically with a hoe over the back of his own head, but does not catch the ball. No danger.
4.
20:04
Bellingham loses the ball in the forward game against Griezmann, but the Three Lions’ basic defensive structure is immediately restored, leaving Griezmann only with the cross pass.
2.
20:03
After winning the ball in his own third, Saka sends the nimble Hernández on the journey, which then passes to Mbappé. When the superstar wants to pull the ball inwards from the wing, three Englishmen are there and confront the 23-year-old.
1.
20:00
The anthems have faded away and the game can begin at Al Bayt Stadium. England compete in white shirts over blue shorts while France play in blue shirts and white shorts. Here we go.
19:32
Although England have been without another win against France in three competitive games, the Three Lions lead the direct comparison with 17 wins from a total of 31 international matches (five draws, nine defeats). Incidentally, the Équipe Tricolore won the last meeting between the reigning European Vice Champion and the reigning World Champion on June 13, 2017 in a friendly match in Saint-Denis with 3:2.
19:24
The quarter-finals of the World Cup have recently been a good patch for the French national football team, which has progressed five of the last six times in this round. It was only in 2014 that Les Bleus had to admit defeat to eventual overall winners Germany in the quarter-finals.
19:16
The Three Lions also recently provided a goal threat. The reigning European runners-up have already scored twelve goals over the course of the tournament, with a total of eight different goal scorers being responsible for these goals. Moreover, if England score the first goal today, it could be difficult for the Équipe Tricolore. The Southgate team have lost just two of their last 29 World Cup games in which the English team scored first (22 wins, five draws).
19:08
England have lost six of their last eight knockout games at the World Cup against another European nation. Not only does the Three Lions worry, but also the task of bringing France’s superstar Kylian Mbappé under control. None of the last 13 internationals in which the 23-year-old has started have lost to Les Bleus (10 wins, 3 draws), although he has been involved in 12 goals (nine goals, 3 assists) in those 13 international appearances.
19:00
At the World Cup level, the two heavyweights are facing each other for the third time, with the Three Lions beating the Équipe Tricolore both in the world championship year 1966 (2-0) and in the finals in 1982 (3-1). Both games took place in the preliminary round. Recently, however, the tide has turned. Of the last eight international matches between the two nations, Les Bleus have lost just one game (five wins, two draws).
18:53
Didier Deschamps also sees no need for changes after beating Poland 3-1 in the round of 16. The same eleven players start at Les Bleu as last Sunday.
18:51
Right at the start, a look at the starting line-ups: Gareth Southgate sent the same team back onto the field from the start after a smooth 3-0 win over Senegal. So no changes at the Three Lions, where the returned Raheem Sterling is back on the bench.
18:49
Good evening and welcome from Al Bayt Stadium. Here at 8:00 p.m. in the World Cup quarter-finals there will be a cracker between England and France. The search is on for the fourth and final semi-finalist, who meets surprise team Morocco on Wednesday evening.