France And England Enter Quarterfinals: Will Play Each Other!

Two another games in 1/8 finals of the Qatar World Cup just ended. The overall strength of the French team exceeded Poland, and Giroud broke the goal to create a record. In another game, England also controlled the whole game and won over the African champion Senegal 3-0. England and France will play each other for the first time in the World Cup knockout stage.

After scoring a goal in this game, the number of goals Giroud scored for the French national team reached 52, surpassing Henry, and became the top goalscorer on the French list. And Mbappe scored twice in this game. His total scoring in this World Cup reached 5. His personal World Cup goals has reached 9. Mbappe is only 23 years old this year, which is his second World Cup.

In England's match against Senegal, Bellingham assisted Henderson to break the deadlock. He has become the youngest assist player in the World Cup. Earlier, he had just become the second youngest goalscorer for England in the World Cup.

England has so far kept clean sheets for 3 consecutive games in the World Cup. Earlier, they could achieve such achievements dating back to 1982, when keeping clean sheets in 4 games were their best record.

It is worth mentioning that during this game, French defender Jules Kounde wore chain to play the game and did not been found until the 42nd minute. This violates the provisions of the competition.

In the quarterfinals, France will play England. This is the first time that the two teams have met in the World Cup knockout stage. Previously, the two teams played 5 times in the competition, all in the group stage. England got 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, slightly advantaged.