England qualified without too much trouble for the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup, after beating Senegal 3-0 at Al-Bayt Stadium on Sunday.
Despite Senegal’s good start, Jordan Henderson advanced with a goal for England in the 38th minute and captain Harry Kane added a goal just before the break, scoring for the first time in the current tournament and taking his tally in his international career to 52 goals and become one goal away from matching Wayne Rooney’s number (53 goals). ) as the top scorer in the history of the “Three Lions”.
The third goal came from Bukayo Saka, who replaced Marcus Rashford in the starting line-up in the 57th minute.
England will be at the rendezvous with a fiery match in the quarter-finals against France, who beat Poland 3-1.
Boulay Dia, the Senegalese striker, came close to scoring when he fired from close range, but goalkeeper Jordan Pickford brilliantly saved his goal half an hour into the game.
Eight minutes later, Judd Billingham sent in a cross, which Henderson converted from close range, before England imposed control.
Bellingham started a counter-attack which ended with Kane in a solitary position to shoot hard into goalkeeper Edouard Mendy’s net, taking his tally to 52 goals for his country, one goal behind Rooney, the historic top scorer.
And Saka managed his third goal of the tournament after receiving a pass from Phil Foden, who set up the second goal for his teammate Kane, from the left side and hit a wonderful clearance from Edouard Mendy.
England scored 12 goals in Qatar, equaling their record from the 2018 edition in Russia when they reached the semi-finals. England scored 11 goals in their 1966 World Cup-winning career.
