England largely controlled tournament favorites France, out-performing the defending World Cup champions in everything but ultimately succumbing to an ages-old narrative in a 2-1 loss in the 2022 World Cup quarterfinals on Saturday in Qatar.
The Three Lions are going home after Harry Kane’s first penalty attempt was good for an equalizer but his second bid went over the bar, as Antoine Griezmann set up goals from Olivier Giroud and Aurelien Tchouameni to return to the semifinals.
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Didier Deschamps’ France is bidding to become a back-to-back World Cup winner, but Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions are tournament-hardened and delivered a 2.32-1.19 advantage in expected goals, a 15-8 blowout in shot attempts, and held 57 percent of the ball.
That all disintegrated when Kane failed to put the ball in the goal after getting Tottenham teammate Hugo Lloris to go the wrong way on a pair of second-half attempts from the spot as France was anything but resolved at the back in a performance that will give Morocco even more hope to reach the World Cup Final.
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Here is everything you need for England vs France.
Stars of the show
Antoine Griezmann
Olivier Giroud
Hugo Lloris
Declan Rice
Kylian Mbappe
Harry Kane
Aurelien Tchouameni goal video: Stunner opens the scoring
🇫🇷 ¡¡GOOOOOOOLAAAAZOOOOO DE FRANCIAAAAAAAA!! 🇫🇷
— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) December 10, 2022
🤯 ¡Qué golazo! @atchouameni saca disparo de fuera del área y marca el primero del encuentro ⚽️#ENG 0-1 #FRA#MundialTelemundo #ElMundialLoEsTodo #ENGvsFRA pic.twitter.com/RcaEhhA73k
Harry Kane penalty goal video: Spurs vs Spurs for the equalizer
🏴 ¡¡GOOOOOOOOOOOOOL DE INGLATERRAAAAAAA!! 🏴
— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) December 10, 2022
🔥 ¡Se empató! El goleador @HKane define desde el punto de penal.
🫡 ¡EMPATA A ROONEY COMO MÁXIMO GOLEADOR DE INGLATERRA! ⚽️#ENG 1-1 #FRA#MundialTelemundo #ElMundialLoEsTodo #ENGvsFRA pic.twitter.com/5fgrPjpuUa
Olivier Giroud goal video: Antoine Griezmann sets up big man
🇫🇷 ¡¡GOOOOOOOOOOOOL DE FRANCIAAAAAAAAAAAAA!! 🇫🇷
— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) December 10, 2022
🙌 ¡GIROUD! ¡GIROUD! ¡GIROUD! Enorme remate de cabeza para devolverle la ventaja a los franceses.#ENG 1-2 #FRA#MundialTelemundo #ElMundialLoEsTodo #ENGvsFRA pic.twitter.com/caf7PWv31r
Harry Kane goal video: Kane’s second penalty attempt flies over the bar
🫣 ¡UYYYYYY, LA VOLÓ HARRY KANE!
— Telemundo Deportes (@TelemundoSports) December 10, 2022
🥺 Era el gol del empate, era el gol para ponerse como máximo goleador en @England… ¡Y LA MANDÓ A LAS NUBES!#ENG 1-2 #FRA#MundialTelemundo #ElMundialLoEsTodo #ENGvsFRA pic.twitter.com/MT9Ar6PN5P
How to watch England vs France live, stream link and start time
Kick off: 2pm ET, Saturday, December 1Stadium: Al Bayt Stadium, Al KhorTV channels en Español: TelemundoStreaming en Español: Peacock (all 64 matches)
Key storylines, players to watch closely
England will look to Harry Kane, while Bukayo Saka and Phil Foden get the starting spots again and Southgate has stuck with the same team which beat Senegal.
Your #ThreeLions to face France! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/hfuYqFG8bp
— England (@England) December 10, 2022
Kylian Mbappe has been borderline unstoppable and will test Harry Maguire, John Stones, and friends and Antoine Griezmann pulls the strings in behind and Aurelien Tchouameni continues to strengthen his reputation in the center of the pitch.
Notre 1️⃣1️⃣ de départ pour ce 𝟭/𝟰 𝙙𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙚 de Coupe du Monde 🫡
— Equipe de France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) December 10, 2022
🏴🇫🇷 | #ANGFRA | #FiersdetreBleus pic.twitter.com/cdlceMpXed
England quick facts
Current FIFA world ranking: 5
World Cup titles: 1 (1966)
World Cup appearances: 15
How they qualified: Qualified automatically from UEFA
Coach: Gareth Southgate
Key players: Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham, Jordan Pickford
France quick facts
Current FIFA world ranking: 4
World Cup titles: 2 (1998, 2018)
World Cup appearances: 15
How they qualified: Qualified automatically from UEFA (Won Group D)
Coach: Didier Deschamps
Key players: Kylian Mbappe, Raphael Varane, Antoine Griezmann
