DECRYPTION – Led by the innkeeper Kane and the nuggets Bellingham and Foden, the Three Lions will be serious customers on Saturday (8 p.m.), in the quarter-finals.
«We will be favourites, we will have to assume it“Said Gareth Southgate before facing Senegal on Sunday in the round of 16 of the World Cup. That’s what his players did. Without forcing their talent, the Three Lions dominated the Teranga Lions (3-0). And this after finishing at the top of a group composed of the United States (0-0), Iran (6-2 victory) and Wales (3-0 victory). Semi-finalists in 2018 and finalists of “their” Euro, last year, the English landed in Qatar with dreams in their heads, in particular that of affording themselves a second world title after 1966. They have the means.
If Brazil, Argentina and France come up most often when it comes to citing the favorites, England are never far behind. Is right. France has been warned: shock in sight on Saturday (8 p.m.), in Al-Bayt. “If you want to win the World Cup, you have to play against the best teams in the world, and France is definitely one of them.“, underlines Harry Kane
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