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DOHA: Defending champions France on Sunday trained their sights on a World Cup semifinal against surprise package Morocco as Argentina and Lionel Messi prepare to take on Croatia. Didier Deschamps’ men edged past England in a thrilling quarter-final in the Qatar desert to move one step closer to becoming the first team to retain the trophy in 60 years.
AL KHOR, Qatar: Goals by Oliver Giroud and Aurelien Tchouameni gave France a 2-1 win over England that took the holders into a World Cup semi-final with Morocco after Harry Kane equalised from the spot but then blazed a second late penalty over the bar on Saturday (Dec 10).
DOHA : England skipper Harry Kane said he will have to live with the penalty miss that condemned his team to a World Cup quarter-final exit against reigning champions France on Saturday.
Gareth Southgate will take his time before making any decision over his future after England's World Cup quarter-final exit. Harry Kane scored one penalty but missed another as Southgate's side were beaten 2-1 by reigning champions France in Qatar. England boss Southgate's contract runs until after Euro 2024 but he was was non-committal when asked about his plans going forward. "I think after every tournament we have sat and reviewed and reflected," he told ITV. "It needs a bit of time to make sure everybody makes the right decisions." England fought back from Aurelien Tchouameni's early strike to deservedly level through Kane's first spot-kick, which saw him equal Wayne Rooney's national team record of 53 goals. Olivier Giroud headed France back in front before Kane was handed another chance to equalise, only to blast his penalty high over Tottenham team-mate Hugo Lloris' crossbar. Southgate was proud of his side's performance and felt they were good enough to have gone all the way in the tournament. "I think the performance did (deserve more), but in the end goals are decisive," he said. "I don't think they could have given any more. They have played really well against a top team. "I think we were here to win the tournament and we had belief we could. "I think we showed in our performance against the reigning champions we have a team good enough to have done that."
Harry Kane missed a late penalty as England's World Cup dreams ended in a heartbreaking defeat to reigning champions France in a blockbuster quarter-final clash.
AL KHOR, Qatar: Jordan Henderson said England would not have made the World Cup quarter-finals without the goals of Harry Kane and said the striker would come back stronger after he missed a penalty in the loss to France on Saturday (Dec 10).
Goals by Oliver Giroud and Aurelien Tchouameni gave France a 2-1 win over England that took the holders into a World Cup semi-final with Morocco after Harry Kane equalised from the spot but then blazed a second late penalty over the bar on Saturday.
Gareth Southgate says England face the biggest test possible after sweeping aside Senegal to set-up a mouthwatering World Cup quarter-final against reigning champions France.