World Cup 2022: England and France will face off in the quarter-finals

Mbappe and his teammates celebrate after reaching the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Cup.

The first 1/8 qualifying match on the night of December 4th took place between France and Poland. This is a confrontation that is expected to be attractive because both teams have big stars in their squads. On the French side are Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe and Olivier Giroud. Poland has Robert Lewandowski. However, Poland only created a surprise in the first few minutes of the match, after that France showed their superior strength, creating many dangerous attacks in front of Wojciech Szczesny's goal.

After missing a series of chances, in the 44th minute, France broke the deadlock with a goal from Olivier Giroud. From a midfield situation, Kylian Mbappe passed the ball to Olivier Giroud who shot past Wojciech Szczesny.

Mbappe left a strong impression with a goal and an assist.

In the second half, France took the initiative to play ambush and got what they needed with a goal to double the gap in the 74th minute of the match. In this goal, Giroud responded to Kylian Mbappe with a very reasonable assist, allowing the striker who plays for Paris Saint-Germain to take a powerful shot that hit Wojciech Szczesny's net.

Not stopping there, in the 91st minute, Kylian Mbappe once again raised the score to 3-0 for France. In the 8th minute of extra time, Robert Lewandowski restored some dignity for Poland when he successfully scored on penalties. In the end, France won 3-1 against Poland to advance to the quarter-finals.

England easily defeated Senegal to reach the quarter-finals.

In the match taking place at 2:00 a.m. on December 5, the England team easily defeated Senegal with a resounding score of 3-0.

There weren't many chances created by the Three Lions in the early minutes of the match, the most dangerous chance that Southgate's team created was converted into a goal in the 40th minute of the match. Bellingham broke down the right wing, then crossed for Henderson to accurately tap in to open the score for the England team.

After the goal, the Three Lions played more smoothly and variedly. As soon as the first 45 minutes ended, the England team doubled the gap. Man City star - Foden had an accurate pass for Kane to decisively finish, bringing the score to 2-0.

In the second half, England scored another goal to seal a 3-0 victory over Senegal. The goal belonged to Saka in the 57th minute of the match. Foden broke through on the right wing, before crossing for Saka to coolly place the ball in, bringing the score to 3-0 for the Three Lions.

This victory helps the England team to be present in the quarter-finals to face the French team inWorld Cup 2022.