for the first time since 2006. and dyer does it! but knockout football brings with it the threat of penalties, precisely how it turned out in 2018. given england s recent history knockout games, it was a game where we broke down a lot of barriers for us, i think, mentally. the press and media behind it all was we haven t won a knockout game for so long, but it was us wanting to create our own history. senegal also have their own history to chase. they are in the knockouts for the first time since 2002. star man sadio mane towers over fans in central doha, but injury robbed the team of his presence on the eve of the tournament. whilst england have never played senegal before. they strike back immediately! ..the manager knows better than to underestimate them. we know that we are playing an opponent that are the champions of africa, and have belief that has come from that, and are well organised, with a lot of individual talent,
hello again. for all the confidence that greets the build up to a major tournament knockout game, it never inevitably, it makes way for nervousness once the match starts and so it is for england fans watching their match in the last 16 of the world cup in qatar against senegal. so let s go to the al bayt stadium. much like the rest of us, you are keeping one eye on everything around you and one eye on the television, one eye on your phone or indeed an ear to the stadium to hear what is going on. what have we seen so far, your assessment of the first 33 minutes? yes, the fact you have said that is a good thing i have got four eyes. england should win this one because if we look at it on paper, england probably have the better team, senegal ranked 18th in the world. 13 places below england. naturally, the first half is not going that way. 35
i think, mentally. the press and media behind it all was we haven t won a knockout game for so long, but it was us wanting to create our own history. senegal also have their own history to chase. they are in the knockouts for the first time since 2002. star man sadio mane towers over fans in central doha but injury robbed the team of his presence on the eve of the tournament. whilst england have never played senegal before. they shoot back immediately! ..the manager knows better than to underestimate them. we know that we are playing an opponent that are the champions of africa, and have belief that has come from that, and are well organised, with a lot of individual talent, so a tough challenge ahead for us. for the first time ever, teams representing six continents made the knockouts and it s already been a world cup of shocks. but england fans are confident of a win tonight. just don t mention that p word. we were there last year,
it was a game where we broke down a lot of barriers for us, i think, mentally. the press and media behind it all was we haven t won a knockout game for so long, but it was us wanting to create our own history. senegal also have their own history to chase. they are in the knockouts for the first time since 2002. star man sadio mane towers over fans in central doha but injury robbed the team of his presence on the eve of the tournament. whilst england have never played senegal before. they strike back immediately! ..the manager knows better than to underestimate them. we know that we are playing an opponent that are the champions of africa, and have belief that has come from that, and are well organised, with a lot of individual talent, so a tough challenge ahead for us. for the first time ever, teams representing six continents made the knockouts and it s already been a world cup of shocks. but england fans are confident of a win tonight.
that game. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here s huw ferries. the first of the day s last 16 matches at the world cup is under way and it ll provide the opposition for the winner of the second, which is of course between england and senegal. 0livier giroud could have given them the lead midway through the first half. but poland, playing their first world cup knockout game since 1986, had three good chances in a minute piotr zielinski and jakub kaminski both foiled, before kylian mbappe played in giroud, who finished neatly to become france s all time leading goal scorer with his 52nd international goal. that was just a minute before half time. this is 15 minutes into