the knockout stages of the world cup in qatar are underway. the netherlands were the first team into the quarter finals, after beating the usa by 3 1. they ll go up against argentina, who defeated australia 2 1. england are preparing for their first knockout stage match against senegal on sunday. it s just the second time the african champions have reached the last i6, while england are hoping to make the last eight in consecutive tournaments for the first time since 2006. the bbc sjohn watson is in doha, and has more now on the two games being played later. hello from doha, ahead of the second day of last 16 matches today. we have got england against senegal. senegal no strangers to performing an upset at a world cup. back in 2002, they beat then hold as france to cause a real upset. we now this world cup has been a story of many twists and turns. despite england
round. what a match. so emotional! we are so emotional. round. what a match. so emotional! we are so emotional. almost - round. what a match. so emotional! j we are so emotional. almost crying. smiles all round. as there will be forfans of english smiles all round. as there will be for fans of english cricket. posting a huge score at the moment against pakistan, theirfirst a huge score at the moment against pakistan, their first test match there in 17 years. they have added 151 to their overnight total, eventually bowled out for 657. that is the highest ever total in asia. they now have that mammoth task of trying to score something similar to trying to score something similar to try to save the match. a few moments ago they were 72 without loss. unbelievable. england, eventually bowled out for 657. we will be building towards the big game to come. england in action in that last 16 tie against senegal on sunday. wales, having returned home, they landed yesterday after flying back, wi
that the other teams have. the timing, the heat, the humidity, all those things, it does i think it gives a benefit to the teams who are well organised, superfit, super hungry. having been dumped out of the group stage the second world cup in a row, a chastened germany left town today, the inquest set to begin. translation: you can imagine that yesterday is a bitter disappointment for us. elimination from the i tournament hurts a lot. nevertheless, we must look ahead i and initiate an orderly procedurel on how to deal with the situation. with two of the traditional european powers already out of this world cup and some surprise qualifiers, there s a sense that this tournament is showing that the international footballing landscape is starting to shift a little, and now that the knockout phase of the competition is about to begin, nothing seems certain. england topped their group undefeated and will be favourites against senegal on sunday, but one of the teams says the shocks so far
well, i think oh, my gosh. i m struggling. i m not struggling. i m trying to be positive. this is the way we are as britds. yes. so i have it s how we re built. half of me actually not half of me, let s be honest, about 10% of me is thinking this could be our year, this could be our year because look at all these amazing young players. and then the rest of me, most of me, is thinking, senegal on sunday have got so much motivation, they could shock us. so if we can be brave all the talent we have, maybe the best in 15, 20 years, if garrett can be brave, play the best player in the team, not just who he wants to play, who he thinks he should play, who might be the safest to play, but the best players, then i think we can go far. i just don t know if he s brave enough. ah. let s bring up roger bennett
and devastating kevin de bruyne. theyjoin four time winners germany in going home from a winter world cup where everything seems upside down. jane dougall, bbc news. we can go to alex howell now who is in al wakrah where england are training for sunday s game. what is the mood like? when players ret what is the mood like? when players net to this what is the mood like? when players get to this stage what is the mood like? when players get to this stage of what is the mood like? when players get to this stage of a what is the mood like? when players get to this stage of a tournament - get to this stage of a tournament there is a danger that everyday fields very similar. today the england team are training, it is one of the most tactical sessions they will do. training is closed, meaning the media can t go in, we normally get to go in for the first 15 minutes. gareth southgate could be playing with the starting 11 who will play against senegal on sunday. inside the camp it is kevin