One more day of the round of 16 has already been played, and it is one day less that we have left of this soccer party in Qatar, a place where only the best 16 are there and the level increases more and more, and it is because these teams that are in this instance, demonstrated that they were the best in each of their zones, taking that step to be closer to the glory, which is to conquer the coveted trophy of the FIFA World Cup.
It is no secret that the English Premier League is considered one of the best if not the best club level league in the world, for those of us who watch soccer matches every week in the regular season of our respective favorite clubs, we know that the local league in England is full of African players, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal are the main countries that export players to this league, to make a life and adopt it as their preferred place to develop as professional players.
When we go to the incidents of Sunday's match between England against Senegal, we saw that on the field were players who know each other very well, and so it happened what had to happen, or at least it was the most logical, that England displaced the Africans of the country of Senegal, in particular and beyond the levels of soccer between one and the other individually, I think the fact of knowing each other, helped everything to be more fluid on the field, leaving the best part for the royals.
The superiority of England historically speaking, we all know it, and it was the trend that was expected for this commitment, but that did not prevent the team that this time dressed in green, generated a good game in the first half, which at times was a more even game than expected, besides the couple of chances they had that if they were insisted a little more, I think they would have caused more damage, and perhaps a development of the match, more even and that would have led us to other circumstances.
Even said that before the two defeats of the Senegalese, thanks to the offensive plays and collective genius of Jordan Henderson and Harry Kane from the royalty, the soccer played by the Africans was good, but they lacked that extra action to take them further in each match, The Africans were good, but they lacked the extra action to take them further in every game, with their opponents' interventions always coming before that, as they did in this match, and before half-time they had already received their dose, sending them to the dressing room with some very difficult to assimilate goals.
After the first goal and the second goal by the white lions of the English royalty, their game and confidence for the second half was evident, and despite the fact that the most deceiving score in soccer is 2-0, as it was already established in this match, that was not an obstacle for the Europeans to look for more, That was not an impediment for the Europeans to look for more, that confidence and that display of good play led to the fact that after 13 minutes of the second half, England was already winning the match by a difference of 3 goals through Bukayo Saka, curiously a player of African origin.
Already with the match in the bag, Gareth Southgate's pupils, would be for the remainder of the match, dosing their physical efforts, the scoreboard allowed them and thus kept at bay the Lions of Teranga, to translate everything shown on the pitch, in a qualification to the quarterfinals, for the second consecutive World Cup, showing a good performance, and matching the good performance and good footballing moment that led them last year to play in the final of the European Championship, where they could not win the title against the Italians, but leaving a good omen for the future that is extending in this World Cup in Qatar 2022.
To say that little is said about them, I do not know if it would be the most appropriate, perhaps the attention is on other teams, but in reality it is like their performance has not yet been so impressive, despite the goals they have made in each of their presentations, they have not seen that display of play that has characterized them in this World Cup, against a higher category opponent, But the numbers are there, a very positive goal differential, and their presence in the quarterfinals is for a reason, soccer lovers will have no choice but to watch and talk about this England team, which has a good base and is also very young, which combined with some more experienced players, make the perfect mix to have reached where they have arrived so far.
Ya han entrado en territorio de grandes, y en frente en los cuartos de final, tendrán a la vigente campeona del mundo, Francia, quien hasta ahora pinta bien, porque anota, gusta y juega bonito, no se si sera bonito pero lo que si es que ha sido eficiente y han ido al grano con sus rivales, es la propia extensión del buen fútbol que ha practicado desde la copa del mundo pasada, donde logró quedarse con los máximos honores, será una verdadera lastima ver que una de estas 2 selecciones se tenga que ir a casa tan temprano, o la misma selección de Inglaterra, por el presente que ahora mismo están desarrollando, frente ha rivales que a lo mejor a muchos no les convence tal rendimiento mostrado, pero lo cierto es que han llegado hasta donde han llegado y otros ya otras selecciones de renombres ya se marcharon a sus casas en esta competición.
They have already entered the territory of the greats, and in front of them in the quarterfinals, they will have the reigning world champions, France, who so far looks good, because they score, like and play nice, I do not know if it will be nice but what is certain is that they have been efficient and have gone to the point with their rivals, is the very extension of the good soccer they have practiced since the last World Cup, where they managed to take top honors, It will be a real shame to see one of these two teams have to go home so early, or the same selection of England, for the present that they are developing right now, against opponents that maybe many are not convinced by such performance shown, but the truth is that they have come as far as they have come and others and other renowned teams have already gone home in this competition.
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