There are 4 video games going down on Tuesday on the World Cup, and two of them have European curiosity: first Netherlands tackle hosts Qatar — who’re already eradicated — and later Wales face England, and want to attain an enormous upset to make it via to the following spherical from their present place on the backside of the desk.
Tuesday marks the ultimate day of play for each Teams A and B, and it’s the first day of simultaneous kickoffs.
The apply of beginning two video games on the similar time started in 1986, 4 years after a match dubbed the “Shame of Gijon.” The match was scandalous as a result of West Germany and Austria each knew {that a} German win by one or two objectives would advance each groups on the expense of Algeria.
Here is our at-a-glance information to all of the day’s World Cup motion:
Wales 0-3 England
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Marcus Rashford and Phil Foden each scored Tuesday to place England into the final 16 of the World Cup with a 3-0 victory over Wales.
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England coach Gareth Southgate opted so as to add each gamers within the beginning lineup for the group’s ultimate Group B match they usually responded with all three objectives — two from Rashford and the opposite from Foden.
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England will subsequent face Senegal within the spherical of 16. Wales completed in final place within the group and has been eradicated.
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Southgate had confronted calls to clean up his group after the 0-0 draw with america. He introduced in Rashford and Foden into a brand new look assault and it labored.
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England had the sport wrapped up simply after halftime with Rashford scoring from a free kick within the fiftieth and Foden including one other within the 51st. Rashford bought his second after a weaving run within the field within the 68th.
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Wales captain Gareth Bale was compelled off at halftime with an damage.
Iran 0-1 USA
- Christian Pulisic scored whereas crashing headfirst into the goalkeeper within the thirty eighth minute and america superior to the knockout spherical of the World Cup with a 1-0 win over Iran on Tuesday.
- Pulisic sprawled on the sphere and was mendacity within the purpose for about three minutes as he acquired therapy from the US employees. He reentered the sport however was changed at first of the second half.
- Again within the World Cup after lacking the 2018 match, the US opened with attracts towards Wales and England and wanted a victory to maneuver on to the spherical of 16.
- The People completed second in Group B with 5 factors, two behind England, and can play the Netherlands on Saturday with the prospect to succeed in the quarterfinals for the primary time since 2002.
- Iran completed third with three factors. The group has didn’t advance in all six of its World Cup appearances.
Netherlands 2-0 Qatar
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The Dutch superior to the spherical of 16 by ending first in Group Some time the Qataris, who have been already eradicated, turned the primary host to lose all three of its group matches on the World Cup.
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Cody Gakpo put the Netherlands forward halfway via the primary half together with his third purpose in as many matches and Frenkie de Jong doubled the benefit 5 minutes into the second half.
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The Netherlands is a three-time runner-up on the World Cup, and likewise completed third in 2014, whereas Qatar was making its match debut.
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The Netherlands, which did not qualify for the 2018 World Cup, completed with seven factors on the high of the group.
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The attendance at Al Bayt Stadium, which additionally hosted Qatar’s loss to Ecuador within the match opener, was given as 66,784 — almost at full capability. There have been small pockets of orange-clad Netherlands supporters, and Qatar followers behind one of many objectives chanted in unison and jumped up and down.
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At one level throughout the second half, Qatar followers held aloft a big Palestinian flag that stated “Free Palestine” on it.
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Gakpo turned the fourth Dutch participant to attain in three consecutive World Cup video games after Johan Neeskens (1974), Dennis Bergkamp (1994) and Wesley Sneijder (2010). He additionally turned solely the second participant to open the scoring for his group 3 times in the identical group stage after Alessandro Altobelli for Italy in 1986.
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Whereas the Netherlands dominated the possession and created many extra possibilities, Qatar did push ahead now and again and there was a nervous second for the Dutch when goalkeeper Andries Noppert had bother gathering a long-range shot from Ismael Mohamed after Gakpo’s purpose.
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The Netherlands is now on an 18-game unbeaten run since coach Louis van Gaal returned to steer the group for the third time.
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Within the spherical of 16 on Saturday, the Netherlands will face the USA, the second-place group from Group B.
Ecuador 1-2 Senegal
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Kalidou Koulibaly led his group into the final 16 of the World Cup on Tuesday by volleying house the profitable purpose in a 2-1 victory over Ecuador, 4 years after the African champions have been eradicated from the group stage due to the quantity of yellow playing cards they acquired.
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The Senegal captain’s right-footed shot flashed previous Ecuador goalkeeper Hernan Galindez within the seventieth minute. Koulibaly sprinted towards the nook flag and slid on his knees to rejoice.
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In one other must-win match in Qatar, Senegal took the lead after a first-half penalty from Ismaila Sarr. Moises Caicedo then scored for Ecuador to make it 1-1 within the 67th.
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Ecuador would have superior from Group A with a draw and Senegal would have been eradicated.
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Senegal final superior from the group stage on the 2002 World Cup, when the group reached the quarterfinals in its match debut and its solely different look on the occasion.
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Senegal now has an opportunity to match, and even higher, its scintillating run to the quarterfinals in 2002, when present coach Aliou Cisse was the captain and the group matched Africa’s greatest efficiency at a World Cup.
