Two playoff matches are scheduled for the tournament in Qatar on December 4: France – Poland and England – Senegal. Read about all the events of the game day online at RBC Sport
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Highlights at 22:00:
- Sterling missed match against Senegal
- France advanced to the quarter-finals
- Tite says he can let Neymar in the starting lineup
Matches 4 December:
France – Poland, 3:1. Online
England – Senegal, 3:0 2nd half. Online
22:00. France leader Kylian Mbappé declaredwhat did not communicate with journalists at the tournament, because he wanted to focus on playing for the team and “not lose energy.” Mbappe is the tournament’s top scorer with five goals.
21:45. Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris repeated Lilian Thuram’s record for the number of matches for the French national team (142), and also caught up with Fabien Barthez and Thierry Henry for the number of games for the national team at the World Cup (17).
21:30. The best moments of the match France – Poland in the 1/8 finals (3:1):
Video: Match TV
21:10. England midfielder misses game with Senegal for family reasons.
21:00. Defender of the Japanese national team Yuto Nakatomo called on teammates to show the “samurai spirit” in the 1/8 finals of the World Cup with the Croats. “Bravery. We need to play boldly.” said football player
20:00. France national team won the team of Poland in the 1/8 finals with a score of 3:1. The Poles cut the score in stoppage time thanks to the efforts of Robert Lewandowski, who had to take penalties twice.
19:30. Kylian Mbappe became the first player to score eight World Cup goals under the age of 24. In the match with Poland, Mbappe scored twice.
18:50. Olivier Giroud scored his 52nd goal for the Poles in the 44th minute of the 1/8 final match and overtook Thierry Henry in the list of top scorers in the history of the national team.
18:05. Antoine Griezmann hasn’t missed a France game since 2017. He made the squad for 71 consecutive games.
16:45. Brazil head coach Tite declared at a press conference that Neymar will play in the 1/8 finals of the World Cup with South Korea if he performs well in training.
16:00. England players will receive nearly $500,000 in bonuses if they win the World Cup in Qatar, informs Telegraph.
15:00. Mbappe staged a boycott of beer ads in Qatar, reported L’Equipe. The French star covered up the Budweiser logo at the Man of the Match award and refused to speak to the press to avoid being associated with the alcohol brand. The French federation was fined €10,200 for his behavior.
14:45. Arsene Wenger hinted that the Germans were eliminated from the World Cup, including because of the political action before the game with Japan. The Germans covered their mouths with their hands while taking pictures, protesting against FIFA’s ban on One Love armbands in support of LGBT people. As a result, Germany sensationally lost to Japan with a score of 1:2.
“When you go to the World Cup, you must understand that you cannot lose the first matches. Experienced teams that have achieved good results before, such as France, England, Brazil, played well in the first matches. And teams that were mentally prepared to focus on the competition and not on the political demonstration,” Wenger is quoted as saying. TASS.
14:20. Correio da Manhã writes that Cristiano Ronaldo’s dissatisfaction during the departure from the field in the match against the Koreans was due to the decision of coach Fernando Santos to replace him too early. Santos after the game spokethat Ronaldo was angry because of the Korean player who insulted him and rushed to replace him. At the same time, in the Portuguese national team, according to a source in the federation, they consider it more important in the upcoming playoffs.
13:50. US President Joe Biden declaredthat the national team made the whole country proud with its performance in Qatar. The Americans were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, losing to the Dutch (1:3).
11:45. Bukayo Saka, who missed the last match in the group, will start the England team for the 1/8 final match of the World Cup with Senegal, informed Sky Sports.
11:30. Neymar injured his ankle in the first match of the World Cup published on Twitter, photos from the workout, signing them with a quote from the James Brown song: “I feel good. I knew it would be.”
Photo: Neymar jr / Twitter
On December 5, Brazil will play in the 1/8 finals of the World Cup with South Korea.
11:00. Argentina leader Lionel Messiah expects difficult match in the quarter-finals of the World Cup with the Netherlands on 9 December.
“We will have a very difficult match against the Netherlands, they are playing very well,” said Messi. The forward added that the opponent has “great players and a great coach, the fight will be tough.”
10:30. Midfielder of the Cameroon national team with Russian citizenship Gael Ondua declaredthat he received threats because of his performance at the World Cup in boots with the flag of Russia.
“At some point, my mother saw everything that was written in the media. It hurt her that people do not know me and say such things about me. It was everywhere – all over the world, ”added Ondua.