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Witness one of football's greatest rivalries as England and France collide in the Ultimate Heavyweight European Football Derby! ⚽🔥 Experience every goal, every breathtaking save, every skill move, and every unforgettable moment from this epic clash. Two football giants battle for supremacy in a match packed with world-class talent, fierce tackles, stunning attacks, and non-stop drama. If you're a fan of international football, the FIFA World Cup, or legendary European rivalries, this is a match you can't afford to miss!
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00:00Oh
00:55It takes your tournament so far.
00:57England are unchanged.
00:59Jordan Pickford wins his 50th cap in goal.
01:02After some speculation, it is a back four with Kyle Walker deployed to deal with Mbappe's pace.
01:08Declan Rice missed some training through illness, but he's fit to play as part of the midfield three.
01:13With Raheem Sterling having had time away from the squad, Phil Foden keeps his place in attack.
01:18The England head coach has been accused of caution in the past, but he's keen to play this game on
01:22their terms.
01:27But he has gotten for now.
01:30Hugo Lloris dons the gloves for the 143rd time, becoming the most capped French international in history.
01:37Right back is potentially a troublesome position, but Jules Koundé is deemed sufficiently comfortable to continue.
01:42For all their absentees, it is a formidable midfield, and it would be foolish to focus only on Mbappe.
01:47Olivier Giroud, their all-time leading goal scorer, leads the attack.
01:51Like England, unchanged from their round of 16 success, in their case against Poland.
01:59You've got to be so accurate.
02:02Your decision-making has to be absolutely faultless.
02:07Need exchange there.
02:09Dembele finding Griezmann.
02:10He'll return the complement.
02:12Giroud!
02:17It's unlucky.
02:20Luke Shaw diving in.
02:21I'll talk about decision-making there.
02:23He thinks he can pinch that.
02:24But you can't recover against the quickest players like Dembele, who is, it was rapid.
02:29That ball is just...
02:30...supersibility in that area, away from Mbappe.
02:33Yeah.
02:33So he can still hang.
02:34He'll do that.
02:36I mean, if you actually look at Dembele, top of the screen, on the right, look, you can see he's
02:40already tracking Foden and tracking Luke Shaw.
02:42They're leaving Mbappe here.
02:44Rabiot on the search.
02:46Henderson gave away possession.
02:48It's Mbappe's ball.
02:49Dembele coming in.
02:55It's unlucky.
02:56Yeah.
02:56He doesn't have any responsibility, Mbappe, in chasing back.
02:59He's not going to.
03:00He's going to stay to try and do this, to counter.
03:04Rabiot is a really good run.
03:05You can see Dembele.
03:07I mentioned him earlier, how much ground he had to make up to try and get himself in the box.
03:13He's sprinted 60 yards there.
03:15Luke Shaw, to his credit, has gone shoulder to shoulder with him.
03:19And now Walker.
03:21Opportunity to make a foray forward.
03:25And combined with Saka.
03:26It's a robust, but fair defending by Open Mercado, and he can bring it away.
03:31And Walker out of position.
03:33Scrambling to get back right now.
03:35Here he is.
03:36He's made it, but not before Mbappe released it.
03:39Mbappe again.
03:41Through the challenge of Rice.
03:42Now Dembele.
03:47Griezmann.
03:49Chouameni able to get a shot away.
03:51And it's a glorious goal.
03:59The world champions take control.
04:06And it is a beautiful strike from a young midfielder coming of age.
04:12And this will come.
04:15Sensational strike.
04:16As pure as you are going to see.
04:20And you know, Karl Walker just had a little foray up the field.
04:24England lost possession.
04:26And all of a sudden, Mbappe just come alive.
04:31And the fact that all the white shirts immediately were dragged in and around.
04:36Look.
04:37This French left side.
04:38Four white shirts there.
04:39And all of a sudden, everything's a little lopsided.
04:42There's gaps everywhere.
04:44Then they get back behind the ball, England.
04:46But nice composure on the edge of the box.
04:48And when it comes to Chouameni.
04:51Touch.
04:51Hit.
04:52Hits it hard.
04:53Hits it true.
04:54And whether that's come through the traffic, gone through legs, maybe.
04:59It's always going away from Jordan Pickford.
05:01And that is a brilliant goal.
05:04And it's a superb start for France.
05:06They've bossed it.
05:10Only his second international goal.
05:13His first in a competitive match.
05:16It is one that will live long in the collective memory.
05:21And on the basis of the first 18 minutes of the match, it is...
05:31Work by Stones.
05:34Sacker.
05:37Henderson, an ever-willing runner.
05:39Into Kane, though.
05:40First opportunity for him.
05:41And the race out to thwart his club team-mate.
05:44Still some work to do here for the French.
05:49But they see the danger away.
05:51It's the first time, really, that alarm bells were clanging back there.
05:55Certainly were.
05:56Great play from Harry Kane.
05:58Who just used his body strength.
06:00Just to...
06:02Watch this, look.
06:03Just gets his body in up and meccano.
06:05Who thinks he can get there, he can't.
06:06Because Kane's protected the ball and just used his strength to roll him.
06:10Really good work from Larisse.
06:13Great play that from Harry Kane.
06:14Protecting his position, protecting the ball.
06:18Just can't get that over there.
06:20To the referee, then getting on the end of a potential return.
06:26Sacker harrying Hernandez to good effect here.
06:29And it's Kane.
06:32Well, he believes he was caught.
06:35The officials are not in agreement.
06:38Well, he protests that it was a clumsy challenge.
06:42The referee will no doubt have a look.
06:43Let's see it, let's see it, let's see it, let's see it, let's see it, let's see it, let's see
06:46it.
06:46I can tell you what, it's very clumsy.
06:48It may be just outside the box.
06:50Watch for that line.
06:52The contact is definitely just outside the area.
06:55So if anything's going to be given, it would only be a free kick, I think, outside the box.
06:59However, maybe the referee feels, and the VAR guys feel that...
07:05Both players were kind of jostling for their position there.
07:11Nicholas Gageau and his team are giving it the appropriate scrutiny.
07:21If the contact is outside the box, it would not be within their remit anyway to...
07:29See a free kick awarded.
07:30The game would simply go on from where we are at the moment.
07:35Yes, of course, you're right.
07:49Well, the male angles that we saw, it looked like it was outside.
07:53The longer it goes on...
08:02So, whether or not they felt it was a foul, if it's...
08:06Maybe Henderson a touch too desperate there, but...
08:09And a free kick in a very promising position results.
08:20Something a little different.
08:22Hernandez able to pull it back!
08:24And the first glimmer of an opening for Kylian Mbappe.
08:28Chance that.
08:29That's a chance for him.
08:33He's annoyed with himself that he doesn't get over the top of that and keep it down.
08:36Clever set play.
08:38Nice little ball around the corner.
08:41The cutback from Teo Hernandez.
08:43It's right there where he wants it.
08:46Just gets underneath it.
08:52Foden with an away swinger this time.
08:55And once again, Maguire had found space in there.
08:57Bellingham!
09:00Well, Lloris has to produce a moment of heroics there.
09:03That was travelling from Jude Bellingham.
09:05It certainly was.
09:07Did it ever so sweet on the half folly, didn't it?
09:09Got on top of it.
09:11It's always rising.
09:13Not totally sure whether it was going to stay under that crossbar,
09:17but Hugo Lloris is not sure, so quite rightly deals with it.
09:20An early wave of second-half pressure here from England.
09:32And again, Maguire piling in on it!
09:36Well, he got free again.
09:39And France cannot afford to let that happen.
09:42When Lloris does this, when he comes looking for it,
09:46he always, always looks vulnerable
09:48and looks like he's a goalkeeper in no-man's land.
09:51This is the strike just before that corner from Bellingham.
09:56Well, there was certainly the question of offside,
09:59and the flag does go up against Olivier Giroud,
10:01but England in possession.
10:03Now Henderson.
10:05Sucker!
10:11Oh, and combining here with Bellingham.
10:13Sucker, now, going to be a penalty.
10:15Absolutely no question.
10:21And Schuermany, the French goal-scorer,
10:24concedes the penalty that opens the door for England.
10:29Sensational work from Vakaya Sucker.
10:31He's just looked such a threat all night long.
10:33Whenever he's running at Rabiot in particular,
10:37he looks like he can make something happen.
10:39Schuermany is the dangles that leg.
10:41Don't do that.
10:42You dare not do that when something's coming at you
10:45at serious pace in the box.
10:50Kane seizing that ball.
10:52He did talk about the prospect of penalties
10:55against Dugo Lloris, his club teammate.
10:58He says, well, practice them against the second
11:00and third choice more than anybody else.
11:01But this is a mind game
11:06to end them all.
11:14Well, he's not usually faced by much, Harry Kane,
11:17when it comes to knocking the ball
11:18in the back of the net.
11:22The prospect for Kane of making history.
11:30I always think his penalty, his favourite penalty
11:32is to the goalkeeper's right,
11:34to his left as we're looking at it.
11:39against one man who'll know that better than anybody.
11:50Well, needs to reset
11:52and re-perform his rituals.
11:57Tons of mind games going on here
11:58because it's his teammate,
12:00because they know each other so well.
12:03Do I change what I normally do
12:05or do I just do it,
12:06go for it like I always do?
12:16And in the white heat
12:18of a World Cup quarterfinal,
12:22a landmark for Harry Kane
12:26in the white shirt of England.
12:28He moves level with Wayne Rooney
12:31as their all-time top goalscorer
12:34and what a moment to produce that moment.
12:39He's stuck to plan A, didn't he?
12:41This is what Harry Kane usually does.
12:44Thumps it high away to his left.
12:48Wraps his foot around it.
12:50Maurice, I'm surprised.
12:52I'm just surprised he went in the other direction
12:55because Kane wasn't going to alter what he does
12:58pretty much every time from the spot.
13:00Great penalty.
13:01Beautifully hit.
13:02And England starting this second half
13:05with the kind of authority the French showed
13:07in the early stages of the first.
13:09It's been a real role reversal.
13:14Yeah.
13:14It's been a great response from England
13:17at the start of the second half.
13:18They've gone after France a bit.
13:20They're applying pressure to the back line everywhere
13:22instead of dropping away in their position.
13:24They're just being more aggressive
13:26in terms of winning it back.
13:28Oh, well, they've rolled out the red carpet for Rabiot.
13:32And Jordan Pickford
13:34passes his first real test of the night.
13:37It's the first time Rabiot really has been able to venture forward.
13:41Massive gap.
13:42A chasm in the middle of the England back line.
13:48Well, the midfield player feigned as much as anything else
13:51for his endurance and hard running.
13:53And that running took him into a terrific position here.
13:56He didn't have a lot of time.
13:59Again, Kyle Walker there.
14:01He's so, so intent on keeping eyes on Mbappe
14:04on that far side
14:06that he doesn't really get across
14:07and close that gap, shut that door
14:09between him and John Stone.
14:13Kane scoring England's 13th goal of this World Cup.
14:18Out in front in that respect
14:19is Mbappe.
14:23And there's the race.
14:24Mbappe's won it.
14:25Giroud!
14:28And it's still alive here.
14:30Griezmann.
14:33Wow.
14:34What a race that was.
14:36How quick was Mbappe there?
14:40Well, he was up against
14:41the one player possibly
14:44in that position in this tournament
14:46that could keep up with him
14:47and he blew him away.
14:48It did.
14:49Psychologically, you know,
14:50that hurts Kyle Walker.
14:53It really does.
14:54Because look, there, I'm shoulder to shoulder.
14:56I can deal with you.
14:57No, you can't.
14:58He's skinned him there.
15:00Two yards, he's gone beyond him.
15:10Oh, Saka.
15:12That was almost too easy.
15:14It's a terrific run.
15:15But the venom behind the shot
15:17not sufficient to trouble Lurie's.
15:21Lovely ball to Pukai Ossaka.
15:22Clever run from him.
15:24Just drifted infield into that number 10 position
15:27and then saw the gap.
15:30Now Griezmann.
15:34Well, when you feel momentum is lost,
15:36it can be extremely difficult to wrestle it back.
15:39That's the task here for France.
15:40Mbappe, though, gives them every hope.
15:43Rabiot's cross.
15:44Dembele hoping to win it.
15:45Giroud is there.
15:47And Jordan Pickford saves England.
15:51He's got to score.
15:53That is a brilliant chance.
15:56And whilst a lot of credit goes to Jordan Pickford,
15:59Olivier Giroud there knows he's got to knock that in.
16:02That's a fantastic chance, that is.
16:06He's gone side foot,
16:07but he hasn't tucked it into the corner.
16:10He just hit the target really there.
16:11And I think from that sort of distance,
16:14if he puts his foot through that,
16:15over the top, off the laces,
16:17I think he knocks it in.
16:20Well, will that be a moment of regret?
16:27But just...
16:28I was suggesting it might be tough
16:30to wrestle the momentum back.
16:31They've got it.
16:31Griezmann's ball.
16:32Giroud makes no mistake this time.
16:37And Feltz's all-time top goalscorer
16:41puts them within sight of the semifinals again.
16:45If at first you don't succeed...
16:49Try and try again.
16:52And that is...
16:53That's Olivier Giroud.
16:55That's his real strength.
16:56Technically, he's a gifted footballer.
16:59But with his height and physical presence,
17:03if you give him the service,
17:06if he's the right side,
17:08then you can't beat him.
17:09You can't get across him.
17:10It's a brilliant delivery.
17:11England can't get the white shirts out
17:13to stop the cross.
17:16And once that beats John Stones,
17:19I think, on the edge of the six-yard box.
17:20Once he goes over his head,
17:22Maguire's got to get there.
17:23He doesn't quite close the door enough.
17:24He does everything he can
17:25to try and get there.
17:27But because of Giroud's sheer size and presence,
17:30actually, look, it comes off a Harry Maguire
17:33to flash past the goalkeeper.
17:34But it's all about the delivery, that.
17:37It's such a dangerous cross.
17:42England have to do it all again.
17:44The French are in sight of victory again.
17:49England making changes.
17:51Mount on.
17:53Sterling on.
17:56But Olivier Giroud has made it his stock-in-trade
18:00to get in in that near-post area
18:03and cause major mischief for opponents.
18:07And whether it's a clean header or not,
18:10doesn't matter.
18:11He's there, and he reaps the rewards so often.
18:17We are tour two.
18:18Available for them.
18:20But with the clock ticking down,
18:22someone's got to take it.
18:26Oh, now then.
18:28That was a risk for Hernandez there.
18:31That's a penalty.
18:32That has to be a penalty.
18:35Mason Mount on the receiving end.
18:36It looked, every day of the week, a shove.
18:40I mean, it was always beating Mason Mount.
18:43It was always going over the top of him.
18:45But you can't just barge into people
18:46and clatter them to the floor.
18:52Look.
18:54I mean, that is...
18:55I mean, that is...
18:57Well, how blatant you want?
18:58Well, VAR are checking in.
19:00They've got to check in.
19:01It's a penalty.
19:05It has to be a penalty.
19:09There can be no other decision here.
19:13That's an absolute moment of madness,
19:16that from Teo Hernandez.
19:17I cannot even think what is going through his mind.
19:23You just track the run, you stay shoulder-to-shoulder with your man.
19:26You don't flatten him in the box.
19:29Here we go.
19:30This is going to be given.
19:33He's going to see the evidence for himself.
19:37Wilton Sampaio holds the destiny of this quarterfinal in his hands.
19:48It's going to be given.
19:50It should be given.
19:51This is exactly what we have VAR for.
19:54This is why we've needed it in the game for these big moments,
19:58huge, significant moments,
19:59and I'm afraid that is a penalty.
20:03Well, the question you must ask is
20:05what on earth went on between the ears of Teo Hernandez?
20:08The decision is clear,
20:10and so is the French frustration and English relief.
20:14But now the mind games begin again.
20:17Yeah.
20:26No card, says Bellingham.
20:28Well, the ball was getting away through to the goalkeeper.
20:30There's no question about that.
20:32Yeah, but what I think Jude Bellingham is saying is
20:35was that a legitimate attempt to play the ball?
20:38Now, it wasn't.
20:41It wasn't even trying to play the ball.
20:45Yellow card.
20:46Yeah, there's no question of anything further,
20:48which I think was possibly what Bellingham was suggesting.
20:52I think he was.
20:55Oh.
20:57That is such a poor piece of defense.
21:00No, it's not defending.
21:01I wouldn't even call that defending.
21:02That's just...
21:04That's just negligence, that is...
21:08That is absolutely ridiculous.
21:10And I'm sure Deschamps and his teammates,
21:14should this game now get away from France,
21:16will be absolutely furious with him.
21:19Well, the kindest you can call it is a major misjudgment.
21:28Well, it's too much for even
21:35those who've written their name into English football legend.
21:40Harry Kane has answered the prayers of English football followers often enough.
21:49Now he must produce again against the most familiar foe he could face.
22:19Oh, it's Harry Kane.
22:29Do you know, I really thought Harry Kane would go the same way.
22:38Lloris actually dived that way.
22:41He's gone for height, he's gone down the middle and he's skied it.
22:48Incredible.
22:49Look at that.
22:52Oh, it's not even close.
23:01Well, I'd check...
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