England vs France, FIFA World Cup 2022, Quarter-Final Highlights: Defending Champs France Beat England 2-1 To Reach Semi-Finals

That's it for today guys. Thank you for joining us. We will be back with the live coverage of the semi-finals of the FIFA World Cup 2022. 

France defeat England 2-1 after Marcus Rashford fails to convert the free-kick into a goal, in the quarterfinal match. With this win, France have stormed into the semi-finals of the tournament and booked a clash against Morocco. 

England get a freekick after France's Kingsley Coman brings down an opponent during a tackle. Good opportunity for England. 

Medical staff make their way onto the field after England's John Stones picks up an injury while trying to get the ball from an opponent. He gets replaced by Jack Grealish. 

The stoppage time for the second-half of the quarterfinal match between France and England is 8 minutes. France are in 2-1 lead as Harry Kane fails to get a goal from penalty. 

Referee Wilton Sampaio shows a yellow card to England's Harry Maguire, who commits a rough tackle on the field and brings an opponent down while snatching the ball. 

Referee Wilton Sampaio makes an easy decision and signals a foul after England's Jude Bellingham aggressively brings an opponent down during a tackle. 

What a miss!!! England captain Harry Kane fails to capitalize on the penalty given to his side. He unleashes the shot towards the target but the goes over the crossbar and England still trail by 2-1 against France. 

England are awarded with a penalty after Mason Mount was brought down by Theo Hernandez during a tackle. Golden chance for England to equalize the score. 

GOAL!!! After a failed attempt, Olivier Giroud finally finds the target and provides France with their second goal of the night. Giroud receives a cross from Antoine Griezmann and fires a perfect shot onto the left side of the goal. France take 2-1 lead over England. 

England's Harry Maguire receives a good cross from a free-kick. He unleashes a header towards the target but it lacks power and accuracy and it goes off the left post. England fail to capitalize on a good chance. 

Referee Wilton Sampaio wastes no time and signals a foul after England's Jude Bellingham pulls an opponent's shirt and tries to bring him down. 

England's Bukayo Saka perfectly dodges all the defenders and unleashes a close-range shot towards the target. However, his attempt gets averted as goalkeeper Hugo Lloris makes an easy save and deny England an another goal. 

GOAL!!! Harry Kane beautifully converts the penalty kick into a brilliant goal for England. Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris fails to judge the ball as Kane perfectly places it on the left side of the net. Scores are levelled at 1-1. 

England's Harry Maguire unleashes a header after a receiving a good pass from a corner-kick. However, his attempt gets averted by one of his own teammates and England lose another good opportunity to score. 

France's Ousmane Dembele has been shown a yellow card by referee Wilton Sampaio, as he commits a rough challenge on the field. 

Hello and welcome back to the second-half of the quarterfinal match France and England. England need to get back on track as they are trailing 1-0. The winner of today's clash will face Morocco in the semi-finals. 

This marks the end of the first-half of the quarterfinal match between France and England. Aurelien Tchouameni scored to provide France with an 1-0 lead in the 17th minute of the match. England need to redeem themselves in the second-half in order to win the game. 

The stoppage time for the first-half of the quarterfinal match between France and England is 4 minutes. France are in 1-0 lead over the Three Lions. 

Referee Wilton Sampaio shows a yellow card to France's Antoine Griezmann for his aggressive behavior and rough tackle on the field. 

France's Kylian Mbappe fails to convert the free-kick into another goal for his side. He receives a pass from Theo Hernandez but unleashes his shot high over the goalpost. 

France are awarded with a free-kick after England's Jordan Henderson shows a rough tackle and brings an opponent down. Referee Wilton Sampaio wastes no time and signals a foul. 

Referee Wilton Sampaio has an easy decision to make as France's Antoine Griezmann showcases his rough side and brings an opponent down during a tackle. 

England's Harry Kane gets a good pass from the edge and produces a shot towards the top right corner. Unfortunately, his shot lacks power and it was an easy save from goalkeeper Hugo Lloris and England still trail by 1-0. 

England's Harry Kane appeals for a penalty from the referee after he faces a rough tackle from an opposition players. But, the referee checks it with VAR and signals no penalty. The game goes on with France in 1-0 lead. 

England miss out on a good opportunity to equalize as Luke Shaw's shot towards the target from a free-kick, gets easily saved by goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. France are in 1-0 lead over England. 

GOAL!!! Aurelien Tchouameni provides France with their first goal of the night. He receives a pass from Antoine Griezmann and brilliantly produces a shot towards the bottom left corner as France take 1-0 lead over England. 

France's Oliver Giroud unleashes a header towards the target after receiving a fine pass. However, goalkeeper Jordan Pickford makes a comfortable save and France miss out on a good opportunity. 

Referee Wilton Sampaio wastes no time and signals a foul after France's Ousmane Dembele commits a rough tackle on the field and brings an opponent down. 

England's Harry Kane unleashes a brilliant shot inside the penalty but his effort goes in vain as the French defenders comfortably avert the coming threat to deny England an easy goal. 

France are creating some opportunities to score from the very beginning of the match. They are exchanging short passes among their players. 

The fourth quarterfinal match of the FIFA World Cup 2022 between France and England, begins now. France will be taking the kick-off. 

Both the teams are out on field for their respective national anthems. We are just few minutes away from the quarterfinal clash between France and England. 

No. It’s never simple. We’ve got strength in depth and you’re always thinking about the opponent as well. But we’ve been on a good path and I think we needed to stay on that track. Our midfield have been really important, and you can lose a player in there with some back-three systems. We feel we’ve got to get pressure on France and try to cut the supply, and we’ll get an extra player further up the pitch. We need men on the pitch. These big nights, you have to stand up, you have to go to the depths to get a result. We’re playing well, we’ve got confidence. This will be a huge test of that but it’s great to be coming into the game feeling the way we do. These nights are those when everyone remembers where they are, and we hope we can give everyone at home another brilliant evening to remember. 

Both England and France are going ahead with their same lineup, which they took during the Round of 16 clash. England thrashed Senegal 3-0 while defending champions defeated Poland 3-1. 

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the quarterfinal match between England and France, straight from the Al Bayt Stadium.