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This goal from Mali's Moussa Djenepo of Southampton against Guardiola's Man. City is classic 🔥🔥🔥.

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England put in a dominant display to convincingly beat Senegal 3-0 at Al Bayt Stadium and secure their place in the FIFA World Cup (FWC) quarter-finals, in a victory which also maintained their unbeaten record against African nations in football’s biggest tournament.

Gareth Southgate and Aliou Cissé will have expected their respective sides to play with a lionheart, although they each had an early scare each as Boulaye Dia nearly broke through before Bukayo Saka came close to stealing the ball from Abdou Diallo in his own box. It was Senegal who had the best opening of the first half-hour as Dia’s shot was blocked by Stones before the ball fell to Ismaïla Sarr, who fired over from close range as Jordan Pickford fell at his feet. Dia then forced Pickford into the game’s first big save with a strike that skipped off the turf.

Having survived those concerning moments, England showed the quality to go ahead as a slick move culminated in Jude Bellingham sliding the ball across for Jordan Henderson to coolly finish. After previously enduring two games without a first-half goal, the Three Lions had two in 10 minutes as Bellingham marched forward before playing the ball to Phil Foden, who tidily slipped in Harry Kane with the captain's composed finish marking his 10th FWC goal contribution.

Cissé responded to that double blow with a triple change at HT, though it did little to change the flow of the game, and a venomous Kane strike had to be awkwardly saved by Édouard Mendy as England played with freedom. Just moments later, Foden left Youssouf Sabaly in his wake before setting up Saka for a wonderfully dinked finish that brought an extra layer of comfort for Southgate’s side. With Senegal’s situation looking bleak, Pape Matar Sarr hit a hopeful free-kick that never looked like troubling Pickford despite hitting the side netting.

Marcus Rashford couldn’t quite turn his late effort on target, but it mattered little, as the Three Lions roared through to the quarter-finals, where they will face France having kept three consecutive clean sheets whilst also equalling their best-ever goalscoring campaign in this competition. Meanwhile, Senegal fell a game short of their best finish after joining Nigeria and Ghana as the third African nation to qualify for the knockout stages twice.

The Netherlands became the first side to book their spot in the FIFA World Cup (FWC) quarter-finals, as they comfortably defeated the United States of America 3-1 at the Khalifa International Stadium, extending their impressive unbeaten run to 19 matches.

In a first-ever competitive H2H between the two nations, it was USA who started on the front foot, with Christian Pulisic seeing an early strike thwarted by the outstretched leg of Andries Noppert. Despite their bright opening, the Americans were stunned by a brilliant Dutch move in the 10th minute, which culminated in Denzel Dumfries’ pull-back being clinically swept into the bottom corner by Memphis Depay to open the scoring for the Oranje.

Having never recorded a win in the FWC after conceding the opening goal (D5, L18), USA knew the importance of a positive response, but it was the Netherlands who looked the more threatening of the two sides, as Daley Blind and Depay both wasted good chances. The Dutch pressure continued to build, and eventually paid dividends on the stroke of HT, when another pinpoint delivery from Dumfries was confidently slotted home by Blind to double the Netherlands’ advantage.

USA emerged after the restart eager to gain a foothold in the contest, but Pulisic saw a strike comfortably held by Noppert and Weston McKennie blazed a long-range effort wastefully over the bar. With a two-goal deficit to overturn, the Stars and Stripes continued to commit plenty of numbers forward, and were rewarded in the 76th minute, as Haji Wright clipped a fortuitous finish over Noppert and awkwardly into the net to set up a tantalising final 15 minutes.

Unfettered by the USA response, the Dutch quickly restored their two-goal lead, with the influential Dumfries volleying home from Blind’s cross to ease any growing tension amongst the vocal Oranje support. With time ticking into the final five minutes, the Netherlands rearguard held firm despite the best efforts of a spirited USA attack, securing their place in the quarter-finals, where they will face off against two-time winners Argentina.

A sensational hat-trick from Gonçalo Ramos fired Portugal to a resounding 6-1 victory over Switzerland at the Lusail Iconic Stadium, as the Seleção secured a spot in the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup (WC) for just the second time since 1966.

With most of the pre-match talk dominated by Fernando Santos’ decision to drop Cristiano Ronaldo, following the forward’s angry reaction to being substituted in Portugal's final group game against South Korea, the opening exchanges of the contest were cagey. Yet, despite an uneventful start, it was Ramos – the man who replaced Ronaldo in the Portuguese starting 11 – who soon took centre stage, with a stunning angled strike that flew beyond a flat-footed Yann Sommer.

Buoyed by the breakthrough, a Seleção went in pursuit of a quickfire second, and duly doubled their advantage in the 33rd minute, when a superb Bruno Fernandes corner was clinically headed home by veteran centre-back Pepe. It looked like a truly fatal blow, and even the most ardent of Swiss fans could not foresee a miraculous recovery, especially with June 1938 marking the last occasion their nation had ever fought back from 2-0 down to win a match at the World Cup finals.

Any hopes of an unlikely comeback from the current generation were extinguished within 10 minutes of the second half, as Portugal found the net with a pair of experly-taken goals. First, Ramos reacted fastest inside the six-yard box to tap home from a Diogo Dalot cross, before Raphaël Guerreiro finished a flowing team move with an emphatic strike into the roof of the net.

Despite the Portuguese assault, Switzerland managed to immediately pull a goal back through Manuel Akanji, although this did little to stem the tide, as Ramos soon completed his treble with a clipped finish over Sommer. In doing so, he ensured that Portugal would at least match their greatest margin of victory at the World Cup finals over a European nation since Pauleta’s treble helped to smash Poland 4-0 in Jeonju 20 years ago.

Armed with a four-goal lead and the luxury of bringing Ronaldo off the bench for the final 20 minutes, Portugal added further gloss to the scoreline late on, as substitute Rafael LeĂŁo curled home from range, to give the Euro 2016 winners optimal momentum ahead of an intriguing last-eight clash with surprise package Morocco, who eliminated Spain on penalties earlier tonight.

Morocco secured a place in the FIFA World Cup (WC) quarter-finals for the first time after winning a dramatic penalty shootout 3-0 against Spain, who were sensationally dumped out in the last 16 once again.

Luis Enrique's side dominated possession from the start, but failed to trouble Bono in the opening exchanges. In fact, the only meaningful opportunity of the opening 25 minutes came when Achraf Hakimi's free kick sailed harmlessly over the bar. However, Walid Regragui’s side were made to sweat when two chances in quick succession fell to Gavi and Dani Olmo following some slack defending, but their blushes were spared by the assistant referee’s flag.

Morocco were more than holding their own though, and Unai SimĂłn was forced into a save down to his right to keep out Noussair Mazraoui's driven strike. Sofiane Boufal then worked his trickery down the left flank and picked out Nayef Aguerd, whose header went over the bar in a promising first-half performance from the Atlas Lions.

Spain attempted just one shot in the opening 45 minutes, which was their fewest in a first half of a WC game this century. And they continued struggling in the final third after the break, as Olmo's swerving set piece was comfortably pushed to safety by Bono. In response, Enrique switched Alvaro Morata and Carlos Soler for Gavi and Marco Asensio just past the hour mark, as La Roja continued to pass the ball around with ease, but without that elusive killer touch.

Olmo had a chance to seal victory at the death, but Bono once again thwarted him, parrying away his free kick to ensure another 30 minutes of action at Education City Stadium. Sofyan Amrabat slipped Walid Cheddira through on goal in a rare opening for Regragui’s side after the restart, only to see himself intercepted by Aymeric Laporte, while Pablo Sarabia’s shot clipped the post right at the death, and penalties beckoned.

It was to be Morocco’s night though, and after Abdelhamid Sabir and Hakim Ziyech found the net, it was the Madrid-born defender Hakimi that struck the decisive penalty to ensure the North Africans prevailed 3-0 on penalties. Sarabia, Soler and Sergio Busquets all missed from the spot, and there will be huge celebrations on the streets of Rabat on a monumental evening for the Atlas Lions, while Spain’s current generation – thanks to the heroics of Bono – still haven’t found what they are looking for.

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