England vs France: The World Cup is set to have one of the biggest matches in the quarterfinals between England and France.
England made it to the last eight after defeating African champions Senegal by three goals to nil.
The French side defeated Poland by three goals to one. Both teams have different world-class players who play at the highest level for well-known clubs.
The English side has more attacking options and is dangerous on the counterattack. They are intelligent tactically and make their opponents struggle with the ball, but the weakness in the team is the defense.
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The English defense is filled with poor defenders who cannot cope with the pace of French footballers.
The match is going to be a clash between Kylian Mbappe and Kylie Walker. Pace-wise, Walker can match Mbappe’s energy. But the PSG player is very tricky and hits the ball excellently.
France Osumane Dembélé faces England’s Luke Shaw on the left wing. Dembélé’s dribbling completion rate this season is more than 50%; he has gone past virtually every defender he faces.
A clash against Shaw will surely be an easy one for the Barcelona winger. Shaw progressively is a good defender; he has two assists already in the World Cup, but in terms of pace, Shaw is tipped to struggle against Dembele.
In order to contain Dembele, Shaw should try everything possible not to be behind Dembele by a mile.
Looking at the center-back battle with Striker, In terms of the aerial ball, Harry Maguire and John Stones can contain Olivier Giroud, so it is likely the French team will play through the wings.
In the midfield, Antonio Griezmann plays the number 10 role and will face the intelligent Declan Rice. The Frenchman is bound to struggle against the West Ham defensive midfielder.
Adrien Rabiot and Tchouameni are likely to stop more of England’s attackers. England’s kind of game is kick and follow, where they patiently wait for the opponent’s defenders to come forward and hit the ball on a counterattack.
Dayot Upamecano and Raphael Varane, two of the best defenders in the world, are capable of stopping Harry Kane. Upamecano is filled with strength and intelligence, like Varane, who stopped Kane on countless occasions when playing for Manchester United.
Bukayo Saka against Lucas Hernandez is going to be a different story; the French defender will dispossess Saka easily, and on the other wing, Jules Kounde, the powerful Barcelona defender, will go against Jack Grealish or Marcus Rashford.
If he comes against Rashford, Kounde is likely to struggle, but if he faces Grealish, it will make him contribute more to the attack, which will make it difficult for Shaw to hold Dembele on the right wing.
England vs France: Head to Head Between England vs France
The last meeting between these two teams was in a friendly match in 2017 where England lost to France by three goals to two. England have won 17 matches, five have been drawn, and nine have been lost.
England vs France last World Cup encounter happened on June 16, 1982, and the Three Lions of England won the match by a score of 3-1.
