Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford scored twice while Man City’s Phil Foden got the other, as England on Tuesday evening thrashed Wales 3-0 in their last Group B game to qualify for the round of 16 stages of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™.
England coach Gareth Southgate elected to add both players in the starting lineup for the team’s final Group B match and they responded with all three goals with Foden getting the approval of several pundits and fans alike to get a place on the starting lineup on Tuesday.
England
will next face Senegal in the round of 16. Wales finished in last place with
just one point in the group and has been eliminated.
Southgate had faced calls to freshen up his team after the 0-0 draw with the
United States. He brought in Rashford and Foden into a new-look attack and it
worked.
England had the game practically concluded just after halftime with Rashford
scoring from a free kick in the 50th and Foden adding another in the 51st.
Rashford got his second after a weaving run in the box in the 68th.
Rashford’s goal was the 100th for England in the history of the FIFA World Cup.
Wales captain Gareth Bale
was forced off at halftime with an injury and the World Cup may be his last
international tournament for the Welsh national team.
The
European side will be looking forward to the start of the Euro 2024 qualifiers
in March 2023 albeit it is unknown if the majority of the current players in
the squad will be around for the qualifiers.
Wales
last appeared at the FIFA World Cup in 1958 and were looking forward to at
least reaching the round of 16 stages of the tournament in Qatar.
England
left-back Luke Shaw revealed after the game that England were doubly charged
to defeat Wales after the wide celebration of the Welsh side towards the
elimination of England during the 2016 Euro tournament.
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