Al Bayt Stadium, 12.30am (Sunday)
Common age: England: 25.9; France: 26.6
Common top: England: 5’9”; France: 6’
Possible beginning 11:
England (4-3-3)
Pickford, Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw; Rice, Henderson, Bellingham; Saka, Kane, Foden
France (4-2-3-1)
Lloris, Kounde, Varane, Upamecano, (Theo) Hernandez; Tchouameni, Rabiot; Dembele, Griezmann, Mbappe, Giroud
Defining space: Midfield battle
England will attempt to assume management of the match from the very starting, as they’ve all through this match. They attempt to achieve management by means of a excessive defensive block.
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France construct up their assaults by forming a 4-3-3 construction, with Tchouameni dropping as a single pivot behind Griezmann and Rabiot. The Juventus midfielder is unlikely to be the answer to England’s press, so Griezmann can be dragged in deeper. Taking Griezmann additional away from the objective is simply excellent news for England.
England nonetheless press of their pure 4-3-3 form. The wingers, nonetheless, start in way more slim positions whereas the midfielders push up excessive. They are going to look to stay compact as their defensive construction shifts back and forth. England wingers look to shut the passing lane to the fullbacks whereas they advance on the centre-backs with Harry Kane. This creates a way more aggressive excessive press, which might overwhelm essentially the most skilled of defenders.Key Battle: Walker v Mbappe
Should you assume it’s a must to cease France, the main target will naturally be on stopping Kylian Mbappe. Stopping him can be key to England’s hopes of reaching consecutive semi-finals at a World Cup. France are unbeaten in Mbappe’s 13 begins at main tournaments – profitable all 9 on the World Cup – and he has been instantly concerned in 12 targets in these fixtures.
Walker has already come up towards the fierce tempo of Senegal’s Ismaila Sarr and Wales’ Dan James, however neither can put together him for Mbappe.Kyle although, maybe not as fast as he was just a few years in the past, is fast and among the many greatest on the earth at defensive restoration runs. He might want to defend nicely in one-on-one conditions and can probably be depending on the assist of team-mates like Jordan Henderson, Declan Rice or John Stones to cease Mbappe.