24 June 2018 Post Match reports

England To 6-1 Against Panama

England achieved their most emphatic World Cup result as Harry Kane’s hat-trick helped them thrash a poor Panama side and reach the last 16. There were five first-half goals, with John Stones heading in the opener. Kane made it 2-0 from the spot before Jesse Lingard, who was fouled in the box, made it 3-0 with a great strike.

Stones nodded in his second, Kane smashed in another penalty and then scored a lucky third, before Felipe Baloy fired in a consolation goal. This was the first time England had scored four goals in a World Cup match since the 1966 final against Germany. Meanwhile, skipper Kane, who now has five goals in the tournament, became the third England player to score three or more goals in a World Cup group stage, after Roger Hunt in 1966 and Gary Lineker in 1986.

 

Japan 2-2 Senegal

Japan and Senegal played a thrilling 2-2 draw to throw Group H wide open. One side would have sealed qualification into the knockouts with a win but non of them did. This means that if one Poland or Colombia win their two matches, it may still qualify. Sadio Mane gave Senegal the lead with an easy tap-in in the 12th minute but Takashi Inui curled in a beauty in the 34th minute to ensure the game was even at halftime.

Wague thought he had given Senegal all the three points when he scored in the 74th minute but Keisuke Honda capitalized on poor goalkeeping to level the scores three minutes later.

 

Poland 0-3 Colombia

Radamel Falcao was on target as Colombia put behind their disappointing start to the 2018 FIFA World Cup campaign to thump Robert and his Poland side 3-0 during Sunday’s Group H second round of fixtures, staged at the Kazan Arena.

Yerry Mina’s header, five minutes from half-time separated both sides after the opening period. After the break, the best man on the pitch Juan Quintero fizzed a pass into the feet of Radamel Falcao. The former Manchester United and Chelsea reject took a touch and rolled an outside-of-the-foot finish into the far corner for Colombia’s second.

Moments later, James Rodriguez’s perfect through-ball took the whole of the Polish defence out of the game, leaving Chelsea reject Juan Cuadrado to open his body up, before stroking a cool finish past the reach of Wojciech Szczesny.

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