England will play France in the 2022 World Cup quarter-final on Saturday night.
The Three Lions, led by manager Gareth Southgate, can replicate their 2018 success with a win over Didier Deschamps’ Les Bleus.
However, with Morocco currently leading Portugal and Croatia and Argentina sending Brazil and the Netherlands home on Friday respectively, England will never have a better chance to lift the prestigious tournament for the second time in their history. However, they will have to get past the French first.
Gearing up to deal with Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe and veteran striker Olivier Giroud, England will need to find a way to stop both if they are to have any chance of reaching the penultimate round of the competition, and Stan Collymore thinks he knows which players they will do it. be key to doing exactly that.
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“The duplication of Kyle Walker and Bukayo Saka in Kylian Mbappe will be key,” Collymore said in an exclusive interview.
“And Jordan Henderson shutting down Antoine Griezmann, which would allow Jude Bellingham and Declan Rice to drive the England midfield.
“I also think Harry Maguire will be able to deal with Olivier Giroud and then we can use our bench to put the game to bed.”
England, according to Sky Sports News, is expected to name an unchanged starting line-up from the one they beat Senegal in the round of 16.
Should that be the case, Southgate will start against France with Jordan Pickford in goal, Walker, John Stones, Maguire and Luke Shaw forming a back four. Henderson, Bellingham and Rice in a three-man midfield with Saka, Harry Kane and Phil Foden leading a three-man attack.
