In the elimination matches of the World Cup, the favorites are justifying their roles for the time being and are quite sure to pass to the next stage. Whether England will continue that streak of success, we will have to see tonight. Slightly biased, hardly anyone from the football public put them among the favorites to win the trophy, but it must be said that the English are playing very good football in this tournament. Impressive in their opening match against Iran, England suffered a setback against the Americans, before restarting the machine against Wales in order to finish this group stage in first place. It is not surprising then to see England rise to the top of the ranking of the most prolific nations of this World Cup after the first three games. It must be said that they have real talent on the attacking front and that their bench is not to be outdone. When you see the performance of Marcus Rashford in the last match, for his first game as a starter, you realize how England have an exceptional bench depth. If they play as they generally did during the group stages, they can go very far. Above all, this British generation is beginning to be experienced on the international scene since it reached the semi-finals of the last edition in Russia and remains on a defeat in the Euro final. In this regard, she intends to take advantage of these unfortunate experiences to better manage the event and finally lift a major trophy. It has been 56 years that English supporters have been waiting for a new title on the international scene. The midfield of England in the previous matches seemed really powerful. Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham and Mason Mount know how to take advantage of their technique and their physical density to win the battle in the middle and put the rest of the team in the best possible condition. Besides them, captain Harry Kane also appears very dangerous for the opposing defenses. Although he still has not scored since his arrival in Qatar, he has a huge influence on the game of his team and is also at the top of the ranking of the best passers in the competition with 3 assists. His impact on the front of the attack, coupled with the good form of Marcus Rashford, proves absolutely essential for the English. Honestly, I was very hesitant whether to suggest the victory of England or Senegal +0.5, but I believe that England will impose their rhythm and score the first goal, which will force the Senegalese to play more openly and in this way the English will have more chances to score the second goal.

By qualifying for the round of 16, Senegal fulfilled their first big goal of the World Cup. Senegal is one of the teams that perhaps left the strongest impression on me since the start of the tournament. They play very bravely and smartly, despite the absence of the team's biggest star, Sadio Mane. This Senegalese team appears rather well balanced and is lucky to have talented players on each line. In goal, Edouard Mendy, even if he no longer plays much at Chelsea, is an experienced goalkeeper who has already won the Champions League. In front of him, Kalidou Koulibaly establishes himself as a real taulier of the Senegalese defense and contributes to bringing serenity to the game. But despite all the goalkeeping qualities that Mendy possesses, we must not forget the fact that he conceded at least one goal in every match in the group stage. A very big blow for the Senegalese before this match will be the absence of two very important midfield players. Idrissa Gueye and Cheikhou Kouyate are great players who showed that in the previous games (although Kouyate played only one match) and to a large extent the midfield of Senegal will be weakened. Instead of Gueye, Pathe Ciss will be on the field, for whom this will be his first match at the World Cup. I believe that Senegal will be in a subordinate position in most of the match and that they will look for their chances primarily after free kicks. The English will start the game very calmly, with a large number of passes from the middle of the field towards the defense in order to draw out the opponent's defense as much as possible. The length of the bench and the quality of the players in both teams is certainly on the side of the English and I believe that they will register another victory today.