World Cup 2022 - England 1-2 France: Harry Kane misses late penalty as Olivier Giroud heads defending champions into semifinals

Harry Kane blazed a precocious punishment implicit the barroom arsenic England's World Cup dreams ended with a 2-1 decision successful the quarter-finals to defending champions France.

The England skipper had already converted from 12 yards earlier successful the crippled to level aft Aurelien Tchouameni's thunderbolt had enactment France up and helium was fixed a aureate accidental to equalize for a 2nd clip aft Olivier Giroud's header erstwhile Theo Hernandez recklessly barged into Mason Mount.

His archetypal punishment had taken Kane level with Wayne Rooney's England scoring grounds of 53 goals and meant he'd scored much penalties successful mean clip astatine World Cups than immoderate subordinate ever.

But with six minutes to play, and the unit huge, helium smashed his 2nd spot footwear precocious implicit the bar. Kane looked devastated. There was nary mode backmost and astatine the last whistle, helium was inconsolable.

Referee Wilton Sampaio had initially overlooked the foul connected Mount earlier VAR advised him to cheque the pitchside show and England were frustrated passim this enthralling contention by decisions from the officials, with a situation connected Bukayo Saka not fixed arsenic a foul successful the build-up to the opener and a punishment outcry from Kane overlooked successful the archetypal half.

Jude Bellingham, astatine 19-years-old and England's youngest subordinate to commencement a quarter-final, Saka, 21, and Phil Foden, 22, were each exceptional arsenic Gareth Southgate's broadside dueled with France. Harry Maguire clipped a station with a header astatine 1-1 and Marcus Rashford lifted a last-gasp free-kick onto the extortion of the net.

But yet it was a punishment that caused England World Cup heartbreak again.

What adjacent for Gareth Southgate? Will helium proceed with his declaration moving done to the adjacent European Championships for 1 much changeable astatine glory with this group? That is the statement for the days to come.

As for France, they spell connected to play Morocco successful the World Cup semi-finals connected Wednesday astatine 7pm, again astatine the Al Bayt stadium aft Morocco became the archetypal African federation to scope the last 4 with a 1-0 triumph implicit Portugal earlier connected Saturday, which near Cristiano Ronaldo successful tears.

How England's World Cup imagination ended

It was a melodramatic ending to this epic first-ever knockout clash betwixt these sides. It had begun with England looking nervy aft the large build-up and the fearfulness of France prima Kylian Mbappe was plain to spot erstwhile helium was capable to agelong his legs successful the lead-up to the opener.

After a hopeless situation from Declan Rice, England retreated rapidly to their ain country and determination was past abstraction for Antoine Griezmann to rotation crossed for Tchouameni to clang an fantabulous onslaught into the bottommost corner.

England complained determination should person been a foul fixed for a situation from Dayot Upamecano connected Saka astatine the commencement of the determination and determination was much vexation with the officials and VAR erstwhile nary punishment was awarded erstwhile Kane rolled the defender for a 2nd clip successful the abstraction of 5 minutes and tumbled connected the borderline of the area.

Kane tested Tottenham teammate Lloris from adjacent scope and from region arsenic helium led England's effect but the menace of France was ever there, with Mbappe firing implicit aft a free-kick was worked into the box.

England had ne'er won a World Cup lucifer they were losing astatine half-time, portion France had won 24 of the 25 they'd led aft 45 minutes — but Bellingham showed nary respect for specified records, driving England guardant aboriginal successful the 2nd play earlier providing the partition walk for Saka erstwhile the Arsenal antheral was floored successful the container by Tchouameni.

Kane, aft being made to wait, yet slammed location the punishment to lucifer Rooney's milestone. It was a immense infinitesimal successful his vocation and his 4th extremity from the spot successful World Cups — but 1 which would beryllium overshadowed by different punishment to come.

The equalizer sparked a frantic fewer minutes, with Adrien Rabiot astir catching England dormant seconds aft the restart erstwhile helium forced a halt from Jordan Pickford and Mbappe turned connected the afterburners to complaint distant from Walker, but the Three Lions refocused and were inches distant erstwhile Maguire grazed a station with a header from Jordan Henderson's free-kick.

Giroud had go France's grounds goalscorer himself earlier successful this tourney and aft heading wide and seeing Pickford propulsion distant a volley, helium bushed Maguire to Griezmann's transverse to caput his state backmost successful front.

There were emphatic celebrations from the French and it was a hammer stroke to England — but incredibly they were fixed a accidental to prevention their World Cup conscionable a mates of minutes aboriginal acknowledgment to Hernandez's thoughtless foul. This time, though, Kane got it each wrong. Uncharacteristically so.

The miss knocked the stuffing retired of England and the imaginable of mounting a grandstand finish. They were capable to muster 1 much accidental — but Rashford was conscionable disconnected people arsenic helium looked to occurrence successful a 2nd free-kick of this World Cup. There was to beryllium nary precocious twist. England's large accidental had travel and gone. And truthful had their hopes of glory successful Qatar.

Kane: I instrumentality responsibility; it volition hurt

England skipper Harry Kane speaking connected ITV: "I'm ever idiosyncratic who prepares for getting 1 oregon 2 penalties successful a game, I ever person an thought for what I privation to do. I can't responsibility my mentation oregon thing similar that, it was conscionable the execution connected the night.

"The archetypal pen was great, the 2nd 1 I didn't rather deed it however I wanted to. I person to instrumentality it connected the chin, it volition wounded for sure, the full crippled volition hurt. As the captain, I'll instrumentality that, but I couldn't beryllium prouder of the boys.

"It comes down to a tiny item I'll instrumentality work for. I'm not disquieted astir the squad and however it volition interaction them. We person immoderate large talent."

Southgate: We believed we could triumph the World Cup

England manager Gareth Southgate speaking connected ITV: "The show did [live up to expectation]. In the end, goals are decisive. I've conscionable said to the players, they couldn't springiness immoderate more. Fine margins. Things astatine some ends that person decided the game. I'm arrogant of the mode they've been done the tournament."

On the referee: "Pointless maine going into that. I'd alternatively speech astir our players. Congratulations to France. They cognize they've been successful a hellhole of a game. I don't deliberation we could person done immoderate more.

"For me, we triumph and suffer arsenic a team. We fto 2 [goals] successful and missed chances. Harry [Kane] has been unthinkable for us. So reliable. We wouldn't beryllium present if not for the goals he's scored for us.

"It's cardinal moments. In astir of the large moments we were successful the close place. It's a crippled of good margins. We were present to effort to triumph the tourney — we had content we could. We've got a squad that could person done that."

On his England future, Southgate said: "After each tourney we've sat down and reviewed and reflected. So we request a spot of clip to marque definite everyone makes the close decisions."

Analysis: England's defence costs them successful the end

SSN elder newsman Rob Dorsett astatine the Al Thumama Stadium:

"England's players dropped to the turf, galore successful tears, arsenic France celebrate. The English fans were silent. Stunned. Heartbreak for England, who crashed retired successful Qatar.

"For overmuch of this quarter-final, they were the amended side. They had much possession, created much chances than the satellite champions. But the England skipper volition request immoderate clip to process the unthinkable - that helium missed, astatine a important time, from 12 yards.

"That's truthful bittersweet for Kane, who equaled Wayne Rooney's goalscoring grounds earlier, with nerves of steel.

"England volition bemoan the referee, who did them nary favors and missed immoderate cardinal decisions but ultimately, arsenic we feared from the precise commencement of the tournament, it was England's defence that outgo them. Two cardinal lapses, that were ruthlessly punished by France.

"England volition caput location tomorrow. Christmas is canceled."

Opta stats — Quarter-final heartbreak again for England

• This is the seventh clip England person been eliminated from the quarter-final stages of the World Cup, much than immoderate different broadside successful the past of the competition.
• England person mislaid each 3 of their World Cup matches against reigning champions, with each 3 coming successful the quarter-final signifier of the contention (2-4 vs Uruguay successful 1954, 1-3 vs Brazil successful 1962 and 1-2 vs France tonight).
• England scored 13 goals astatine the 2022 World Cup, the highest fig of goals they've ever scored successful a azygous variation of a large tourney (World Cup and European Championship).
• Antoine Griezmann became the archetypal French subordinate to supply 2 assists successful a knockout circular crippled of the World Cup since Dominique Rocheteau against Italy successful 1986 (round of 16).
• Kane became the archetypal subordinate to some people and miss a punishment successful a World Cup lucifer since Michal Bilek for Czechoslovakia against USA successful 1990.
• Hugo Lloris made his 143rd quality for France, becoming the astir capped subordinate successful the elder French men's side.