England tops Wales, after it couldn’t score until it did, and did, and did
, having looked sublime, suitable and so-so during its three matches. It will play Senegal on Sunday in the round of 16, four years after it rummaged around to find its first semifinal since 1990 and only its second since 1966.
It looked like manna for the fans behind that goal who hadn’t seen an England goal in the previous three halves, counting the. For added manna, Rashford scored in the 68th minute with a left-footed blast through legs and limbs and past goalkeeper Danny Ward’s right side, then he exited in the 75th minute to a swell of applause from the “God Save The King” portion of the crowd.
The Welsh bowed out of another pinnacle six years after their Euro 2016 semifinal joy in France, even if they staved off the bowing-out for a good while in Qatar. They engaged England in a first half that technically did occur even if nothing much occurred within it. England achieved a soft domination of play. Wales went almost the entire 45-plus-five without a shot or even a shot at a shot or really even a shot at a shot at a shot.
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