The England national team missed a golden opportunity to achieve a new achievement in the history of its participation in World Cups after winning the 1966 World Cup, but it managed to repeat its second best achievement in World Cups by achieving the fourth place that they previously achieved in the 1990 World Cup in Italy, and is the fourteenth European team to achieve This position, and the England national team gained a new generation capable of participating in the next Euro and the World Cup in 2022, especially since the average age of its players does not exceed 25 years.
But he lost an achievement that he wished for, which is reaching the final for the second time in his history, or achieving at least the third place that he had not achieved before throughout his participation in the World Cup. Colombia in the round of 16 penalty kicks.
Despite the good start of the England national team in the tournament, losing twice in a row against Croatia and Belgium blew up his dreams, and this is the first time that England has lost two consecutive matches, since 2014, when it fell to Italy and Uruguay in the World Cup in Brazil.
This tournament witnessed England losing 3 matches against Belgium twice and against Croatia, which is the first time that it has lost 3 matches in one major tournament, since it did the same thing, in the 1988 European Nations Cup finals, and the England national team scored 12 goals in this tournament as the second strongest attack half of it. It was scored by the tournament's top scorer, Harry Kane, and 9 of them came through set pieces as the team that scores the most from set pieces in the history of World Cups, while England conceded 8 times; It is a high number that confirms that the Three Lions team is weak and shaky in its defense, despite having one of the best goalkeepers in the tournament, young goalkeeper Pickford. On the individual level, Harry Kane won the title of top scorer in the tournament.
Naeem Tamim Al Hakim (Jeddah) @naeemtamimimalhac