Southgate was surprised by his line-up against Senegal

Gareth Southgate, England coach, was surprised to leave Marcus Rashford on the bench in the starting lineup against Senegal in the round of 16 match of the World Cup in Qatar.

Southgate prefers Bakayo Saka despite the fact that he did not play a minute in the last match of the first period, against Wales (3-0), while Rashford was the great architect of the victory with two goals, which increasing his production to three since the start of the World Cup.

Saka began the tournament as a starter and scored two of England’s six goals against Iran before being replaced by Rashford in the 70th minute. In the second match against the United States (0-0) the situation was repeated and against Wales, as It was reviewed, Rashford played in the starting eleven.

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In the round of 16, Saka again faced Southgate’s confidence, introducing only this change with respect to the team that put them in contention against Wales. This is what Pickford came up with; Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw; Henderson, Rice, Bellingham; Then, Kane and Foden.

Another news is that Raheem Sterling will not be part of the squad due to “a family matter”, as announced by the English Federation before the game. For his part, centre-back Ben White has returned to England for a personal matter and will not return to Qatar.

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For his part, the Senegal coach, Aliou Cissé, who has been ill in recent days, has put Edotar Mendy in the fray; Sabaly, Koulibaly, Abdou Diallo, Jakobs; Ciss, Napalys Mendy; Iliman Ndiaye, Diatta, Ismaila Sarr; Sun.

The big new thing in the line-up is the presence of Krepin Diatta in the midfield to replace the suspended Idrissa Gueye, one of the key players for the current African champions. Another midfielder, Cheikhou Kouyaté, is absent through injury, although he did not play in the final group game against Ecuador. The other change compared to before is the presence of Napalys Mendy instead of Pape Gueye.