EAST RUTHERFORD.- Jude Bellingham and Harry Kanethe two best-known names of Englandtook the “Three Lions” to the round of 32 of the World as leaders of Group L at the cost of sinking the eliminated team 2-0 Panama this Saturday on the outskirts of New York.
The pair of stars avoided a new slip, like the one tight against Ghana (0-0) last date, by collapsing the wall built by the canal workers in the MetLife Stadium of East Rutherford, New Jersey.
The Panama of the Spanish-Danish coach Thomas Christiansenwho arrived at the closing duel with no chance of qualifying, tried in vain to say goodbye to his second World Cup with at least one point and one goal in favor.
Their goal was close to being realized after a first half that controlled the British advance, but that succumbed five minutes into the second half thanks to Bellingham’s left leg (62′) and Kane’s header (67′).
The captain was reunited with the goal, after his double in the exciting debut against Croatia (4-2), and guaranteed the English first place in the area with seven points.
His rival in the next phase, on Wednesday in atlantawill be one of the best third parties.
Kane also displaced Gary Lineker as English scorer in the World Cup, reaching eleven goals.
Same bad
The men of Thomas Tuchel They struggled again to solve the problem revealed in the game against Ghana: transforming their high possession (68%) into goals and ways to break through iron defenses.
Before the Panamanians, who said goodbye to North America As the only team not to score or score, they suffered from the lack of a companion to Elliot Anderson in the middle, after the German coach’s decision to seat his teammate Declan Rice.
Anderson was the only holding midfielder for the world champions in 1966. It was a bet by Tuchel that, if repeated, could be expensive, if the rival has better dedication and more firepower than the canaleros.
The coach made five changes from the eleven he matched with the Ghanaians, including the starts of Marcus Rashford and Bukayo Saka.
The first was the one who most worried the Panamanian goalkeeper Orlando Mosquerawith two shots (11′, 45+2′, 55′) and a header (38′).
But he had no luck against an opponent who said goodbye to his second World Cup without being able to give his top figure any minutes. Adalberto Carrasquilla.
British goalscorer
The 27-year-old midfielder watched all three games from the bench after failing to recover from a left adductor injury suffered at the end of May with his club. Pumas of Mexico.
The happy thing for Carrasquilla was that his teammates somewhat saved the honor of their country by preventing, at least, the “Three Lions” from repeating the dose of their meeting in the group stage of Russia 2018where they were beaten 6-1 with a hat trick from Kane.
After his disappointing day against the Black Stars, the star of the Bayern Munich He once again had a discreet presentation until he was able to celebrate his third goal in the competition and continue the hunt for the scorer of this edition, Lionel Messi (five targets).
And not only that, he became England’s all-time top scorer in the World Cup by heading in a Bellingham assist from the left.
The star of real Madrid He had opened the path to triumph five minutes earlier, by asserting the length of his left leg over the body of Jorge Gutierrezafter a corner taken by Saka.
