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Into four minutes of added time in the first half. France still a goal to the good.That’s the first yellow card of the game with Antione Griezmann cynically bringing down Kyle Walker as the speedy England defender surged out of his own half. He can’t have any complaints there. And he knew it.France work a little trick shot from a free kick , and it catches England napping a little, with the ball falling to Kylian Mbappe from 12 yards after Adrien Rabiot’s cut back.
Not easy, but you would expect a player of his calibre to do better there. England breathe a sigh of relief. Four minutes until half-time.Gareth Southgate’s side have really upped the ante since that French goal. Harry Kane’s almost looked as dangerous as at any other stage throughout the World Cup, and Bukayo Saka is finding little pockets of space down the right. Jude Bellingham hasn’t quite got into the game yet and he’s just carelessly given the ball away to Kylian Mbappe before tracking back in defence to close down the threat.
Huge Lloris has been called into action a couple of times already. We’ve still got 13 minutes before half-time. England pressing for an equaliser.Is it an England penalty? Harry Kane certainly thinks so. The England captain has crashed to the turf under a challenge from Dayot Upamecano, who just got the wrong side of the striker. Is it a foul? It is even inside the box? The referee has stopped play to have a look...
No dice. VAR has ruled play on. Surely there was significant contact made by Upamecano there. It might not have been in the penalty area, but right on the edge at the very least.
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