Skully: Good to get through against Senegal, but if we play like that against France it's not gonna be pretty.

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Ousmane Dembele's goal settled an entertaining friendly 3-2 in France's favour when the two sides last met in Paris in June 2017 - despite Les Bleus playing almost the whole second half with 10 men.

While some things never change - Harry Kane scoring twice for England that night, including a penalty after Raphael Varane's red card - some things certainly do especially in terms of the Three Lions' line-up.

The French personnel is strikingly similar with Hugo Lloris, Varane, Dembele, Kylian Mbappe, Olivier Giroud, Antoine Griezmann and Adrien Rabiot all involved that night plus Paul Pogba and N'Golo Kante, who would be in Qatar if not for injury.

But England that night fielded Tom Heaton, Jack Butland, Phil Jones, Aaron Cresswell, Gary Cahill, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Dele Alli and Adam Lallana, with Jake Livermore, Chris Smalling and Ben Gibson among the subs.

Jog your memory by reading the report from that game here.

Senegal's players are packing their bags and so are these fans.

Anyone else going to miss them?

They've brought energy and fun to this World Cup.

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Now, some of you meticulously-organised wallchart planners will have had Saturday 10 December, 7pm, circled in your diaries for quite some time, anticipating an England-France World Cup quarter-final.

But plenty of others will either not have wanted to tempt fate or just been happy to go with the flow.

Now, the date and match is official, are you having to worm your way out of an unwanted prior arrangement?

Let us know what plans you're having to cancel via the usual methods above - and we'll publish the pick of them on this page.

England boss Gareth Southgate on facing France:

"They are an outstanding team with a phenomenal tournament record and some outstanding individuals. That is a game we have to find our highest possible level."

Daniel: Well done England, World Cup quarter-finals here we come. Let France be fearful of England rather than the opposite way around.

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Kloppite1957: Mbappe is quite good, isn't he. England to play a flat back nine next Saturday?

Now then, there's no denying facing France in the last 16 is a daunting task but the good news? The Three Lions have historically enjoyed the better of their meetings with Les Bleus.

The bad news? Most of England's 16 victories came in the early matches between the sides.

This century, England have won one of their seven meetings with France, a 2-0 friendly victory in 2015, while the French have won four.

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France

Kylian Mbappe has scored five goals in four games at the 2022 World Cup, already surpassing his goal tally from his previous appearance in the tournament in 2018 (four goals in seven appearances). Mbappe is also the youngest French player on record (since 1966) to score and assist in a World Cup knockout stage game (23y 349d).

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BBC Sport in Qatar

Zinedine Zidane, Michel Platini, Thierry Henry, Just Fontaine.

France have seen some incredible players in their history but it's the unassuming Olivier Giroud that can now lay claim to being among the country's greats.

The AC Milan striker became France's leading men's scorer when he put his side ahead in their 3-1 victory over Poland in the last 16 of the World Cup.

But on his momentous day - when he scored his 52nd international goal - the former Chelsea and Arsenal striker was upstaged by team-mate Kylian Mbappe's stunning showing.

Didier Deschamps' men mean business as they aim to defend their crown and their charge is being led by veteran 36-year-old striker Giroud and 23-year-old sensation Mbappe.

"This is the competition of my dreams," said man of the match Mbappe, who scored twice and set up Giroud's goal. "It is something I have been preparing for physically and mentally.

"We are doing well but [we are] a long way from the objective of winning the final."

There's only one face on the front of the sports papers in France.

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Good morning if you're just joining us. It's 11am in Qatar and we're reflecting on England's win over Senegal as well as looking ahead to the quarter-final with France.

That takes place on Saturday at 19:00 GMT...

Jack: Job done recovered well after a slow start. Second half extremely comfortable. General crossing and set pieces still needs improvement. Bring on the French. Stunned at how poor and little fight Senegal shown from 2-0 down onwards.

Chris: Could be quite crucial that we still have no bookings. Can only incur a suspension from a straight red now.

England

England boss Gareth Southgate, speaking to ITV about Raheem Sterling: "We have to wait and see. The priority at the moment is family. We will support that and give him as much time as he needs.

"He is going home. I really don't know. At the moment it is a situation he needs time with his family to deal with. I don't want to put him under any pressure with that. Sometimes football isn't the most important thing and family comes first."

Dan Roan
BBC Sports editor

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Raheem Sterling has left the England World Cup squad in Qatar and returned to London after armed intruders broke into his home with his family inside.

Manager Gareth Southgate confirmed the news after Sunday's 3-0 last-16 win against Senegal.

"Sometimes football isn't the most important thing and family should come first," said Southgate.

It is understood the incident happened on Saturday night. Sterling has three young children.

According to a spokesperson for the player, Sterling was "shaken" by the news and "as soon as he was alerted he wanted to get home, concerned for the well-being of his children."

Southgate added: "We want to give him that space and we will see over the next few days how that develops."

Read more here.

England

There was some bad news on what was a positive night for England...

Jeff: The difference is Jude Bellingham. It's really that simple. He's our best player by a light year.