England have been knocked out of FIFA World Cup 2022 after France handed them a defeat within the fourth quarter-final recreation Saturday. Whereas Harry Kane’s missed penalty, which ensured that France maintain on to 2-1 scoreline, got here as a shock for English soccer followers, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is prone to cheer for France within the semi-final after he lower a take care of French Emmanuel Macron in a Twitter alternate.

Here is what the 2 leaders mentioned:

“Pricey @RishiSunak, trying ahead to the sport tonight. If Les Bleus win (they’ll!), you’ll want us luck within the semi-final… proper?” Macron tweeted forward of the quater-final match.

The French president acquired a immediate reply from Sunak wherein the UK PM mentioned, “Hopefully I gained’t should 😅 However you’ve acquired a deal..Stay up for you getting behind the Three Lions within the subsequent spherical.”

The banter was adopted by a tense quarter-final match wherein Aurelien Tchouameni swept France right into a first-half lead just for Kane to equalise from the spot 9 minutes into the second half. Within the 78th minute of the match, France acquired their lead again as Giroud beat Harry Maguire, powering a header past Pickford to make the scoreline learn 2-1 in his facet’s favour. Griezmann’s cross was well-received by Giroud.

Within the 83rd minute, France’s Theo Hernandez was booked for clattering into the substitute Mason Mount and England was awarded a penalty. Harry Kane acquired an opportunity to attain an equaliser however his shot went over the bar.

On the finish of stoppage time, France progressed to semis because the scoreline learn 2-1 of their favour.

Kane mentioned he should dwell with the penalty miss that condemned his group to a World Cup quarter-final exit.

“I am not somebody who thinks an excessive amount of about it, I put together the identical whether or not I get one penalty or two penalties in a recreation,” Kane informed the BBC about going through his Tottenham Hotspur group mate Hugo Lloris from the spot for the second time.

“I can not fault my preparation or the element earlier than the sport, it did not really feel any completely different. I felt assured taking it however did not execute it the best way I needed to.

“After all it is one thing I should dwell with and tackle the chin. However all we are able to do is be pleased with one another and know that the group is in a very good place for the longer term.”