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Rashford, Foden Shine For England, As Wales Exit World Cup

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Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford scored twice while Man City’s Phil Foden got the other, as England on Tuesday evening thrashed Wales 3-0 in their last Group B game to qualify for the round of 16 stages

England coach Gareth Southgate elected to add both players in the starting lineup for the team’s final Group B match and they responded with all three goals with Foden getting the approval of several pundits and fans alike to get a place on the starting lineup on Tuesday.

England will next face Senegal in the round of 16. Wales finished in last place with just one point in the group and has been eliminated.

Southgate had faced calls to freshen up his team after the 0-0 draw with the United States. He brought in Rashford and Foden into a new look attack and it worked.

England had the game practically concluded just after halftime with Rashford scoring from a free kick in the 50th and Foden adding another in the 51st. Rashford got his second after a weaving run in the box in the 68th.

Rashford’s goal was the 100th for England in the history of the FIFA World Cup.

 

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Wales captain Gareth Bale was forced off at halftime with an injury and the World Cup may be his last international tournament for the Welsh national team.

The European side will be looking forward to the start of the Euro 2024 qualifiers in March 2023 albeit it is unknown if the majority of the current players in the squad will be around for the qualifiers.

Wales last appeared at the FIFA World Cup in 1958 and were looking forward to at least reaching the round of 16 stages of the tournament in Qatar.

England left back Luke Shaw revealed after the game that England were doubled charged to defeat Wales after the wide celebration of the Welsh side towards the elimination of England during the 2016 Euro tournament.

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.

He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.

Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.

He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.

Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).

He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.

Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.

Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.

In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.

He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.

Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.

He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.

Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).

He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.

Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.