England vs France LIVE RESULT: Heartbreak for Three Lions after Kane’s penalty miss sees France triumph – latest

Les Bleus make Al Bayt Stadium home

France will now play Morocco here in Al Khor on Wednesday evening.

While fans of the North Africans are no doubt still celebrating their win over Portugal leading to their first ever appearance in the last four.

Didier Deschamps' side will be too busy tonight celebrating their win in 'Le Crunch' tonight to be concerning themselves with semi-finals just now.

The curious case of VAR

When video technology was brought into football, the premise was that it would take the dubious decisions and talking points out of the game.

It seems to be having quite the opposite effect.

The officials whose incompetent performances spurred the implementation of VAR are now sat making the decisions behind the scenes.

It all seems like giving the lunatics the keys to the asylum.

Something that works so well in rugby and cricket but is still causing controversy in the beautiful game.

Walker looks to the future

The man tasked with marking Kylian Mbappe out of the game spoke to the media afterwards.

We played well - we have played the world champions and created more chances. I have been in many games for England and for my club and sometimes you don't get what you deserve. We just fell short. Hopefully this talented group of players can go on to achieve bigger and better things.

Kyle WalkerEngland

Olivier enters the record books

France's forward, Olivier Giroud, goes into the World Cup record books with his winning goal this evening.

That was his fourth goal of the tournament, equalling the four goals scored by Cameroon's Roger Milla in the 1990 World Cup.

Both Giroud and Milla are the only 36+ players to score four goals in the World Cup Finals.

England take it on the chin

The official England football team Twitter account reached out to the fans to thank them for all their support in Qatar.

Fans who travelled and those at home, cheered their side on until the final whistle.

England will be back, they need to learn from the pain they are feeling right now.

Southgate faces the post-match media

The England manager had the unenviable task of having to front up to the media after tonight's defeat.

He was asked firstly how much of a missed opportunity this was for his England side:

"Yeah. We were here to win the tournament. We believed we could and we showed with our performance tonight against the reigning champions that we have got a team which could have done that."

The question was then raised, what now for his future as England manager:

"After every tournament we have sat and reviewed and reflected and that needs a little bit of time to make sure everyone makes the right decisions."

Meanwhile, somewhere in London

The French fans at the Zoo Bar & Club party as they look forward to a semi-final tie against Morocco.

It is harsh to be on the wrong side of the fence of such a defeat but this is not a worry for Les Bleus fans.

Olivier Giroud is the name that will be chanted long into the night.

In Qatar, the French fans party on into the night.

Three Lions unable to find killer-instinct

Throughout the course of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the story was the same in most of the games for Gareth Southgate's side.

Plenty of possession, lots of chances and goals.

They were also guilty of giving the opposition their fair share of chances also and once they met a team with a clinical strike force, it all came crashing down around them.

The bitter taste of defeat

The highs and lows of football could not be starker.

Beer went flying in the air as Harry Kane's penalty on 54 minutes nestled into the corner of the French net.

It all seemed to coming together, with England putting Les Bleus on the back foot at the start of the second half.

Now, as they look into the bottom of their pint glasses, the pain is all too real.

Quarter-Final hoodoo continues

Tonight's heart-breaking loss was England's seventh defeat at this stage of the World Cup.

After the way they started the second half, the Three Lions must have fancied their chances to kick on and win the game.

But one Antoine Griezmann cross was to put pay to all of that effort in getting back into this game.

Giroud will no doubt claim the winning goal, Maguire very unlikely to admit to getting the last touch.

Fans will be drowning their sorrows up and down the country, so close yet again, but it counts for nothing as they exit Qatar.

From hero to zero

What a difference half an hour can make, especially in the case of England captain Harry Kane.

Having drawn his side level early in the second half, he was handed the chance to do so again after a ridiculous push by Hernandez on Mount.

Sadly, as his spot kick sailed over the bar it turned to Harry Pain.

This will be a hard one to lift themselves from for these England players.

Les Bleus send England crashing out

The second half was a joy to watch, end-to-end stuff with chances aplenty for both sides.

Despite drawing level, France managed to find a way to get back in front courtesy of a glancing Giroud header and the shoulder of the luckless Harry Maguire.

They had the chance with minutes remaining to peg France back but the normally dependable Harry Kane sent his penalty sailing over the bar.

FT: England 1-2 France

Absolute heartbreak for England and their fans.

They had the chance to take this to extra time but it wasn't to be.

As the stats show England were dominant in this game in terms of possession and shots, they just could not find the finishing needed at this level.

England 1-2 France

90+10. Rashford stands over the free kick.

He hits it with whip and bend but it nestles on the roof of the net.

That may be the last chance for the Three Lions.

England 1-2 France

90+8. Maguire is brought down just outside of the box in the middle of the goal.

What a chance for England in the dying moments of the game.

Where is David Beckham when you need him.

England 1-2 France

90+7. Grealish comes on for Stones.

With 30 seconds remaining, he will need to perform miracles to have an impact on this game.

Pickford launches a goal kick downfield.

England 1-2 France

90+6. Sterling picks up the ball, beats his man to the byline and dinks one towards the back post.

Shaw tries to win the header but cannot get anything meaningful on it.

France fail to clear the ball and it is crossed back in but it is all too easy for Hugo Lloris.

Play is held up as Stones lays on the floor holding his ankle.

England 1-2 France

90+4. Sterling looks to put a cross in from the right.

Way too much height on it, easy take for Lloris.

Raheem, you're better than that.

England 1-2 France

90+2. The ball is put into the box and Lloris tries to come for it.

He cannot get through the sea of players and tips it for a corner.

Upamecano heads the ball clear.

England 1-2 France - Maguire yellow card

90. France will look to use some game management now.

They don't need to do anything but run this clock down.

Sterling has the ball out wide but Rabiot robs him of possession.

We are going to have 8 minutes of added time.

England 1-2 France

88. This second half has been full of drama.

What can England now do to try and find a way back into this.

They will be hoping for some of the added time we have been seeing earlier in this tournament.

England 1-2 France

86. Normally so reliable from the spot.

On this occasion it was a terrible penalty.

Huge task for England now with four minutes of normal time left.

England 1-2 France

84. Harry Kane sends the penalty into orbit.

What a chance wasted by the Tottenham man.

Maybe facing his teammate in Lloris got into his head.

Missed penalty