World Cup diary: Day 10 - Rashford slays Welsh dragons to book Senegal date in Qatar, Gakpo fires Netherlands through for shot at United States

Those familiar strains are becoming louder and louder - 'It's Coming Home, It's Coming Home' - and there's no doubt that England are getting stronger as this World Cup progresses.

Of course we've been hearing the Three Lions song since it was 30 years of hurt. Now it's 56 years of sheer agony, but performances in Qatar suggest that a long awaited international glory for the men's team may not be that far away.

England seem to have shrugged off their woeful UEFA Nations league campaign and picked up some pace in their bid to end that wait since 1966 - did you know they won the World Cup that year?

Marcus Rashford inspired a thoroughly convincing 3-0 win over Wales on Tuesday night that confirmed Gareth Southgate's men as Group B winners, and put the Welsh out of the competition.

The Three Lions march on to a last sixteen clash with Senegal, who deservedly beat Ecuador 2-1 to finish runners-up behind Netherlands in Group A.

It's hard to see past England breezing through against the Senegalese on Sunday, and into the quarter-finals where the likeliest outcome is a clash with France at Al Khor on December 10.

There was no doubting the quality of the English performance against a nervy Wales, though it took two goals in a minute just after half time to make the breakthrough.

Rashford looks like a player with a point to prove and when England won a free kick 25 yards from goal, and traditional kicker Kieran Trippier not playing, the Manchester United man clearly fancied a shot.

His sublime strike past a badly positioned Danny Ward was the setpiece of the tournament so far, and it went from bad to worse for the Welsh.

Defender Ben Davies committed a bad error in his own final third, Rashford robbed him and found Harry Kane who played the perfect ball across for Phil Foden to bury.

Rashford then added a determined solo effort to wrap up the win and really looked in the mood as he moved to joint-top scorer in the World cup with three goals.

The biggest surprise in the England team is that they have now scored nine times and captain Kane, the man who won the Golden Boot at the last World Cup, has yet to find the net.

Perhaps Harry is saving up his best for the knockouts, and what a lift that could give to England.

As for Wales, there's many a Scotland fan who will tell you that their team would have done a better job than the men from the valleys if they had qualified.

The fact is, Scotland didn't qualify, and even if they had we will never know if they would have performed to a higher standard than an average Welsh team.

I suspect they probably wouldn't have improved on the one point gained by Rob Page's battlers.

A Christian Pulisic goal earned USA a 1-0 win in the politically-charged final group game against Iran, putting the Americans into the last sixteen.

Celtic centre-back Cameron Carter-Vickers earned a first World Cup appearance in this match for the States, the latest in a growing number of Scottish Premiership players to grace the highest level.

There they will face the Dutch, who easily won Group A after a 2-0 success over host nation Qatar, who limped out with three defeats and precious few admirers.

Netherlands' latest superstar appears to be young attacker Cody Gakpo, who scored in some style for the third consecutive World Cup match before Barcelona's Frenkie de Jong sealed the Oranje success.

It's been a tournament with plenty of VAR controversy, but strangely a lack of red cards.

After 36 matches and some fiercely contested affairs, just one player has been sent off. Wales keeper Wayne Hennessey's dismissal against Iran remains the only one so far.

I'm expecting more World Cup red cards than Christmas cards in December, as the stakes get higher and higher during the knockout stages.