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Here to stay! England stars are greeted by cheers, high fives and waving flags by hotel staff as they return to their base in the early hours after beating Wales to reach the World Cup last-16

  • England were welcomed back to their team base by celebrating hotel staff 
  • Gareth Southgate’s side defeated Wales 3-0 after a Marcus Rashford double
  • Employees at the Three Lions’ basecamp greeted players with cheers and flags 
  • Boss Southgate, Harry Kane, Harry Maguire and Jordan Pickford smiled happily
  • REPORT: England cruise past Wales to reach the World Cup last-16 on Tuesday
  • Click here for the latest World Cup 2022 news, fixtures, live action and results

England stars were welcomed back to their Qatar base by a host of cheering staff celebrating their win against Wales in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

Gareth Southgate’s side qualified for the last-16 as Group B winners after a confident 3-0 victory over Rob Page’s men. 

And as the players returned to their Souq Al Wakra Hotel basecamp, employees greeted them with whoops and cheers, waving St George’s Cross flags and high fives and fist bumps despite their late arrival.


England stars were welcomed back to their team hotel with cheers in Wednesday’s early hours

Boss Gareth Southgate shook hands with an employee at the Souq Al Wakra Hotel basecamp

Manager Gareth Southgate and stars including captain Harry Kane, midfielder Jude Bellingham, defender Harry Maguire and goalkeeper Jordan Pickford were shown lapping up the adulation.

In the short video posted on England’s official Instagram account on Wednesday morning, Callum Wilson, Kieran Trippier and Jordan Henderson were also seen grinning with satisfaction.

The caption read: ‘A warm welcome back to basecamp!’ followed by a raising-hands emoji.

England beat Wales 3-0 on Tuesday night to move into the last-16 of the Qatar World Cup

Although the two sides went in at half-time with the score goal-less, Marcus Rashford scored shortly after the interval, with Phil Foden adding another a minute later.

Rashford then completed the scoring shortly after the hour mark, with defeat sending Wales out of the competition and potentially signalling the last major tournament for veterans like Gareth Bale, Aaron Ramsey and Joe Allen.

The Three Lions, meanwhile, will face African side Senegal in the round of 16 knockout stage on Sunday evening. 




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