MARCUS Rashford's brilliant brace helped England reach the knockout phase as group winners and brought Wales' first World Cup appearance since 1958 to an end.
Welsh hopes of progressing were hanging by a thread heading into a Group B finale in which Gareth Southgate's men only needed to avoid a four-goal loss to progress to the last 16.
The 104th meeting of the old foes was the first to be played at a World Cup and England comprehensively won Tuesday's clash 3-0 in the desert as Phil Foden scored either side of Rashford's fine goals.
The reward is a last-16 meeting with Senegal on Sunday, by which point Robert Page's side will have long since left Qatar after their first appearance on the world stage in 64 years ended in frustration.
Rashford told BBC One: "It's obviously a great feeling. We were a little bit disappointed as a team after the last game against USA.
"I thought we could have played a lot better and the only way to bounce back from that is to have a good performance in your next game and I think we did that.
"First half, we defended brilliantly, we didn't really give them any opportunities.
"And it was just about us killing the game off and taking the chances when they came."
On his free-kick opener, Rashford added: "I fancied one in the first half but the one in the second half was in a better position.
"And from there, it's just about being calm and trying to execute what you practice in training.
"They don't go in often but I'm pleased that it went in today."
Rashford said: "Moments like this, this is what I play football for. The biggest moments, the best moments.
"I'm really happy today, I'm happy that we're going through to the next round.
"Hopefully we can build on this performance because I have massive ambitions for this team and I think we can play even better than we showed today."
In Tuesday's other games, USA qualified as Group B runners-up with a 1-0 win over Iran and they will now face the Netherlands, who finished top of Group A after a 2-0 win over Qatar.
Senegal qualified by virtue of their 2-1 win over Ecuador.
