It was supposed to be a consolation prize. A third-place. England vs France at Miami Stadium instead delivered a 6–4 thriller and, buried inside ten goals and ninety minutes of extraordinary football, three moments that rewrote the FIFA World Cup™ record books. One from each side of the match. Watch the FIFA World Cup […]
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All the questions about the relevance and necessity of the third-place match have been answered. England and France produced ten goals, a World Cup scoring record, a hat-trick, and not a single booking across ninety-eight minutes. Zero cards. Pure football. This is what happens when two squads full of extraordinary players meet with nothing left […]
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Half-time at the Miami Stadium. England 4–0 France. Forty-five minutes of football and a third-place playoff have turned into the most one-sided match of this entire FIFA World Cup 2026™. A heavily rotated French side, still visibly carrying the weight of their semi-final defeat to Spain, were torn apart by an England team that wanted […]
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Third-Place Play-Off | Miami Stadium | 19 July | 2:30 AM IST Team News France — Saliba out, rotated XI expected: William Saliba is ruled out with a back injury requiring surgery. Deschamps is expected to rotate widely — bringing in Ibrahima Konaté, Zaïre-Emery, and teenage playmaker Rayan Cherki. Kylian Mbappé starts: tied with […]
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