{"id":17540,"date":"2026-07-19T10:55:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T05:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/?p=17540"},"modified":"2026-07-19T10:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T05:25:31","slug":"the-third-place-match-three-players-three-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/the-third-place-match-three-players-three-records\/","title":{"rendered":"The Third-Place Match: Three Players, Three Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was supposed to be a consolation prize. A third-place. England vs France at Miami Stadium instead delivered a 6\u20134 thriller and, buried inside ten goals and ninety minutes of extraordinary football, three moments that rewrote the FIFA World Cup\u2122 record books. One from each side of the match.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-black ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Page Contents:<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #282fff;color:#282fff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #282fff;color:#282fff\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/the-third-place-match-three-players-three-records\/#Kylian_Mbappe_%E2%80%94_The_Man_at_the_Top_of_the_All-Time_List\" title=\"Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 \u2014 The Man at the Top of the All-Time List\">Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 \u2014 The Man at the Top of the All-Time List<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/the-third-place-match-three-players-three-records\/#Michael_Olise_%E2%80%94_Seven_Assists_Peles_Record_Gone\" title=\"Michael Olise \u2014 Seven Assists, Pel\u00e9&#8217;s Record Gone\">Michael Olise \u2014 Seven Assists, Pel\u00e9&#8217;s Record Gone<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/the-third-place-match-three-players-three-records\/#Jude_Bellingham_%E2%80%94_Englands_Greatest_World_Cup_Scorer\" title=\"Jude Bellingham \u2014 England&#8217;s Greatest World Cup Scorer\">Jude Bellingham \u2014 England&#8217;s Greatest World Cup Scorer<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/global\/blog\/the-third-place-match-three-players-three-records\/#One_Match_Three_Records\" title=\"One Match. Three Records.\">One Match. Three Records.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Watch the <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\"><i>FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 <\/i><\/a><i>Final \u2014 Spain vs Argentina \u2014 live on ZEE 5, July 20, 12:30 AM IST.\u00a0 <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/myaccount\/subscription?plan-ref=0-11-7467&amp;asset-ref=0-6-4z5914493&amp;visibility=SELECTED&amp;context=FIFA\"><i>ZEE 5 FIFA Subscription<\/i><\/a><i> Quarterly Plan at \u20b9799 or the Annual Plan at \u20b91,699.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Kylian_Mbappe_%E2%80%94_The_Man_at_the_Top_of_the_All-Time_List\"><\/span><b>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 \u2014 The Man at the Top of the All-Time List<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The record that mattered most came in the 66th minute. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/france\/france-squad\">France <\/a>were chasing a remarkable comeback, down 4\u20132, when Mbapp\u00e9 linked with Michael Olise inside the penalty box, collected the return pass, and thumped a finish past Dean Henderson. His second goal of the night. And his 22nd across three FIFA World Cup\u2122 tournaments \u2014 the most any player has ever scored in the history of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>That goal moved him past Lionel Messi, who had held the record at 21 goals. Mbapp\u00e9 first reached the World Cup stage in 2018 as a teenager and scored four times in Russia, including in the final. In 2022, he scored eight goals \u2014 including a hat-trick in the final against Argentina, almost winning it single-handedly. In 2026, he added eight more across France&#8217;s run to the semi-finals, then two against England in Miami to close it out. Twenty-two goals. The record is his alone.<\/p>\n<p>He is 27. The number 22 may not be where this ends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Michael_Olise_%E2%80%94_Seven_Assists_Peles_Record_Gone\"><\/span><b>Michael Olise \u2014 Seven Assists, Pel\u00e9&#8217;s Record Gone<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This one arrived quietly. Nobody announced it during the match. But across the ninety minutes in Miami \u2014 where Olise set up both of Mbapp\u00e9&#8217;s goals with intelligent, precise deliveries \u2014 he completed what had seemed impossible: seven assists in a single FIFA World Cup\u2122 tournament, breaking a record that had stood since 1970.<\/p>\n<p>The previous holder was Pel\u00e9. Six assists at the 1970 World Cup in Mexico, a tournament so dominant that Brazil&#8217;s performances from that summer are still used as the benchmark for how football can look at its absolute peak. Pel\u00e9&#8217;s assist record survived 56 years, fourteen World Cups in the era of detailed statistical tracking, and several generations of the most creative players the game has produced. Olise, 24 years old and playing in his first World Cup, dismantled it over seven matches \u2014 with assists that ranged from the perfectly weighted through ball that set Mbapp\u00e9 free in the 48th minute to clever, quick combinations inside tight spaces that opened defences others could not.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jude_Bellingham_%E2%80%94_Englands_Greatest_World_Cup_Scorer\"><\/span><b>Jude Bellingham \u2014 England&#8217;s Greatest World Cup Scorer<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>When Bellingham received the ball from Ollie Watkins in the 98th minute, drove past two French defenders, and slotted his finish past Maignan, he was completing more than just England&#8217;s sixth goal of the evening. It was his seventh of the tournament \u2014 and with it, he became England\u2019s highest scorer in a single FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The previous record had been shared by two of England&#8217;s greatest strikers. Gary Lineker scored six goals at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, a tournament where he carried England almost single-handedly and won the Golden Boot. Harry Kane matched that total in 2018, then matched it again in 2026, making him only the second England player ever to reach six World Cup goals. Bellingham went to seven. In a single tournament. One more than the record Lineker had set forty years ago.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"One_Match_Three_Records\"><\/span><b>One Match. Three Records.<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Third-place matches exist at the edges of World Cup memory. They are played, reported, and largely forgotten in the rush towards the final. Miami Stadium on July 19, 2026 will not be forgotten. Not by the people who watched Mbapp\u00e9 break Messi&#8217;s all-time mark. Not by anyone who understood what Olise had done to a record Pel\u00e9 had held since 1970. Not by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zee5.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/2026\/0-6-4z5974253\/0-2-5z5974716\/teams\/england\/england-squad\">England <\/a>supporters who saw Bellingham rewrite the country&#8217;s own history with a goal in the 98th minute of a match that finished 6\u20134.<\/p>\n<p>The consolation match. The one nobody really wanted. It turned out to be one of the most historically significant and entertaining.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Don&#8217;t miss the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 Final \u2014 Spain vs Argentina live on ZEE 5, July 20, 12:30 AM IST. The last match of the greatest World Cup in history.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i>Disclaimer: Subscription pack prices are subject to change from time to time. 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