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England clinched third place at the World Cup on Saturday after defeating France 6-4 in a chaotic, high-scoring play-off in the oppressive Miami heat.
The match saw England secure their best tournament finish since 1966, while French forward Kylian Mbappé made history as the all-time leading scorer in World Cup history with 22 goals.
Both managers heavily rotated their squads following painful semi-final exits, with Thomas Tuchel benching Harry Kane and Jude Bellingham. At the same time, the departing Didier Deschamps left out Bradley Barcola and Ousmane Dembele.
England capitalised early as Declan Rice opened the scoring from distance in the third minute, followed by an Ezri Konsa header and a Bukayo Saka brace that handed England a commanding 4-0 lead by half-time.
Deschamps labelled the first half “catastrophic” and introduced four substitutes at the break, sparking a fierce French resurgence.
Mbappé quickly scored his ninth goal of the tournament, Barcola added a second, and Mbappé struck again from a Michael Olise pass to break the all-time tournament scoring record and put France within one goal of an equaliser.
England halted the comeback when Saka converted a penalty to seal his hat-trick after Malo Gusto fouled Djed Spence in the box.
Though Dembele struck back with a fourth goal for France, Bellingham came off the bench to score a brilliant individual effort, finalising the 10-goal thriller and becoming the first English player to score seven goals at a single World Cup.
