France vs England, 2026 FIFA World Cup, 3rd-Place Match
· FIFA World CupEngland beat France 6-4 in chaotic third-place World Cup playoff
England beat France 6-4 in chaotic third-place World Cup playoff on Saturday in Miami.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Goal! France 0, England 1. Declan Rice (England) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
- 4': Désiré Doué (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 4': Foul by Jarell Quansah (England).
- 5': Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adrien Rabiot.
- 7': Attempt blocked. Marcus Rashford (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bukayo Saka with a cross.
- 7': Corner, England. Conceded by Malo Gusto.
- 8': Attempt blocked. Eberechi Eze (England) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Morgan Rogers.
- 9': Foul by Malo Gusto (France).
- 9': Eberechi Eze (England) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 11': Attempt saved. Rayan Cherki (France) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Dean Henderson (England).
- 11': Attempt blocked. Warren Zaïre-Emery (France) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 11': Offside, England. Bukayo Saka is caught offside.
- 13': Foul by Maxence Lacroix (France).
- 13': Ivan Toney (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Corner, France. Conceded by Marc Guéhi.
- 18': Attempt blocked. Bukayo Saka (England) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eberechi Eze with a through ball.
- 18': Corner, England. Conceded by Maxence Lacroix.
- 18': Goal! France 0, England 2. Ezri Konsa (England) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Declan Rice with a cross following a corner.
- 20': Foul by Eberechi Eze (England).
- 20': Malo Gusto (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Ivan Toney (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 21': Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (France).
- 21': Offside, England. Ivan Toney is caught offside.
- 22': Attempt missed. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Michael Olise.
- 23': Delay in match for a drinks break.
- 25': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 28': Offside, France. Kylian Mbappé is caught offside.
- 32': Foul by Désiré Doué (France).
- 32': Jarell Quansah (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 33': Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (England) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Mike Maignan (France). Assisted by Morgan Rogers.
- 33': Offside, England. Ivan Toney is caught offside.
- 34': Rayan Cherki (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Djed Spence (England).
- 35': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Dean Henderson (England). Assisted by Adrien Rabiot.
- 35': Corner, France. Conceded by Dean Henderson.
- 37': Attempt saved. Marcus Rashford (England) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Mike Maignan (France). Assisted by Bukayo Saka.
- 37': Attempt blocked. Bukayo Saka (England) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
- 37': Goal! France 0, England 3. Bukayo Saka (England) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcus Rashford following a fast break.
- 40': Désiré Doué (France) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 40': Foul by Ezri Konsa (England).
- 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (France).
- 45'+1': Djed Spence (England) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 45'+1': Goal! France 0, England 4. Bukayo Saka (England) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eberechi Eze with a through ball.
- 45'+4': Attempt blocked. Ivan Toney (England) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Morgan Rogers.
- 45'+4': Corner, England. Conceded by Maxence Lacroix.
- 45'+5': Ibrahima Konaté (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45'+5': Foul by Marc Guéhi (England).
- 45'+5': First Half ends, France 0, England 4.
- 45': Substitution, France. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Rayan Cherki.
- 45': Substitution, France. Bradley Barcola replaces Désiré Doué.
- 45': Substitution, France. Lucas Digne replaces Théo Hernández.
- 45': Substitution, France. Dayot Upamecano replaces Ibrahima Konaté.
- 45': Substitution, England. Ollie Watkins replaces Marcus Rashford.
- 45': Second Half begins France 0, England 4.
- 46': Ousmane Dembélé (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 46': Foul by Djed Spence (England).
- 48': Goal! France 1, England 4. Kylian Mbappé (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Michael Olise with a through ball following a fast break.
- 50': Attempt missed. Ollie Watkins (England) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Bukayo Saka with a through ball.
- 51': Attempt missed. Adrien Rabiot (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
- 54': Attempt missed. Eberechi Eze (England) left footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left. Assisted by Marc Guéhi following a fast break.
- 54': Goal! France 2, England 4. Bradley Barcola (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé with a through ball.
- 56': Foul by Bradley Barcola (France).
- 56': Morgan Rogers (England) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 56': Offside, France. Ousmane Dembélé is caught offside.
- 58': Foul by Bradley Barcola (France).
- 58': Bukayo Saka (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Corner, England. Conceded by Dayot Upamecano.
- 59': Attempt saved. Ivan Toney (England) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Mike Maignan (France). Assisted by Declan Rice with a cross.
- 61': Attempt missed. Michael Olise (France) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Warren Zaïre-Emery.
- 63': Adrien Rabiot (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 63': Foul by Declan Rice (England).
- 64': Attempt blocked. Eberechi Eze (England) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
- 64': Attempt saved. Ousmane Dembélé (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Dean Henderson (England). Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
- 65': Attempt saved. Dayot Upamecano (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner by Dean Henderson (England). Assisted by Warren Zaïre-Emery.
- 66': Goal! France 3, England 4. Kylian Mbappé (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Michael Olise.
- 68': Attempt missed. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé with a through ball.
- 68': Delay in match for a drinks break.
- 72': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 72': Foul by Adrien Rabiot (France).
- 72': Jarell Quansah (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 72': Foul by Michael Olise (France).
- 72': Marc Guéhi (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Foul by Dayot Upamecano (France).
- 73': Ivan Toney (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 75': Attempt missed. Michael Olise (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
- 76': Foul by Lucas Digne (France).
- 76': Bukayo Saka (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 77': Malo Gusto (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 77': Foul by Ollie Watkins (England).
- 79': Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (France) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked.
- 79': Foul by Lucas Digne (France).
- 79': Morgan Rogers (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Substitution, England. Elliot Anderson replaces Ivan Toney.
- 79': Substitution, England. Jude Bellingham replaces Eberechi Eze.
- 80': Attempt saved. Jude Bellingham (England) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal by Mike Maignan (France). Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
- 80': Attempt blocked. Morgan Rogers (England) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 81': Attempt missed. Michael Olise (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
- 81': Delay in match (England).
- 82': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 82': Delay in match because of an injury Jarell Quansah (England).
- 83': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 83': Substitution, England. Reece James replaces Jarell Quansah because of an injury.
- 84': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Dean Henderson (England). Assisted by Bradley Barcola.
- 85': Penalty conceded by Malo Gusto (France) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 85': Penalty England. Djed Spence draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 87': Goal! France 3, England 5. Bukayo Saka (England) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
- 90': Fourth official has announced 7 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Attempt blocked. Bradley Barcola (France) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Michael Olise.
- 90'+1': Corner, France. Conceded by Reece James.
- 90'+1': Substitution, France. Jules Koundé replaces Malo Gusto because of an injury.
- 90'+1': Offside, France. Kylian Mbappé is caught offside.
- 90'+2': Foul by Adrien Rabiot (France).
- 90'+2': Jude Bellingham (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Substitution, England. Trevoh Chalobah replaces Marc Guéhi.
- 90'+4': Delay in match because of an injury Djed Spence (England).
- 90'+5': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 90'+6': Goal! France 4, England 5. Ousmane Dembélé (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dayot Upamecano following a fast break.
- 90'+8': Goal! France 4, England 6. Jude Bellingham (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a fast break.
- 90'+9': Second Half ends, France 4, England 6.
- 0': Match ends, France 4, England 6.
Statistics
 ENG |
FRA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 14 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 3 | Offsides | 3 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 5 | Saves | 4 |
| 54.1 | Possession | 45.9 |
| 19 | SHOTS | 19 |
| 11 | ON GOAL | 9 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 469 | Accurate Passes | 404 |
| 518 | Passes | 445 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 1 |
| 12 | Crosses | 5 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.0 |
| 35 | Long Balls | 26 |
| 15 | Accurate Long Balls | 17 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.7 |
| 6 | Blocked Shots | 4 |
| 13 | Effective Tackles | 10 |
| 27 | Tackles | 16 |
| 0.5 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 11 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 12 | Effective Clearances | 10 |
| 12 | Clearances | 10 |
Game Information
Competition: FIFA World Cup
Venue: Hard Rock Stadium
Location: Miami Gardens, Florida, USA
Attendance: 64,478
Venue: Hard Rock Stadium
Location: Miami Gardens, Florida, USA
Attendance: 64,478
Line-Ups
France (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 16 | Mike Maignan (GK) |
| 26 | Maxence Lacroix |
| 15 | Ibrahima Konaté |
| 19 | Theo Hernández |
| 2 | Malo Gusto |
| 24 | Rayan Cherki |
| 14 | Adrien Rabiot |
| 18 | Warren Zaïre-Emery |
| 10 | Kylian Mbappé |
| 20 | Désiré Doué |
| 11 | Michael Olise |
England (4-1-4-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Dean Henderson (GK) |
| 6 | Marc Guéhi |
| 2 | Ezri Konsa |
| 4 | Declan Rice |
| 25 | Djed Spence |
| 26 | Jarell Quansah |
| 21 | Eberechi Eze |
| 17 | Morgan Rogers |
| 11 | Marcus Rashford |
| 7 | Bukayo Saka |
| 22 | Ivan Toney |
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