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·19 July 2026

Ezri Konsa heads England 2-0 ahead as France falter in World Cup third-place play-off

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France endured a torrid start to the World Cup third-place play-off in Miami, falling behind inside three minutes before Ezri Konsa made it 2-0 on 18.

Declan Rice opened the scoring with a clinical strike after three minutes.

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The second arrived from a Rice corner, with Konsa rising in front of Adrien Rabiot to guide a cross header into Mike Maignan’s side netting.

Maignan initially stepped off his line, then retreated, leaving himself too deep to intervene and stuck on his goal-line.

Konsa, 28, duly doubled England’s advantage inside the opening 20 minutes.

Source: L'Équipe

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