📹 In mad match, England beat France to claim third at the Cup | OneFootball

In Miami (USA), England beat France 6-4 this Saturday (18) to claim third place at the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

See here how OneFootball covered the match!

The match, which had even risked a delayed kickoff because of the threat of lightning in Florida, was complete madness, with a "rain of goals."

In the first half, the English took full advantage of the French side's complete and total apathy and raced into a 4-0 lead. 

The result was historic — in a bad way — for France. And it sparked plenty of mockery on social media!

Since 1930, France had not gone into halftime trailing by four goals.

In the first World Cup in history, the French were down 5-1 to Belgium at halftime!

In 1953, against Switzerland (4-1 at halftime and 4-2 at full time), and against Yugoslavia in 1968 (4-1 at halftime and 5-1 at full time), had been the only matches in which France conceded four goals in the first half over the last 90 years!

After halftime, however, France finally decided to "show up for the match."

With his two goals against England (the first and the third), Kylian Mbappé reached 22 goals (in 22 matches) and became the outright TOP SCORER in World Cup history.

The French star, who is the top scorer of the 2026 World Cup with 10 goals, moved ahead of Lionel Messi, who has 21 goals. 

Only four players in history have scored 10 or more goals in a single World Cup edition.

Hungary's Sándor Kocsis scored 11 goals in 1954, France's Just Fontaine found the net 13 times in 1958, and Germany's Gerd Müller scored 10 in 1970.

Now, Kylian Mbappé joins that very select group with 10 goals for France at the 2026 World Cup. 

And Michael Olise, who set up Mbappé for both goals, reached seven assists in a single World Cup edition.

The French forward surpassed Pelé, who had been the top "provider" in a World Cup, with six assists in 1970.

In the closing minutes, Saka scored England's fifth goal and completed his hat-trick.

The Arsenal forward joined Geoff Hurst (1966), Gary Lineker (1986), and Harry Kane (2018) as the only English players to score three goals in a World Cup match!

In stoppage time, Dembélé and Jude Bellingham — with TWO STUNNERS — put the finishing touches on the MADNESS that unfolded in Miami in the third-place playoff!

In the end, England's 6-4 win over France set a NEW RECORD for goals in a World Cup third-place match, surpassing France's 6-3 win over Germany in 1958.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.

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