The 2026 World Cup — 3rd Place Playoff | OneFootball

The most pointless game in world football... and England are part of it. The World Cup semi-finals losers play for the dubious honour of determining who is the worst loser of the two: France or England.

With any luck, it will be all change and Jordan Pickford will be relieved of his duties, meaning an early night is in order.

Saturday 18 July 2026

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Christy Ring 1 Posted 18/07/2026 at 21:03:47

Just asking, all the pundits making excuses about Rice carrying an injury, and making excuses about his performance, and he’s playing again tonight, bullshit

And indeed Pickford is dropped for Dean Henderson:

England: D Henderson; Quansah, Konsa, Guehi, Spence; Rice, Eze; Saka, Rogers, Rashford; Toney

Subs: Pickford, O'Reilly, Stones, Anderson, Kane, Bellingham, Chalobah, J Henderson, Burn, Gordon, Watkins, Madueke, Trafford, James.

It's game 69 of the season for Rice... while Everton's excuse for their abysmal finish to the season was that they were all tired because they had to play as many as 40 games. What utter rubbish.

Goodnight!

Alan McGuffog 3 Posted 18/07/2026 at 21:19:23

I think for a few seasons in the mid sixties we had this in the FA cup. It was played amidst widespread apathy as I recall

Jim Bennings 4 Posted 18/07/2026 at 22:04:50

Christy

Lol, Rice just made you eat humble pie my friend.

In truth Rice been poor in this tournament yes but outside Bellingham in most of them and Kane, nobody has stood out for me.