France vs. England live commentary: World Cup 2026 score, team news, updates

Hello and invited to Sports Mole's unrecorded commentary of the World Cup 2026 third-place playoff between France and England astatine the Hard Rock Stadium successful Miami, Florida!

The Mundial lucifer that nary squad wants to play successful has yet arrived, but triumph for the Three Lions would people their second-best decorativeness astatine a World Cup, portion Les Bleus tin extremity Didier Deschamps's reign connected a insignificant high.

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France vs. England: What's the story?

A World Cup last betwixt immoderate of the 4 semi-finalists would person been a fitting ending to a frenetic tournament, but France failed to unrecorded up to their favourites tag against Spain past Tuesday evening.

Goals from Mikel Oyarzabal and Pedro Porro ensured that France would not beryllium winning their 2nd World Cup successful 3 years, and much importantly, that Deschamps's glittering tenure would not reason successful the cleanable way.

However, Les Bleus person prevailed much often than not erstwhile competing successful the World Cup third-place playoff, winning 2 of their erstwhile 3 bronze-medal matches successful 1958 and 1986, lone losing to Poland successful 1982.

In contrast, England person been condemned to fourth-placed finishes connected some of their erstwhile third-place playoff appearances, losing to Italy successful the 1990 third-place playoff earlier a 2-0 decision to Belgium nether Gareth Southgate successful 2018.

The latter's semipermanent successor Thomas Tuchel was brought successful with 1 ngo successful mind; triumph the 2026 World Cup. But aft the Three Lions became the latest victims of an Argentinian comeback job, helium has already faced galore calls to suffer his job.

Tuchel's tactical decisions successful the semi-finals were slammed from each corners - fans, journalists and pundits alike - but the ex-Chelsea manager has a declaration until Euro 2028 and retains the afloat enactment of the FA for the clip being.

Both caput coaches are expected to marque a fewer changes successful Florida, but Kylian Mbappe and Harry Kane should inactive commencement up beforehand arsenic the brace conflict for the World Cup Golden Boot; the Frenchman is level with Lionel Messi astatine the apical of the charts connected 8 goals, portion six-strike Kane indispensable people a hat-trick and anticipation that his rivals gully blanks to instrumentality location the idiosyncratic accolade.

France and England are clashing for the archetypal clip since the 2022 World Cup quarter-finals, which ended successful a 2-1 triumph for Les Bleus, and the Three Lions' lone triumph from their past 9 head-to-heads was a 2-0 affable triumph successful November 2015.