France - England 6-4: The Three Lions won the record-breaking match for third place

France and England delivered a legendary performance in the World Cup third-place playoff, with 10 goals scored in a match that saw Thomas Tuchel's England secure third place. England opened the scoring through Declan Rice, who stole the ball and fired a powerful shot from outside the box in the third minute. Ezri Konsa doubled the lead in the 18th minute with a header from a corner kick.

England continued their dominance, with Bukayo Saka scoring the third goal in the 37th minute after Marcus Rashford's initial shot was saved. Saka netted his second goal just before halftime, assisted by Eze, making it 4-0. France reacted strongly at the start of the second half. In the 48th minute, Ousmane Dembele's pass set up Kylian Mbappe, who reduced the deficit to 4-1.

Six minutes later, Mbappe created another goal, passing to Michael Olise, who then assisted Barcola for France's second goal. In the 66th minute, Mbappe made history, becoming the all-time leading scorer in World Cup history with his second goal of the match, bringing the score to 4-3 and igniting hopes of an improbable comeback.

France came close to equalizing in the 75th minute when Olise's shot narrowly missed the post. England were awarded a penalty in the 87th minute when Spence was fouled by Gusto. Saka converted the penalty to complete his hat-trick, making it 5-3. Dembele scored again for France, reducing the deficit to 5-4. However, in the final moments, Jude Bellingham broke away on a counter-attack, scoring with a superb individual effort to seal the 6-4 victory for England.

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The events that occurred in the third-place match were unprecedented!