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World Cup: Third-place match sees 10 goals, third most in history

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • England defeated France 6-4 to win third place in the 2026 World Cup.
  • The match featured high scoring, with both teams combining for 10 goals, the third most in World Cup history.
  • Kylian Mbappe and Bukayo Saka set individual records with their performances.

England secured third place in the 2026 World Cup by defeating France 6-4 in a high-scoring match. Bukayo Saka scored a hat-trick, and Jude Bellingham added another goal for England, setting a new record for most goals by an English player in a single tournament. The match saw a combined 10 goals, making it the third highest-scoring game in World Cup history and the highest-scoring third-place playoff ever.

who is doing something heroic is the Cuban people

— Miguel UrbánMiguel Urbán, coordinator of the 'Rumbo a Cuba' initiative, stated that the Cuban people are performing heroic acts in the face of the US oil blockade.

France's Kylian Mbappe scored twice, reaching 10 goals for the tournament and 22 in his career. He also set a new record for assists in a single World Cup with seven, surpassing Brazilian legend Pelé's six. Michael Olise contributed two assists for France.

who is doing something heroic and who is doing something extraordinary is the Cuban people day by day

— Miguel UrbánMiguel Urbán emphasized that the 'Rumbo a Cuba' initiative is not an act of heroism but an exercise in basic justice, highlighting the daily efforts of the Cuban people.

The high goal count in the third-place match, often seen as an opportunity for players to accumulate statistics, narrowly missed the all-time record of 12 goals set in 1954 between Austria and Switzerland. England's six goals equaled the record for most goals by a team in a third-place playoff.

If our governments did nothing, we would do it ourselves because we understood that only the people save the people

— Miguel UrbánMiguel Urbán explained the motivation behind the 'Rumbo a Cuba' campaign, which relies on self-management and donations from over 4,000 donors, as a response to government inaction.
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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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