France vs England FIFA World Cup 2026 Match Live Updates

France vs England FIFA World Cup 2026 Match Live Updates: FRA take on ENG in 3rd place match. (AP)

Neither France and England wanted to be here when the World Cup started. But the two star-studded teams, favourites for the title, now find themselves playing in a 3rd placed match in Miami, occasionally stealing a glance towards the summit clash between Argentina and Spain in the Metlife stadium on Sunday.

Kylian Mbappe’s France were outplayed by a well-oiled Spanish machine, losing the first semifinal 2-0 without even having a sniff of a chance of winning it. England, meanwhile, had taken the lead vs Argentina in the semifinal only to crash and burn 2-1 after going defensive and failing to stop Lionel Messi from delivering two picture-perfect assists.

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France vs England Football Updates

Score

FRA 0-1 ENG

Half

1st

Current Time

13th min

England XI

Henderson, Konsa, Guehi, Spence, Quansah, Rice, Rogers, Eze, Saka, Rashford, Toney

France XI

Maignan, Gusto, Konate, Hernandez, Lacroix, Rabiot, Zaire-Emery, Cherki, Mbappe,  Olise, Doue

Venue

Miami Stadium

Big moments of game

3rd min: Declan Rice puts England ahead early with a long-range effort

Now, Mbappe and England skipper Harry Kane only have the Golden Boot to motivate them. Mappe and Messi both have 8 goals with the Argentine only ahead due to a lone assist. Kane as well as Jude Bellingahm both have 6 goals each and also have a chance to pip Mbappe and Messi in the Golden Boot race if they can score enough goals on Saturday night.

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What it takes to form a football team: An immigrant story

THE MAKESHIFT tent on the edge of the playing field at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, a sprawling public park in New York’s Queens borough, is blaring the Latino chartbuster DTMF by the Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny.

A few teenage players tap their feet to its tunes, their gaze fixed on a game of football in the middle. A volley from 20 yards clangs onto the crossbar, and coach Vincent Cordoba, a stern-looking elderly Colombian man with small, sharp eyes, throws a water bottle to the ground in anger. He shouts expletives in Spanish and instructs his players to tighten up their defence and fall back in numbers.

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