{"id":6485,"date":"2026-07-19T12:02:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T12:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=6485"},"modified":"2026-07-19T12:02:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T12:02:29","slug":"england-beat-france-6-4-to-secure-third-place-at-fifa-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=6485","title":{"rendered":"England Beat France 6\u20134 to Secure Third Place at FIFA World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MIAMI:<\/strong> England defeated France 6\u20134 in a thrilling third-place playoff at the FIFA World Cup, securing the bronze medal in one of the highest-scoring matches in the tournament&#8217;s history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">England entered the match with seven changes to the starting lineup, including captain Harry Kane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The English side made a flying start, taking the lead in just the third minute when <strong>Declan Rice<\/strong> found the back of the net. The early goal put France under immediate pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">France attempted to respond with several attacks, but England&#8217;s goalkeeper produced a series of crucial saves to deny the French forwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unlike their semi-final performance, England maintained an aggressive approach after taking the lead instead of sitting back. Their attacking strategy paid off as they added three more goals before halftime. <strong>Marc Gu\u00e9hi<\/strong> scored in the 18th minute, while <strong>Bukayo Saka<\/strong> struck in the 37th minute and again during first-half stoppage time to give England a commanding 4\u20130 advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">France returned strongly after the break. <strong>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/strong> opened the scoring for Les Bleus before <strong>Bradley Barcola<\/strong> added another. Mbapp\u00e9 then netted his second goal of the match to reduce the deficit further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">England restored their cushion when Saka converted a penalty to complete his hat-trick and make it 5\u20133. <strong>Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9<\/strong> scored France&#8217;s fourth goal to keep the contest alive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, <strong>Jude Bellingham<\/strong> sealed England&#8217;s victory with a goal in the closing moments, ensuring a 6\u20134 win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The match also set a new FIFA World Cup record for the highest number of goals scored in a third-place playoff, with a total of 10 goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI: England defeated France 6\u20134 in a thrilling third-place playoff at the FIFA World Cup, securing the bronze medal in one of the highest-scoring matches..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438298_1296469_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438298_1296469_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438298_1296469_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438298_1296469_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438298_1296469_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438298_1296469_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438298_1296469_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=6\" rel=\"category\">Sports<\/a>","tag_info":"Sports","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6487,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6485\/revisions\/6487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}