France vs England Highlights - 2026 FIFA World Cup - Bronze Final

And it continues today here in Miami. So seven changes made by Didier Deschamps for France, but it's a quite familiar looking team selected by their coach. Out goes Saliba who's injured, Dean, Barcola, Dembele, Chiomane and Koundé. The new look defence is Gusteau on the right, Canate and Lacroix in the centre and Teo Hernandez on the left. PSG teenager Warren Zahe Emery starts in midfield, while Ryan Cherky and Desiree Doué join up with Mbappé and Alise in a strong front four. Seven changes for England as well. Dean Henderson replaces Jordan Pickford in goal, Esri Kwanzaa and Jharrel Kwanzaa, which is quite the tongue twister. They're back in defence, Everetti Ezer starts in midfield, recalls two for Bakayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Ivan Toney. Out go Pickford, Stones, Anderson, Gordon, Bellingham, James and the captain Harry Kane. Alise and Everetti Ezer are both former Crystal Palace players as well. Here's Declan Rice to step in and win it back for England and hit the short score break. England captain delivers after two minutes in Miami. It's Declan Rice, cold as ice, England lead 1-0. Oh, it's just a poor ball from Doué. Declan Rice, that's brilliant, picks it off when Declan Rice turns into Harry Kane. Captain, what a finish. Absolutely no chance from Miami in goal, but what a strike from Declan Rice, playing a little bit deeper. What a goal, what a start to this game. Absolutely unstoppable from Arsenal's Declan Rice. All a maniac could do is watch the ball go past him. It's the eighth time he's scored in an England shirt, the first time he's scored in this World Cup, and there's the celebration from the head coach, Thomas Toothpick. Can we call that a celebration? I don't even think that can be celebrated. It was like half a one, should I, should I not? Obviously, they feel like they've let everybody down, they haven't, I think. Stepping in to regain the possession was Esri Kongsa, now Bakayo Saka on the move for England. Ezer is going to break here for Rashford, and that's deflected behind for the corner, and I must say they look vulnerable defensively at the moment, France. But you know what, they look vulnerable in possession, you know, that first ball came from another poor pass. England counter-attack, great little first touch from Rashford, could still get his body in front, but they're not concentrating, France to start, and England look hungry. The man having lost the semi-final, that's good from Mbappe, France on the move, it's into Desiree Doué, it's Cherokee, and it's saved by Henderson. First job for the England goalkeeper, and then the shot that came in from Zaire Emery, is a lot more straightforward for Henderson. Well done Dean Henderson, good strike from Cherokee, takes it on his right, hits it with his left, it's had a good amazing for England. That's played through by Rodgers, Saka's in for England, they want another one, they started brilliantly, and they're 2-0 up, but the offside flag goes up against Pikaio Saka, but they are slicing through this France defence. Yeah, I mean they're all over the place, France defensively, Cunningham's been England's best player, and then Harry Kane, he's seen Saka just offside there. I thought Jed Spence in the last game was terrific, even defensively and offensively. Go here with the challenge, here's Tony, on by Rodgers, space now for Reza, lovely pass through to Saka, Lacroix with ground to make up, Saka in for England, and deflected over the bar for the corner. I'll tell you what, it's quite astonishing really, all the England chances have come when France have been, they keep turning the ball over, and there's big spaces, you know Saka wants to Guardo as well, but they look sloppy in possession France, but one thing that Pikaio Saka isn't blessed, he's gone forward as well, keep an eye on Tony in a situation like this, that's a better England corner, and it's flipped in, and it's 2-0, and it's Esri Constant, a wry smile on the face, with a face like thunder, that's the first ever World Cup goal for Esri Constant, yeah, and it's a great ball in from Declan Rice, Constant against Rabiot, just beats him to it, too big, too strong, what a header, great skill just to guide that into the back post, nobody there, I mean France defensive been all over the place, but it's interesting to see Drew Billingham and Harry Kane step up, give the boys a round of applause, smiles on their faces, I think they're already looking forward Owen, they're thinking this is the start of the push to win the youth, now Mbappé, may as well hit one you know with Mbappé, which he does, Henderson was staring at that and hoping it didn't continue to bend, and we saw what happened, when you give players space in time, Keane Mbappé, because he didn't get pressured, he takes the shots on, Dean Henderson had a cover, cover the veteran midfielder for France, Zaire Emery to Dewey, Mbappé makes the run and Mbappé gets to the ball, Henderson made the save, Gehi made the block, well that's Crystal Palace present and Crystal Palace future stuffing out the French, the offside flag was up, but England didn't know about that, I think the Lancers flag was up, but watch how quickly France speed this up, it's definitely not offside, no, and Mbappé, Dean Henderson does brilliant, comes out, makes it difficult for Keane Mbappé, I think it might have gone in actually, but Gehi runs back to his goal, you see that's one of those where, here's Rodgers, a Chelsea player next season, Rashford, Saka wanted the ball played earlier, that Rashford done it, although he's just skinned him, hit the shot, tipped away by Mania, Warren Zaire Emery didn't know where on earth Marcus Rashford had disappeared to, reverse little, watch this, naughty, oh my word, that's beautiful, sets him, knew he was coming as well, it's never nice when you get undressed in public in front of all these people, but it's just happened to Warren Zaire Emery, by the way that shouldn't excuse Rashford for not playing Saka in earlier, because he was clean through, no I'm shooting that as well, going top corner as well, fourth official, they don't, it's not like he can do anything, here's Mbappé, he can certainly do something, Thompson's got to defend, Mbappé for France, good save Henderson, he's winning that battle so far, England, he's got all the skills as well, the French number 24 from Manchester City, Alisson, little touch from Dewey, jerky's cross, Henderson there again, he's having some game, the England goalkeeper, now it's played on for Rashford, he's clean through, Saka played him through, Rashford on the run, coming back Hernandez, there's Mendy the goalkeeper, Saka on the follow-up, the ball's spinning, shooting, defended by Lacroix, Rashford, still Rashford, Saka 3-0, eventually from England and they're running riot in Miami, Deschamps feels like he's in a Miami vice, England have got the 300th goal of World Cup 2026 and there are smiles all around for the team in the white shirts, I mean the floodgates are open, I mean the amount of space England have and they've been clinical, good patience from Marcus Rashford, great little comeback and he just passes it into the goal, Bukai Osaka, what a mess France are defensively and all started from a save from Dean Henderson, all the bench got up, Fletcher Moore applauding the save, but I don't think I've seen France defend and track back at all, the attacking players are just staying up, oh in France have been an absolute shambles for 37 and a half minutes here in Miami, an absolute shambles, they're lucky it's only three, Mbappé can see Messi disappearing over there, stats can lie, but they didn't there did they, pictures don't lie, stats can also prove a point there, that's a lovely little certain pass from there, it's Bukai Osaka, it's 4-0 it's an absolute rout in Miami, England are taking France to the cleaners, Owen Hargreaves do you know the last time that France trailed by four goals in a World Cup match? 1958, well it's going to be more, I mean they've been second best in every phase, brilliant England to punish them what a finish from Saka, the turn from Eze was brilliant, so they're making it look so easy England, this is what happens when you play football without intensity, France are getting punished and rightly so, England went through the same experience in the semi-final, but they've come to play, big changes, Thomas Tuchel went for an attacking team and he's getting rewarded, what a performance in that first half, I just wonder who Deschamps is going to take off at halftime well theoretically he could take off 10 of the 11 couldn't he, I mean you'd leave Mbappé on but we're awesome, this is great, this is history and everything like this, so it's great, I think it's great, it's fun to watch, we'll see if France responds at all because they got their you know what kicks, oh my god, he is making, he's making, and I can get, I mean again, Cerkis come on, he's not done anything, you know, Thierry Hernandez on one of the sacks, I mean the focus and concentration, but look at those names, Degner, Upamecano, Dembélé and Bakwala, that is a big statement to England, not so much to England, but to the rest of the team, he's had to react, I mean it's not worthy of the tenure that he's had, they've had to do something about it, it'll be really interesting now to see how these former world champions may react, after 14 years as manager of the French national team, he has just 45 minutes left Didier Deschamps, let's see what he can do with that, they're losing by four goals to nil, back to Darren Fletcher and Owen Hargreaves Thank you Rebecca, changes aplenty here from both managers, the significant ones are from Didier Deschamps, but he tries to get more from his team and Marcus Rashford's gone off ring, Manoli Watkins has just been intercepted from an England standpoint, from Rice, Watkins losing out, that's played in towards Kylian Mbappé, who takes the lead in the race for the golden boot and goes level with Lionel Messi for the most goals ever in the World Cup, what a big goal that is for Kylian Mbappé, and that's what happens when you tackle, when it's tackled, it leads to this situation, at least say with a perfect ball for Mbappé, look at that finish, first time passes it, past Dean Anderson, who's had a brilliant game so far, chip at the end, it would have consigned Maradona's goal in the Azteca at 86 to history Bradley Barker is in for France, is this the moment for him, it's 4-2, France are back in it and Bradley Barker off the bench to score, the French are fighting in Miami, England on the ropes at the start of the second half, yeah and the same spaces that England exploited, France are doing the exact same, great finish from Bob Boller, that near post, but big spaces in behind, forward passing, forward running, England are getting the same pressure and France have been clinical, this game is not over, what a crazy, crazy, crazy game in Miami, look at Didier Deschamps now, that's a different picture, Declan Rice can't believe it, there's Kylian Mbappé and Dembele, if he's on side, he's in, Guzman Dembele running through, Dembele on the left foot, saved by Henderson and the flag did stay down, Felice and Declan Rice got enough of it, now the offside flag's gone up honestly, this is like a mirror image of the first half, that England defended, look at the space I think he gets himself almost back on side, just his left foot isn't it, it's just his left what a save from Dean Henderson as near post, this is why we love this magnificent game so much isn't it, it does have an all-star game for you though doesn't it, NBA all-star game, you can call it what you like, I'm just going to call it magnificent, Jordan Ball, so Declan Rice with the corner, Ivan Toney jumping, flicking, what a save by Mania, it came off Ollie Watkins, that's a brilliant stop, Mike Mania, watch this, this is a great save, yeah he's a great goalkeeper, what a leap from Toney, that's outstanding from the French goalkeeper, and he reads as well, lots of bodies in there with the pass, Warren Zaire, Emery was there, here's Michael Alise, still Michael Alise, he was trying to hit the target from there, that should be 4-3, that should be 4-3 and I'll tell you what England are tracking back, just like France on the first half, I can't believe it, you get four goals up and all the attacking players are turning, not tracking back, look at the space for Alise, everybody drops off, have they swapped shirts at half-time, it's weird, very, very weird, but again you see the best player suits him, just such a smart player, Bradley Barkler, Kylian Mbappe, Ousmane Dempsey saved by Henderson, I mean this theoretically should be 4-4, Alise you know what you could actually get, gets cagey sometimes when it's there's so much at stake, and the graphic on the screen only tells you part of the story, here's Mbappe, he's gonna score, he does score, it's 4-3, Mbappe scored the most goals in the history of the World Cup, he's gone past Lionel Messi and France are right back in it, what a match, I simply cannot believe what my eyes are seeing here in Miami, truly astonishing, what a ball from Alise, are you kidding me, outside of the left foot what a finish that is by the way, I mean France what a disaster in the first half, second half it just exploded, the ball from Alise is just off the charts good, look what it means to Didier Deschamps, not only this might be a victory for him in his final match as the French coach, it might be the greatest players ever, maybe the two greatest players ever Pele and and Messi, here's Gusto, oh that should have been 4-4, I was just waiting for the neck to ripple Alise's shot, on his favorite left as well, I can't believe it, what a from Gusto, squares it just opens it up a little bit too much, oh he's going wide, what's that French player tackling Anderson for Tony was the first change, Bellingham for Ezer, well Watkins will go up front, Roger will go on the left, yeah, now they've got better balance, now they've got the midfield 1A, the problem is though they've got about 18 or 19 minutes when you factor in stoppage time to stop the French scoring, Bellingham's pass, Watkins running, Gusto didn't get there, Watkins against Lacroix Saka's the only England player up there supporting him, Bellingham's arrived, takes it well, Bellingham in, what a run by Bellingham, took too long has he, Bellingham, Armenia saves it, Roger's on the follow-up, there's the block by Lacroix, but Bellingham had to do it so much quicker than he did it Mbappe, oh a little shift of the ball, played inside to Alise, Dempele, Alise, oh it's wide, it's wide Owen Hartley's jumped up because it was certainly was 4-4, can't believe what I'm seeing, the football was electric, honestly, beautiful, what's this football, little triangles Mbappe, touch, touch, oh my word, on his weaker right, Alise, what a game of football, I mean this is fantasy stuff, this is fantasy stuff, let me tell you, if you're watching the World Cup for the first time this summer you don't see many games like this, no, just sit back and enjoy it, you'll be thinking chance just come on as well, there's Rogers, on it goes to Spence, oh Gusto's fouled in penalty, Gusto with the foul, England with the penalty, Jed Spence was just too quick for him, yeah Jed Spence is great, just gets there before him, Gusto easy decision, he's got to stay on his feet, don't go to ground there, well done Jed Spence from that left back position, attacking, timed it beautifully oh he scores, Bukayo Saka with his second England hat-trick and just the fourth hat-trick scored by an England player in a World Cup, 5-3 Jeff Hurst at the final of 1966, Gary Lineker against Poland in 1986, Harry Kane against Panama in 2018, Bukayo Saka against France in 2026, didn't he take that penalty well, he did, what an assist from Drew Bellingham by the way, giving him the opportunity, exceptional take from Saka, you know they didn't just defend it there, Jed Spence made that run which leads to that penalty France are going to make another change, they're going to send on Jules Koundé and as mad as it seems, there's only two minutes have been deceptive by Upamecano, Dembele's made the run out wide and Spence is not there, Mbappé in the middle, Dembele drops the shoulder, hits the shot, he scores, 5-4, we haven't finished yet, there's still time for France please tell me this is really happening, what about Upamecano turning into creator, again winning the ball, Dembele brilliant, just that little hesitation on Chalabot, how about that what a finish by the way, that's the one I meant he missed before, didn't he Fletch hit straight at the keeper, he normally just glides it into that back post, no chance for Henderson well that's six in the World Cup 2026 for Dembele, it's the highest, they're desperate now England Saka sweeps it on, Watkins has got Upamecano, he's been like a machine since he came on, but look at Bellingham wins it back, Lacroix back there for France, Bellingham with a step over, Bellingham with a cutback, Bellingham's gonna win it surely, Bellingham, 6-4, 10 goals in the game and England's number 10 decides it, what a match, Jude Bellingham becomes the first English player to score seven goals in a World Cup, what a moment and what a goal, I'll tell you what a little step over there, how about that for a little chop, leaves the goal for dead, composure, my word what a goal that is from Jude Bellingham, that sums him up in a nutshell, hard running, a bit of skill, a bit of flair and grabs the moment as good as anyone, how appropriate Owen, that England's best player in the World Cup, puts the exclamation point on what's been the best, wow what a game of football, it's finished, it's finished, just sit back and relax everybody.