Jude Bellingham scored 6th goal for England, Photo credit: Reuters
By Our Reporter
It was goals galore as England claimed third place at the World Cup after defeating France 6-4 on Saturday at the ongoing 2026 world cup which took place in Miami, US while Les Bleus’ captain Kylian Mbappe became the tournament’s all-time top scorer with 22 goals on coach Didier Deschamps’ last game after 14 years in charge.
Basking from a painful loss to Argentina for playing a defensive game after just a goal lead barely three days ago at the semi final stage, the English team wasted no time in netting the first goal in the third minute as Arsenal star player Declan Rice registered the first goal.
In the 13th minute Konsa netted the second goal making England feel a little bit well placed as the match progresses.
In the 25th minute Bukayo Saka another Arsenal star netted the third goal making the French men looking rudderless.
The rudderless situation continued for the French national team as Saka from almost an impossible angle scored the 4th goal precisely in the 45th minute.
In the second half, Kyllian Mpappe reduced the tally to 4-1 in the 48th minute.
In the 66th minute Mpappe increased his world cup goals to ten as he netted France second goal.
Rampaging Barcola further reduced the tally to 4-3 at the 55th as this development pepped up the French team.
But in the 87th minute Bukayo Saka scored a penalty courtesy of a foul on Toney in the French penalty box to make it 5-3.
This did not deter the hard fighting French men as Dembele in the 96th minute rammed home a powerful shot and goal tally stood at 5-4 before gangling Bellingham powered a shot after dribbling three defenders to finally shut the game in the 98th minute at 6-4.’
