Football Daily | France v England in the third-place playoff: the game nobody wants to play
FIFA WC26
4-6
Finished
4-6
Finished
Squads
France squad
- Full squad
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1 Brice SAMBA
Goalkeeper -
2 Malo GUSTO
Defender -
3 Lucas Digne
Defender -
4 Dayot UPAMECANO
Defender -
5 Jules KOUNDE
Defender -
6 Manu KONE
Midfielder -
7 Ousmane DEMBELE
Forward -
8 Aurelien TCHOUAMENI
Midfielder -
9 Marcus THURAM
Forward -
10 Kylian MBAPPE
Forward -
11 Michael OLISE
Forward -
12 Bradley BARCOLA
Forward -
13 Ngolo KANTE
Midfielder -
14 Adrien RABIOT
Midfielder -
15 Ibrahima KONATE
Defender -
16 Mike MAIGNAN
Goalkeeper -
17 William SALIBA
Defender -
18 Warren ZAIRE-EMERY
Midfielder -
19 Theo HERNANDEZ
Defender -
20 Desire DOUE
Forward -
21 Lucas HERNANDEZ
Defender -
22 Jean-Philippe MATETA
Forward -
23 Robin RISSER
Goalkeeper -
24 Rayan CHERKI
Midfielder -
25 Maghnes AKLIOUCHE
Midfielder -
26 Maxence Lacroix
Defender
England squad
- Full squad
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1 Jordan PICKFORD
Goalkeeper -
2 Ezri KONSA
Defender -
3 Nico OREILLY
Defender -
4 Declan RICE
Midfielder -
5 John STONES
Defender -
6 Marc GUEHI
Defender -
7 Bukayo SAKA
Forward -
8 Elliot ANDERSON
Midfielder -
9 Harry KANE
Forward -
10 Jude BELLINGHAM
Midfielder -
11 Marcus RASHFORD
Forward -
12 Trevoh CHALOBAH
Defender -
13 Dean Henderson
Goalkeeper -
14 Jordan HENDERSON
Midfielder -
15 Dan BURN
Defender -
16 Kobbie MAINOO
Midfielder -
17 Morgan ROGERS
Midfielder -
18 Anthony GORDON
Forward -
19 Ollie WATKINS
Forward -
20 Noni MADUEKE
Forward -
21 Eberechi EZE
Midfielder -
22 Ivan TONEY
Forward -
23 James TRAFFORD
Goalkeeper -
24 Reece JAMES
Defender -
25 Djed SPENCE
Defender -
26 Jarell QUANSAH
Defender
Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now! Saturday’s rebranded “bronze final” between France and England in Miami might feel like a modern, Gianni-coded exercise in squeezing the product dry, but the third-place playoff is a staple of World Cup history, even if it remains the game nobody wants to play…