England have secured a best World Cup finish since 1966 with an incredible 6-4 victory over France to win a thrilling third-place play-off in Miami.
Thomas Tuchel named seven changes from the dramatic 2-1 semi-final defeat to Argentina and the first 45 minutes showed he clearly got his team selection right.
Declan Rice set the tone with a wonderful run and finish after just two minutes and his corner was then converted by Ezri Konsa to make it 2-0.
Bukayo Saka was certainly playing with a point to prove and he scored twice before the interval to see the Three Lions incredibly lead 4-0 at the break.
Didier Deschamps was understandably furious and responded by making four changes that certainly had the desired effect.
Kylian Mbappe continued to rewrite the history books as he scored his ninth and 10th goals of the tournament, with Bradley Barcola scoring in between as France set up a thrilling ending.
The game looked to have finally put to bed as Djed Spence won a late penalty, which was converted by Saka to complete his hat-trick in style.
This incredible game just kept on delivering in stoppage time as Ousmane Dembele cut in and unleashed an unstoppable shot to reduce England's lead to one.
The goals didn't stop there though as the magnificent Jude Bellingham raced clear and shows all of the composure in the world to end his sensational campaign in style and end the scoring at 6-4 to England.
Take a look at the World Cup third-place play-off match stats and timeline below.
France v England Match Stats
France | England | |
46% | Possession | 54% |
2.8 | Expected Goals | 2.89 |
19 | Shots | 19 |
9 | Shots on Target | 11 |
4 | Goalkeeper Saves | 5 |
3 | Corners | 4 |
444 | Total Passes | 516 |
90.8% | Pass Accuracy | 90.4% |
16 | Tackles | 25 |
10 | Clearances | 12 |
0 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
0 | Red Cards | 0 |
