Who Won the Bronze Medal at the 2026 World Cup: Match Recap
19 July 04:08
The bronze medal match at the World Cup was full of drama: England had all but sealed the deal against France in the first half, but nearly let their lead slip away. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian", citing RBC-Ukraine.
France vs. England: Match Recap
The English national team surprised their opponents with an early goal: Declan Rice opened the scoring just three minutes into the game. Fifteen minutes later, Rice provided the assist— Ezri Konsa scored England’s second goal.
Bukayo Saka then scored a brace: on the first goal, he found the back of the French net off a pass from Rashford, while on the second, he was assisted by Eberechi Eze.
With the score at 0–4, there was little suspense left in the match. But early in the second half, the French national team scored three goals in 18 minutes! Michael Olise delivered yet another perfect pass to Kylian Mbappé, who got on the scoreboard. Then Mbappé set up Bradley Barcol for a great scoring opportunity, and Barcol left Henderson with no chance.
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And in the 66th minute, the Olise-Mbappé duo struck again: Kylian scored his second goal and brought the match back to life. Ultimately, the score remained 3–4 until the 87th minute of the match, when Bukayo Saka converted a penalty kick.
In the closing moments, France managed to pull within one goal: in stoppage time, Ousmane Dembélé finished off another French attack, but Didier Deschamps’s team was unable to avoid defeat. In the end, Jude Bellingham sealed the victory with a goal in the eighth minute of stoppage time.
2026 FIFA World Cup. Third-Place Match
France – England – 4:6
Goals: 0–1 Rice , 3; 0–2 Konsa, 18; 0–3 Saka, 37; 0–4 Saka, 45+1; 1–4 Mbappé, 48; 2–4 Barkolya, 54; 3:4 Mbappé, 66; 3:5(penalty), Saka, 87; 4:5 Dembélé, 90+6; 4:6, Bellingham, 90+8.
2026 World Cup Medal History
The England national team won medals at the World Cup for the first time since 1966, when it became world champion. In 1990 and 2018, the English team lost the third-place match.
The French national team failed to win a World Cup medal for the first time in the last three tournaments: in 2018, the French won the tournament, and in 2022, they lost to Argentina in the final.
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