Sunday July 19, 2026
A sport no person needs to play in however it’ll occur as France tackle England at Miami within the third play off of the 2026 Fifa World Cup.
The French misplaced to Spain 2-0 within the semi-final whereas England threw away a purpose lead in a painful 2-1 defeat to champions Argentina.
The bronze medal match will see renewal of hostilities between the 2 nations and it marks the final match for World Cup profitable coach and participant, Didier Deschamps as France head coach.
Ending an in any other case distinguished France profession, Deschamps will not less than attempt to steer Les Bleus to a 3rd World Cup bronze medal from 4 third-placed playoffs, this being their first for the reason that 1986 version.
France beat Belgium 4-2 that 12 months to complete on the rostrum and likewise trounced West Germany 6-3 within the 1958 third-placed playoff – with Just Fontaine scoring 4 – however they needed to accept fourth behind Poland within the 1982 version.
For England, it is a chance to earn their second-best end since profitable the trophy in 1966 because the Three Lions’ earlier two appearances within the third-placed playoff resulted in failure; a 2-0 defeat to Belgium in 2018 and 2-1 loss to Italy on the 1990 version.
England have received simply one in every of their final 9 matches in opposition to France, most not too long ago seeing their 2022 World Cup desires dashed by the hands of Deschamps’s then-holders within the quarter-finals.
Both coaches are anticipated to ring a number of adjustments to their beginning XIs however Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappe might function from the beginning as they combat for the Adidas Golden boot.
How to observe
All matches shall be reside on DStv on 4 devoted FIFA World Cup Channels in a number of languages. The Channels are FIFA World Cup Central (Channel 222), FIFA World Cup Extra (Channel 223), FIFA World Cup Pass (Channel 225), and FIFA World Cup Swahili (Channel 224).
