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France vs England FIFA World Cup 2026 Match Live Updates: FRA take on ENG in 3rd place match. (AP)Neither France and England wanted to be here when the World Cup started. But the two star-studded teams, favourites for the title, now find themselves playing in a 3rd placed match in Miami, occasionally stealing a glance towards the summit clash between Argentina and Spain in the Metlife stadium on Sunday. Kylian Mbappe’s France were outplayed by a well-oiled Spanish machine, losing the first semifinal 2-0 without even having a sniff of a chance of winning it. England, meanwhile, had taken the lead vs Argentina in the semifinal only to crash and burn 2-1 after going defensive and failing to stop Lionel Messi from delivering two picture-perfect assists.Story continues below this ad France vs England Football Updates Score FRA 0-0 ENG Half — Current Time — England XI Henderson, Konsa, Guehi, Spence, Quansah, Rice, Rogers, Eze, Saka, Rashford, Toney France XI Maignan, Gusto, Konate, Hernandez, Lacroix, Rabiot, Zaire-Emery, Cherki, Mbappe, Olise, Doue Venue Miami Stadium Big moments of game Now, Mbappe and England skipper Harry Kane only have the Golden Boot to motivate them. Mappe and Messi both have 8 goals with the Argentine only ahead due to a lone assist. Kane as well as Jude Bellingahm both have 6 goals each and also have a chance to pip Mbappe and Messi in the Golden Boot race if they can score enough goals on Saturday night. SCROLL DOWN TO FOLLOW FRANCE vs ENGLAND, 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP 3RD PLACE MATCH LIVE UPDATES: Live Updates France captain Kylian Mbappé is among several elite footballers with immigrant roots representing their adopted nations. ( THE MAKESHIFT tent on the edge of the playing field at Flushing Meadows Corona Park, a sprawling public park in New York’s Queens borough, is blaring the Latino chartbuster DTMF by the Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny. A few teenage players tap their feet to its tunes, their gaze fixed on a game of football in the middle. A volley from 20 yards clangs onto the crossbar, and coach Vincent Cordoba, a stern-looking elderly Colombian man with small, sharp eyes, throws a water bottle to the ground in anger. He shouts expletives in Spanish and instructs his players to tighten up their defence and fall back in numbers. © IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd Tags: England FIFA FIFA World Cup 2026 France Live Score world cup live score