Alright relax eat your popcorn 🍿 cause this World Cup third place match was mad 😁 disclaimer alert 🚨 this thing had more twists than a movie. From kickoff England 🏴 came out like they were angry at something. I swear they looked like they wanted to kill France 🇫🇷 in the first 5 minutes. Then boom 3’ minutes in Declan Rice just smashes one in 😅 I was still settling on my couch and England were already 1:0 up. I was like nah this can’t be real. Before I could even blink it was another one before 20’ 😅😅 I was just sitting there saying “what on earth is going on” because France were losing 2:0 and they hadn’t even touched the ball properly. England weren’t playing, they were running. By the time first half was ending it got worse for France. Another goal, then another, and Bukayo Saka got a brace. 4:0 at halftime 😭 I was wowed. 4:0 in a World Cup third place game, who even sees that. I thought the match was over right there.
Second half starts and I’m thinking okay let’s just watch the last 45 minutes for vibes. But France 🇫🇷 came out different. Like someone shouted at them in the dressing room. Kylian Mbappe gets one early and suddenly it’s 4:1. I’m like okay maybe. Then they get another one, then another one 😅 and before I knew it it was 4:3. The whole energy in the game flipped. England looked shaky, passes were going everywhere, and France were actually playing like they believed they could come back. I was on the edge of my seat because from 4:0 to 4:3 in like 15 minutes is crazy. Every attack France did I was standing up. The commentators were losing it and I was too.
But England weren’t done disrespecting us 😂 They hit France again to make it 5:3 and I was like alright cool down. Then Dembele scores to make it 5:4 and bro I swear everyone watching was expecting the equalizer. France had all the momentum, they were pressing, England were just defending deep and praying. 5:4 with time running out, you could feel a 5:5 coming. The match was pure chaos, goals back to back, no midfield, just end to end madness. I’ve never seen a third place game like this in my life. It felt more like a final than an actual final.
Then out of nowhere England get a penalty 😅 I was screaming at the TV like “no way”. They step up, slot it, and that was it. 6:4 full time. England 🏴 take third place in the most ridiculous way possible. From 4:0 up, to almost throwing it away at 5:4, to ending it with a pen. Rice scored early, Saka had a brace, Mbappe tried to save France, Dembele made it spicy, and England just refused to lose. This match was filled with goals and surprises and I’m still processing it 😂 If you missed it you missed history.
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