For Americans, the World Cup has a lot of weird stuff.We aren’t used to games ending in ties.
We don’t really recognize the beauty of teams passing the ball back and forth, trying to see where it makes sense to attack the defense.Most of all, though, we are not used to major tournaments having a third-place game, but we get that here as France takes on England.France disappointed me for a variety of reasons.
Even if I didn’t have a ticket on them to win the World Cup, I would’ve probably been disappointed as they played Spain.They looked like they were little kids playing against adults out there.
The lack of urgency, the skill disparity, and the overall performance looked brutal in comparison to what we’ve seen from France in all of the other games of the World Cup.France's Kylian Mbappe scored the go-ahead and ultimately game-winning goal against Paraguay on a penalty kick.(James Lang-Imagn Images)The only thing that France really has to play for now is pride.
It was disappointing to see them not bother against Spain, but they have still been very strong against almost every other team in the league.Now, the other thing that they can take a shot at is getting Kylian Mbappe another goal.
He has eight, which is tied with Lionel Messi for the Golden Boot, but he has fewer assists, so if he doesn’t score, he will lose.HOW TO WATCH ENGLAND VS FRANCE: LIVE STREAM THE 2026 FIFA WORLD CUP THIRD-PLACE MATCHEngland blew it.That’s really the overwhelming thought from almost every analyst and everyone else.
England fans are furious at their coach for "parking the bus" in the second half of the game.I can’t say I blame them.
England looked like they were just trying to run out the clock instead of being aggressive.We know Argentina is a good team, but England wasn’t really playing keep away; they seemed to just be loading the box and hoping that their opponent wouldn’t score.England's Harry Kane celebrates after scoring on a penalty kick during a Wo...