England beat France by a staggering 6 goals to 4, to take third place in the World Cup on Saturday.

The 10-goal thriller in Miami was the highest-scoring World Cup game since 1982, when Hungary beat El Salvador 10-1, and the standout match of this year’s tournament.

England raced to a 4-0 lead at half-time, with Declan Rice opening the scoring in the third minute, completely overwhelming France. But France came out reinvigorated for the second half and would not be beaten.

With Kylian Mbappe leading the charge, France pulled back to 4-3, before England pushed further ahead to 5-3.

But France scored again for 5-4, and went looking to tie the game, only for England to complete the thrilling victory with a sixth goal, a glorious solo effort by Jude Bellingham, in stoppage time.

Bukayo Saka scored a hat-trick for England — two in the first half and a second-half penalty, winning himself player of the match.

“We had a brilliant first half and then a turbulent second half,” said England manager Thomas Tuchel.

“We are so, so tired and drained from the last weeks … I have said it before, this team has created something very special, and they showed it again.”

Mbappe scored twice for France, in the process becoming the top scorer in World Cup history with 22 goals. Mbappe has scored his goals over........

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