SAKA HAT-TRICK SEALS 6-4 ENGLAND WIN OVER FRANCE IN EPIC WORLD CUP THIRD-PLACE PLAYOFF
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According to The Guardian, Where to start with this rollercoaster of a match?
The available RSS description adds: Thomas Tuchel had promised a reaction but he could not have imagined the manner of the response from England, albeit against a France team firmly on their sunloungers during an incredible first half in which they…
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Where to start with this rollercoaster of a match? Thomas Tuchel had promised a reaction but he could not have imagined the manner of the response from England, albeit against a France team firmly on their sunloungers during an incredible first half in which they…
Yet with Kylian Mbappé on the hunt for his second successive Golden Boot in Didier Deschamps’ last match in charge of Les Bleus, even that lead courtesy of goals from Declan Rice, Ezri Konsa and two from Bukayo Saka… Mbappé began the comeback straight after half-time before adding his second after Bradley Barcola’s strike. The 27-year-old has become the first male player to reach double figures at a World Cup since Gerd Müller in 1970.
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- The Guardian: Where to start with this rollercoaster of a match?
- The Guardian: Thomas Tuchel had promised a reaction but he could not have imagined the manner of the response from England, albeit against a France team firmly on their sunloungers during an incredible first half in which they…
- The Guardian: Yet with Kylian Mbappé on the hunt for his second successive Golden Boot in Didier Deschamps’ last match in charge of Les Bleus, even that lead courtesy of goals from Declan Rice, Ezri Konsa and two from Bukayo Saka…
- The Guardian: Mbappé began the comeback straight after half-time before adding his second after Bradley Barcola’s strike.
- The Guardian: The 27-year-old has become the first male player to reach double figures at a World Cup since Gerd Müller in 1970.
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- Topic: UK — the feed headline centres on SAKA, TRICK, SEALS, ENGLAND, FRANCE.
- Original feed: The Guardian.
- Published: 19 Jul 2026, 00:05 UK.
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