England secured third place at the 2026 World Cup after a 6-4 victory over France in Miami on Saturday, with Kylian Mbappé becoming the tournament’s all‑time leading scorer. England took an early lead when Declan Rice scored in the third minute and added a second goal through Ezri Konsa. Bukayo Saka completed a hat‑trick and Jude Bellingham scored his seventh World Cup goal of the tournament, the first English player to reach that total in a single edition. France reduced the deficit with goals from Ousmane Dembélé and Bradley Barcola, while Mbappé added two goals, the second of which gave him 22 World Cup goals, surpassing Lionel Messi’s record. England’s Bellingham also scored the 10th goal of the match. The result marks England’s best World Cup finish since winning the tournament in 1966. France, in Didier Deschamps’s final match as coach, described their first‑half performance as “catastrophic” in comments to French television, though he urged his team to show pride. Both coaches made multiple substitutions due to the oppressive heat. The final will be contested by Argentina and Spain in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on Sunday.