EnglandvsFrance
ENG 6/FRA 4
Things to say
England beat France 6-4 at Hard Rock Stadium in a wild World Cup thriller.
01
opener
Mate, six-four, are you kidding me? At a World Cup? You just don't see games like that. Both keepers must've wanted the ground to swallow them up.
02
key player
Saka was absolutely everywhere, five shots and pulling France apart down that right side all night. France just couldn't handle him.
03
hot take
France score four goals and still lose, that's not bad luck, that's a shambolic defense. Zero shape at the back.
04
deep cut
Here's the mad one, Declan Rice put in 87 accurate passes. He basically ran the whole midfield while everyone else was chasing the fireworks.
05
exit
Anyway, if England keep the net open like that they'll get punished next round, but I'm not complaining after that. Can't wait for the next one.
The recap
Absolute barnburner in Miami, and England came out the right side of a 6-4 shootout that had no business being that open. Mbappé peppered the goal with eight shots and France kept clawing back, but every time they leveled it up England just went and found the net again.
Dean Henderson was busy with five saves and still shipped four, which tells you exactly how mad this one got. Ten goals, no clean sheet in sight, and England march on after a proper old-fashioned paddling turned into a track meet.