Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka scored a hattrick as England defeated France 6-4 in the third place match in the 2026 World Cup.

In the absence of Kane on the pitch, Declan Rice took up the armband and opened the floodgates after intercepting a pass and sending one beyond Mike in goal. Konsa headed in Rice’s corner for 2-0. Bukayo Saka scored twice in the first half to make it France 0-4 Arsenal. Yes, Arsenal – Rashford assisted his first before Eze’s wonderful assist.

France made a quadruple sub at half time and the tempo switched to the Mbappe show. The French striker scored twice and assisted another to bring France up to 3-4 behind England. Jude Bellingham came on before Saka got his hattrick to make it 5-3 England.

I was impressed with Djed Spence. He is not one of my best players but he made a lot of blocks, tackles and was an outlet for England. His run resulted in the penalty which was converted by starboy Bukayo Saka.

In added time, Dembele scored for France for a nervey finish but Jude Bellingham signed off the game with a solo goal. FT: 6-4, 10 goals in a game, has to be PlayStation. Bukayo Saka was voted Player of the match.

Tonight, the final is before us: Spain vs Argentina at the New York New Jersey Stadium. Will Messi react to Mbappe’s brace. He is now behind Mbappe overall and in this world cup. Messi needs at least 2 goals and an assist to win the Golden Boot award. He looks certain to win the Golden Ball award and is pushing for the Balon d’Or.

Can Argentina make it a back-to-back world cup victory? They have met Spain 14 times with both teams winning 6 each. The two teams are unbeaten in the World Cup and would be meeting at the World Cup for the 2nd time ever. Argentina won 2-1 in the 1966 World Cup.

Spain are in the final for the first time since winning the 2010 World Cup. Can they double that tonight?