France vs England in Bronze Final Preview | Morning Cupdate, Presented by The Home Depot
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Hello, welcome to your penultimate morning cup date. Tomorrow here in New York, either Argentina or Spain will be crowned world champions. But before that, today we've got the small matter of the third place playoff. Let's get into it. Here is everything that you guys need to know. Oh, yes. Hello and welcome to Morning Cup Day built by the Home Depot. As always, join the Home Depot to welcome the world to our backyards and get fast free delivery on everything you need to get match day ready. Subject to availability. Guys, it's nearly over. No, just two games left. Can you believe it? By the way, at the end of today's show, we've got an ultimate guide to picking your perfect Premier League team if you're a new football fan and you've caught the bug.
So stick around for that. But tomorrow, we've got to get ready for the biggest game in world football.
I'm excited!
Very excited indeed. But before that, it is the third place playoff. And this one today is between two old foes, France and England in Miami at 5pm Eastern. Now, let's be real for a second. This game isn't one that people usually get that excited about.
Nobody of these players, nobody of French players wants to play for this match.
You know, it's a complete nothing game, pointless game. No one of us wanted to play this game for this third place.
England boss Thomas Tuchel and France defender Ibrahima Kanate being brutally honest there. But the third place playoff isn't that bad, guys. First, let's start by looking at how these two got here. Oh, France. What could have been? Didier Deschamps side quickly established themselves as the tournament frontrunners. They didn't break a sweat throughout the group stages with a joint higher scorers as well. So understandably, the mood in France was pretty high going into the semis.
Fans were buzzing their baguettes off, and many we spoke to believed this was their year. And in France, they say, even the Team B, they can run for the World Cup. Everything pointed to France making it to the final. Mbappé was going toe-to-toe with Messi in the race for the Golden Boo. Michael Alisse was on fire. Ousmane Dembele was showing the world why he was a Ballon d'Or winner. But then it all fell apart.
Pedro Porro's goal sealed the win for Spain, an afternoon that stunned the world. France were thoroughly outplayed as everything went wrong for them. William Saliba went off injured, their attack didn't click and Laminia Mal ran rings around their back line. In the end, it could have been more than 2-0. French media claimed that barely a word was spoken in the locker room afterwards. It was crazy. But look, while this isn't the farewell France would have liked for their legendary manager Deschamps, who steps down after 14 years at the helm, this game will mark the end of an era. Having won it in 2018 and finished runners-up in 2022, they'll no doubt want to secure a third successive podium finish.
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