France v England in the third-place playoff: the game nobody wants to play | Soccer
By: Niall McVeigh | Published: 2026-07-18 11:46:20 | Source: www.theguardian.com
THE FUN FINAL?
Saturday’s rebranded “bronze final” between France and England in Miami might feel like a modern, Gianni-coded exercise in squeezing the product dry, but the third-place playoff is a staple of World Cup history, even if it remains the game nobody wants to play in. The very first TPPO came in 1934, Germany defeating Austria 3-2 in a match engulfed in murky, menacing…
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