England and France delivered a thriller in a World Cup match that was supposed to be an afterthought.
Bukayo Saka scored three goals to lead England past Kylian Mbappe and France 6-4 in a wild third-place game.
Mbappe scored twice in the second half. The 27-year-old star has 22 goals in his career and 10 in this World Cup.
It was the highest-scoring World Cup game since Hungary beat El Salvador 10-1 in 1982, and the 10 goals were the most in a third-place match.
Saka had goals in the 37th minute and in first-half stoppage time, then added his third on a penalty in the 87th for his second career hat trick with England.
The Three Lions also got goals from Declan Rice and Ezri Konsa to build a 4-0 halftime lead, and they hung on against a relentless France attack in the second half to secure their second-best finish in the World Cup.
England won its only title in 1966.
Jude Bellingham capped the scoring in the eighth minute of second-half stoppage time, his seventh goal of the tournament and the most in a World Cup by an England player.
Bradley Barcola and Ousmane Dembele also scored in the second half for France, which pulled within 4-3 on Mbappe’s second goal.
France had enough offensive firepower to potentially win the tournament, but Les Bleus lost to Spain in the semifinals and squandered their chance at reaching a third straight World Cup final. England blew a 1-0 lead against Argentina and lost 2-1.
Plenty of supporters were cheering for both teams.
Many were there simply for the atmosphere of the low-stakes match, and it more than delivered.