England took an early lead through Declan Rice in the third minute, before Ezri Konsa added the second goal in the 18th minute, and Bukayo Saka scored two goals in the 37th and 45th +1 minutes, ending the first half with a clean scoreline.
The situation turned around in the second half, as France succeeded in scoring the first goal in the 48th minute through Kylian Mbappe, before setting up the second goal for his colleague Bradley Barkola in the 54th minute.
Kylian Mbappe returned to England’s net in the 66th minute, where he scored his second goal and the third goal for Didier Deschamps’ squad, igniting the match, and rising to the top scorers’ list for that edition of the World Cup, as well as throughout the history of the tournament in general.
Despite France’s dominance and danger in the following minutes, England succeeded in scoring the fifth goal in the 84th minute through Bukayo Saka through a penalty kick, which he executed successfully to turn it into a hat-trick for him.
Ousmane Dembélé scored France’s fourth goal in the sixth minute of added time in the second half, while Jude Bellingham ended the goal festival with a special goal in the 97th minute.
