{"id":39741,"date":"2026-07-18T20:54:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T20:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/select-the-england-team-to-face-france-in-the-world-cup-3rd-and-4th-place-play-off-matches\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T20:54:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T20:54:36","slug":"select-the-england-team-to-face-france-in-the-world-cup-3rd-and-4th-place-play-off-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/18\/select-the-england-team-to-face-france-in-the-world-cup-3rd-and-4th-place-play-off-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"Select the England team to face France in the World Cup 3rd and 4th place play-off matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Has anyone seen Koby Mainu?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">As England and France, who were eliminated in the World Cup semi-finals, face off in a match no one wanted, the hope is that manager Thomas Tuchel will unbutton Gareth Southgate&#8217;s waistcoat and bring about a change.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Saturday&#8217;s Game 3-4 playoffs are a question not only for players, coaches and fans, but also for statisticians. This is because trends in important data may be distorted and even the Golden Boot tally may be affected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">This will be Didier Deschamps&#8217; last match in charge of the French national team. Would he pick Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, who is aiming to score three goals over Dean Henderson? Or will they make major changes and give their big stars a much-needed break?<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">what would you do? Do we start looking forward to Euro 2028 and let Mainu go and keep possession under pressure and hope it&#8217;s in his &#8216;British DNA&#8217;? 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