Everyone said nobody cares about the third-place match… 😂

England and France apparently took that personally.

Imagine spending a month fighting through the FIFA World Cup, falling just one game short of the final…

…and then someone tells you, “This match doesn’t really matter.”

Excuse me?

Tell that to the defenders who’ve forgotten what a clean sheet looks like tonight. 😭

Tell that to the goalkeepers whose gloves are begging for mercy.

Tell that to the fans whose heart rates have been doing interval training for 90 minutes.

This isn’t a consolation match anymore.

It’s two football giants arguing over who gets to leave the tournament with their head held higher.

England came swinging.

France swung back.

And somewhere, a neutral fan just whispered,

“Maybe third-place games aren’t so bad after all.” 🍿

Football has a funny habit of making us care about the games we swore we wouldn’t watch.

Now be honest…

Were you planning to skip this match until the goals started flying? 😂👇⚽