France v England: World Cup third-place playoff – live

World Cup updates from 10pm BST/5pm EDT/7am AEST Players ‘puzzled’ but Tuchel left himself no option Email John | Sign up for Football Daily What of Thomas Tuchel himself? He’s doubling down. Turns out the man hired to win the World Cup had no chance of doing so with the players at his disposal. “I believe that three other nations [in the semi-finals] have almost expectations to win the title. This is not us,” said Tuchel. “France, Spain, Argentina expect almost they’re on that level that they expect to win. We are not there yet. There is still a gap to close. This is what we will do from tomo

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