Last match, last surprises: Deschamps shakes up his team against England
For his final match in charge of France, Deschamps confirms a big rotation against England, with Kanté's tournament debut expected.
France
England- 90'⚽ Goal for England (Jude Bellingham)
- 90'⚽ Goal for France (Ousmane Dembélé)
- 90'Substitution: ↑ Trevoh Chalobah / ↓ Marc Guéhi. (England)
- 90'Substitution: ↑ Jules Koundé / ↓ Malo Gusto because of an injury. (France)
- 90'Final score: France 4 - 6 England
- 87'⚽ Penalty goal for England (Bukayo Saka)
- 83'Substitution: ↑ Reece James / ↓ Jarell Quansah because of an injury. (England)
- 79'Substitution: ↑ Jude Bellingham / ↓ Eberechi Eze. (England)
- 79'Substitution: ↑ Elliot Anderson / ↓ Ivan Toney. (England)
- 66'⚽ Goal for France (Kylian Mbappé)
- 54'⚽ Goal for France (Bradley Barcola)
- 48'⚽ Goal for France (Kylian Mbappé)
- 45'Second half begins
- 45'Substitution: ↑ Ollie Watkins / ↓ Marcus Rashford. (England)
- 45'Substitution: ↑ Dayot Upamecano / ↓ Ibrahima Konaté. (France)
- 45'Substitution: ↑ Lucas Digne / ↓ Théo Hernández. (France)
- 45'Substitution: ↑ Bradley Barcola / ↓ Désiré Doué. (France)
- 45'Substitution: ↑ Ousmane Dembélé / ↓ Rayan Cherki. (France)
- 45'Half-time
- 45'⚽ Goal for England (Bukayo Saka)
- 45'Half-time
- 37'⚽ Goal for England (Bukayo Saka)
- 18'⚽ Goal for England (Ezri Konsa)
- 3'⚽ Goal for England (Declan Rice)
- 0'Kick-off
- 0'Kick-off
Hours before the third-place match against England, Didier Deschamps confirmed in a press conference that his France side would be heavily rotated compared to the semi-final defeat to Spain.
"I'm going to rotate": Deschamps confirms wholesale changes
The head coach made no secret of his plans:
- "I'm going to rotate"
- "Some players can't [play], and there are also other reasons, which I understand, that will lead me to make choices"
- "The only important thing is that no one plays as a default choice"
Kanté's long-awaited return
N'Golo Kanté, who had not played a single minute so far in the tournament, is being tipped as one of the biggest surprises of this rotation, alongside several other players who have seen little game time.
A chance for the fringe players
Among the players named in the squad for this match, several could benefit from the reshuffle: Warren Zaïre-Emery, Mohamed-Amine Akliouche, Rayan Cherki, Marcus Thuram, Désiré Doué, Malo Gusto, Ibrahima Konaté and Brice Samba are among the options available to the head coach.
A special farewell match
This match marks Deschamps' final game in charge of Les Bleus. As he put it himself: "This will be the final curtain, but it's not a meaningless match." Kick-off is set for 11:00pm Paris time at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens.
