WIRE โ€” * Beating France would mean England had achieved their best finish at a World Cup since 1966 and they would likely jump to third place in the FIFA rankings * France are the No. 1 ranked team in world football and they were the favourites to win the tournament and were the most dominant team right up until they lost, abjectly, to Spain * They have some of the best players on the planet right now in Kylian Mbappe, Michael Olise and Ousmane Dembele By Rob Dorsett, Sky Sports News...

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