France - England: the history of confrontations

Already at midnight after Kyiv, the French and English at the Miami Stadium in the USA will begin determining the third best national team of the 2026 World Cup. For the French and the English, the upcoming face-to-face meeting will be the 33rd in all tournaments. In 17 cases, success was achieved by England, in 10 cases by France, while the national teams played in a draw five times. The total difference between scored and conceded goals is 72:41. The paths of these national teams crossed for the first time in 1923, in a May friendly match at Stade Pershing in Paris. Then the guests celebrated the victory with a score of 4:1. The first official confrontation took place much later, as part of the preliminary round of selection for the second ever European Championship (Spain-1964). In October 1962, the national teams did not show a stronger (1:1) at the Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield. The biggest victories of the French over the English (5:2, twice) took place in their home matches. In May 1931, after six consecutive defeats by France against England, a friendly face-to-face meeting was held at the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Paris, in which the French not only broke their losing streak, but also beat the English for the first time. In February 1963, at the capital's Parc des Princes, France defeated England by an identical score in the return match of the preliminary round of qualifying for Euro-1964. For the English, the record is a victory over the French with a score of 6:0. At the Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir in Paris in May 1927, for the first time, they did not miss against this opponent after three consecutive matches in which he scored goals. Together with our partner betking, we talk about all three past matches of France against England at the World Cup. WC-1966. Group stage, 3rd round. 07/20/1966. Wembley Stadium (London, England) England — France 2:0 Goals: Gant, 38, 75 England (Alf Ramsey): Banks - Cohen, J. Charlton, B. Moore (c), Wilson - Styles, B. Charlton, Callaghan - Greaves, Gant, Peters France (Henri Guerin): Aubur — J. Jorkaeff, Arteleza (k), Budzinski, Bosquier — Bonnel, Erben, Simon — Erbe, Gonde, Auxerre Warning: Stiles At the first and so far the only home World Cup for her, the English closed the group stage in the first quartet in a convenient position for them. The French needed to win by at least two goals, while the hosts could win the group with a triumph or a not-so-productive draw. England did not allow Uruguay to stay on the first step of the quartet. Liverpool legend Roger Gant struck for Marcel Aubour in both halves to leave France last in a group joined by third-placed Mexico. Alf Ramsey's wards eventually overcome the entire tournament path, winning the country's debut, still its only "gold" at the World Cup in front of their home fans. World Championship-1982. Group stage, 1st round. 16.06.1982. Estadio San Mames (Bilbao, Spain) England — France 3:1 Goals: Robson, 1, 67, Mariner, 83 — Soler, 24 England (Ron Greenwood): Shilton - Mills (c), Butcher, Thompson, Sansom (Neale, 90) - Coppell, Robson, Wilkins, Rix - Francis, Mariner France (Michel Hidalgo): Ettori — Tresor — Battiston, Lopez, Bossis — Girard, Giresse, Larios (Tigana, 74), Platini (k) — Roshto (Six, 71), Soler Warning: Butcher England missed the 1974 and 1978 World Cups, but returned to the World Cup, facing France in the first match of the first group stage, who, after missing the tournaments in 1970 and 1974, were eliminated from the 1978 World Cup after three matches. The English opened the score in a flash in the duel in Bilbao, but the first half ended in a draw. The French conceded twice in the second half and suffered a defeat that did not prevent them from finishing second in the quartet, behind Czechoslovakia and Kuwait, while England topped the group. She went home following the results of the second group stage, and France went to the playoffs, where they suffered two out of two possible failures, not even winning bronze. WC-2022. Playoffs, quarterfinals. 10.12.2022. Al Bait Stadium (Al Khaur, Qatar) England — France 1:2 Goals: Kane, 54 (pen.) — Chuameni, 17, Giroud, 78 In the 84th minute, Harry Kane (England) missed a penalty (missed). England (Gareth Southgate): Pickford - Walker, Stones (Grealish, 90+8), Maguire, Shaw - Henderson (Mount, 79), Rice, Bellingham - Saka (Sterling, 79), Kane (k), Foden (Rashford, 85) France (Didier Deschamps): Lloris (c) - Kunde, Varane, Upamecano, T. Hernandez - Chuameni, Rabiot - Dembele (Coman, 79), Griezmann, Mbappe - Giroud Warnings: Maguire - Griezmann, Dembele, Hernandez Temporarily, the most recent face-to-face meeting went down in history as France's first victory over England at the World Cup. He added value to her