Saka: It was a crazy game. The first half against France brought us victory

Winger of the England national team Bukayo Saka commented on the match for the third place of the 2026 World Cup against France (6:4), in which he scored a hat-trick. "It was a crazy game. We're still disappointed not to be in the final, but the important thing was to finish on a high and have the best World Cup result in 60 years. The first half brought us victory. We won the first half, they won the second, but at the end we scored two goals and won. Jude wasn't going to take a penalty, and to be honest, he was the first to say, "Go and score a hat-trick." He held the ball for me, so no one else took it. We performed well throughout the tournament and achieved excellent results. We conceded to Argentina and it hurts a lot for all of us and I'm sure the fans at home share that emotion. We must hold our heads high and move on. What matters is how you react and use it as fuel. Today we finished very confidently. That's all we could do, and that's what we did," Rice was quoted as saying by the FA press service. Available for viewing on media.