Choose your England team to play France in World Cup third-fourth play-off match

Has anyone seen Kobbie Mainoo?

Expect Thomas Tuchel to unbutton the

Gareth Southgate

waistcoat and ring the changes, as

World Cup

semi-final losers

England

and France face each other in a game nobody wants.

Saturday's third-fourth play-off is problematic for players, managers, fans, but also statisticians - because it can skew important data trends and even impact Golden Boot tallies.

It will be Didier Deschamps final match in charge of France. Will he pick Kylian Mbappe to score three past Dean Henderson? Or will he also make wholesale changes and give his big stars a well-needed rest.

What would you do? Start looking forward to Euro 2028 and unleash Mainoo to keep possession under pressure, hoping it is his "English DNA"? Or keep flogging

Harry Kane

and

Jude Bellingham

in case they run riot and pick up at least one top scorer trophy from this summer's efforts?

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