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England's World Cup campaign came to an end on Saturday following their win over France in the Third Place Play Off. With their tournament now over, I've decided to rate each player based on how they performed over the course of the whole tournament. JORDAN PICKFORD - 6 Pickford wasn't as reliable as he usually is England at this tournament as he let in goals he would normally keep out. He did have a good game against Mexico in the last 16 and make some important saves in the

PROBABLY LINE UPS FOR BOTH TEAMS: A lot of people had Spain down as the favourites to win the World Cup at the start of the tournament and here they are in the final with the chance to live up to that tag. They comfortably beat France in the semi finals by playing them off the park and their performance was arguably their best one of the tournament so far. They haven't been 100% perfect at this tournament in that they've had to work to get results in some of their games and d

PROBABLE STARTING LINE UPS FOR BOTH TEAMS Nobody talks about the third place play off because it's the game that no teams want to play in. But this one could be the best one in World Cup history because of the quality of players that both sides have at their disposal. France were very disappointing in their semi final against Spain and it was very surprising to see them put in such a flat performance. They were by far the best team at the tournament up until that defeat and f

TUESDAY: FRANCE V SPAIN France were a class above Morocco in the Quarter Finals and this game will be their first major test at this tournament. The teams they've faced so far have all been sides they've been expected to beat and they've done so without too many problems. Now they're at the stage where their credentials will be put to the test against a side who are on or close to their level. Spain beat France in the semi finals at the Euros two years ago where Lamine Yamal