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There's been some pretty decent 3rd place games. 2002 between South Korea and Turkey was actually a really good game. Iirc 2006 and 2010 were both decent games.

This was the worst 3rd place game I can remember, and honestly makes me think less of especially Englands players. Belgium wasn't great, but they didn't need to push because they had the lead and England just sucked so bad. Belgium still least counter-attacked with energy late in the game and could easily have scored more with a bit more luck/finish.

I get not caring when it's like with Netherlands in 2014. Many of the same players had just reached the final in the 2010. A bronze just isn't going to feel special. Wasn't a great game either, but they still showed up enough to score 3 goals against a Brazil squad that was still in a state of shock.

But this was a chance for England to get the best World Cup result in 52 years, and they just bombed.