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Belgium vs. England
Third place playoff, St. Petersburg Stadium, St. Petersburg
“The last thing players will want to do as the dust settles on their semifinal exits is contemplate a meaningless match to compete for a largely pointless prize.” — Louis van Gaal, who managed the Netherlands to its 2014 third-place win.
It’s a game that does not prompt the question of “who?