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Fantasy Focus: Saka shines
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FIFA Official·4 days ago

Fantasy Focus: Saka shines

There were points all over the place in the penultimate match at the , as England defeated France in a back-and-forth ten-goal thriller in Miami.

That meant impressive returns for managers who had trusted in attacking players from the Three Lions and Les Bleus, although less so for any who had plumped for defensive options from either side.

It took just 134 seconds for Declan Rice ($7m) to open the scoring for England, with the concluding goal of not being slotted in until the eighth minute of stoppage time. In-between, Bukayo Saka ($9.5m) struck a hat-trick to claim a game-high tally, while Kylian Mbappe ($10.5m) found the net twice to become the .

MID Bukayo Saka (England) | $9.5m | 21 points FWD Kylian Mbappe (France) | $10.5m | 17 points MID Declan Rice (England) | $7m | 13 points

DEF Malo Gusto (France) | $5.1m | -3 points DEF Maxence Lacroix (France) | $4.5m | -3 points GK Mike Maignan (France) | $5m | -2 points

This is the last opportunity for Fantasy managers to tweak things and make sure they finish up with the highest final tallies possible.

If your defensive players didn't perform in the bronze final then all is not lost, with the tournament's meanest rearguard from Spain — including Marc Cucurella ($5.1m), Aymeric Laporte ($5.5m) and Pedro Porro ($5.5m) — in action in the final. On the other hand, if it's attacking returns you're after then perhaps Argentina superstar Lionel Messi ($10m) can put on another masterclass to deliver back-to-back titles and provide one last injection of Fantasy points.

Sources: FIFA Official

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