World Cup 3rd Place Playoff: French and British players pray together – Screengrab Social Media/X

This mega-viral image sums up a fantastic World Cup in which Christians unashamedly brought their faith to the pitch.

The third-place playoff match, England 6×4 France, was special for many reasons – and in some aspects, even historic.

To begin with, it’s not every day you see 10 goals in a dispute between two top-tier national teams.

From the English side opening 4×0 with a dominant first-half showing, to France wrestling three goals to put the match in play again, it was sheer drama – before the ‘Wonderwall’ boys settled the match with another two goals.

This was the best World Cup finish for the third-placed English side since 1966, when they won the title at home.

For France, it was a bitter pill, and will cause many changes in their national side in the next weeks, including the arrival of Zinedine Zidane as the new coach.

But it was a scene caught after the game that is going viral.

French and English players embraced in a circle, praying together.

Daily Mail reported:

“England and France’s footballers put rivalry aside after their 10-goal thriller in Miami on Saturday night to share a poignant moment of unity on the pitch.

Seven players from both national sides stood together shoulder to shoulder to form a ring and bow their heads in collective prayer just moments after their World Cup epic.”

“The players involved in the centre circle gathering were England’s hat-trick hero Bukayo Saka, Arsenal’s Eberechi Eze, Trevoh Chalobah of Chelsea, Marc Guehi of Manchester City, Jean-Philippe Mateta and Maxence Lacroix of Crystal Palace and Bayern Munich’s Dayot Upamecano.

The moving scene was shared widely across social media, drawing plaudits from supporters of both teams and beyond.

Though this show of faith is not common among opposing teams on the pitch, it plays an important part in football.”

And this was not the first time this happened, in a World Cup marked by Christians going all-in on their faiths.

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