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Is there some measure of vindication in winning the third-place match at the Women’s World Cup? The teams best qualified to answer that question will meet for bronze on Saturday.
Eight years ago, Sweden took third, beating France in the tournament’s penultimate game after losing to eventual champion Japan in the semifinals. Four years ago, it was England that finished third, beating Germany after a semifinal loss to Japan.
Now it’s England against Sweden Saturday in Nice, the third straight all-European third-place match and a chance for one of these teams to leave France on a high.