Post-Match Thread: France 0-2 Spain | FIFA World Cup, Semi-Finals

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France 0 - 2 Spain

Spain scorers: Mikel Oyarzabal (22' pen.), Pedro Porro (58')

Venue: AT&T Stadium Dallas Stadium, Arlington, United States

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

France:

Starting XINotesSubsNotes

Mike MaignanBrice Samba

Jules KoundéRobin Risser

Dayot UpamecanoIbrahima Konaté

William Saliba30'Lucas Hernández

Lucas Digne72'Malo Gusto

Aurélien TchouaméniMaxence Lacroix30'

Adrien Rabiot9' 46'Theo Hernández72'

Ousmane DembéléMaghnes Akliouche

Michael Olise72'Manu Koné46'

Bradley Barcola57'N'Golo Kanté

Kylian Mbappé86'Rayan Cherki72'

Warren Zaïre-Emery

Désiré Doué57'

Jean-Philippe Mateta

Marcus Thuram

Manager: Didier Deschamps (France)

Spain:

Starting XINotesSubsNotes

Unai SimónDavid Raya

Pedro Porro58' 84'Joan García

Pau CubarsíMarc Pubill

Aymeric LaporteEric García

Marc Cucurella31'Marcos Llorente84'

RodriAlejandro Grimaldo

Fabián Ruiz77'Martín Zubimendi

Lamine YamalMikel Merino77'

Dani Olmo77'Pablo Gavi

Alejandro Baena84'Nico Williams84'

Mikel Oyarzabal22' 74'Pedri77'

Borja Iglesias

Ferran Torres74'

Victor Muñoz

Yéremy Pino

Manager: Luis De La Fuente (Spain)

MATCH EVENTS

1': We're off!

9': Adrien Rabiot into the book early for a bad foul on Olmo's foot just on the edge of the box, free kick incoming

20': PENALTY FOR SPAIN!! Digne isn't looking, he tries to clear the ball but Yamal drifts in from behind him and gets taken out!

22': GOAL SPAIN!!! Mikel Oyarzabal goes for the right side, gets it over Maignan's hand and scores!

29': Uh-oh. Now it looks like Saliba is hurt.

30': France substitution: Maxence Lacroix on for William Saliba

31': Marc Cucurella body-checks Olise to the ground and gets a card

34': Olmo sends a shot from way way out into the outer atmosphere, not sure what he was attempting there

34': Baena one-on-one with the keeper and chips it over him but it goes wide! Offside anyway.

36': Barcola fires from outside the box, has the power but puts it above the top corner.

38': HUGE BLOCK! Yamal gets the cross through to Fabián Ruiz but Upamecano gets the touch to deflect it wide!

42': Rabiot in on goal but Simón way out of his box with a perfectly timed tackle to break it up!

HT France 0-1 Spain Spain holding it down at the moment! Can they be the ones to finally end France's amazing run?

46': France substitution: Manu Koné on for Adrien Rabiot

46': We're back!

51': Yamal's shot saved by Maignan at the near post, wildly offside anyway

52': Oyarzabal cuts outside and shoots and just misses the near corner high.

57': France substitution: Désiré Doue on for Bradley Barcola

58': GOAL SPAIN!!!! Out of nowhere! The ball comes to Olmo, everyone converges on him and Olmo gets fouled but he's already gotten the pass off to Pedro Porro who pounces on it, he just has to beat the keeper and does! Maignan got a touch but not enough of one!

61': Lamine Yamal all alone in space! Smokes three guys! Puts the ball in the net!! But the flag goes up!!

64': SAVE! Mbappé drives to the touchline and fires from wide, Simón forced to punch it away for his first save of the game.

67': Mbappé fires but it deflects off of Cucurella and rolls just wide!

72': France double sub: Rayan Cherki and Theo Hernández on for Michael Olise and Lucas Digne

74': Spain substitution: Ferran Torres on for Mikel Oyarzabal

76': Yamal gets whistled for an ugly tackle on Mbappé but gets away without a card

77': Spain double sub: Pedri and Mikel Merino on for Fabián Ruiz and Dani Olmo

78': Torres with the header!! But it loops wide from close range.

81': Simón way out of his box again to dispossess Mbappé!! But Doué is there to pick it up!! Defense scrambling back, Simón tries to make himself big, Doué fires.... SAVE! Simón with the save again!

83': Simón and Hernández both going for the ball, they collide, Simón down looking hurt. On replay it looks like Theo kicked the ball directly into his face but he'll be okayl.

84': Spain double sub: Marcos Llorente and Nico Williams on for Pedro Porro and Alejandro Baena

86': Kylian Mbappé jumps into Simón while he's picking up the ball, gets a card

89': France wins a free kick on the edge of the box but Mbappé's free kick goes over the bar.

90+4': Nico goes for the third Spanish goal but hits the side netting from wide.

90+5': SAVE! Dembélé gets the shot off but it's right at Simón.

90+7': SAVE! Dembélé fires again but Simón punches it away

90+7': Mbappé fires over the net. France are not coming back.

FT France 0-2 Spain The French have fallen! It's Spain in the final!