Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France – Brilliant Yamal goal helps Spain into final

Spain booked their spot successful nan last of Euro 2024 aft seeing-off France 2-1 successful nan semi-final successful Munich acknowledgment to a breathtaking extremity from 16-year-old Lamine Yamal.

In a crippled billed arsenic nan champion attacking squad successful nan tourney against nan champion defence, nan opening 25 minutes were among nan champion of nan full tournament.

Randal Kolo Muani’s header connected 9 minutes – nan first by a French subordinate from unfastened play successful their six games – was cancelled retired by 2 good goals successful nan abstraction of 4 minutes.

First Barcelona prodigy Yamal, who turns 17 connected Saturday, coiled a glorious extremity into nan apical area connected 21 minutes earlier immoderate dazzling footwork from Dani Olmo saw him lash a 2nd connected 25 minutes.

France created immoderate bully openings aft nan interval but Luis de la Fuente’s broadside managed their measurement done nan crippled perfectly to avenge conclusion successful nan last of Euro 84.

They will look England aliases nan Netherlands successful nan last successful Berlin connected Sunday nighttime seeking to triumph their 3rd title.

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— UEFA EURO 2024 (@EURO2024) July 9, 2024

Griezmann dropped

Antoine Griezmann was dropped by France coach Didier Deschamps pinch Ousmane Dembele coming successful and Adrian Rabiot recalled aft suspension.

Spain made 3 enforced changes. With Robin Le Normand and Dani Carvajal suspended aft picking up cards successful nan quarter-final pinch Real Madrid skipper Nacho coming into cardinal defence and evergreen Jesus Navas filling successful astatine right-back.

It meant a spot of history for Spain arsenic they fielded not only nan oldest outfield subordinate ever to commencement a Euros semi-final but besides nan youngest. Navas astatine 38 years and 231 days aged while Lamine Yamal started connected nan correct aged 16 years and 362 days.

Pedri will miss nan remainder of nan tourney aft sustaining a knee wounded successful a situation from Toni Kroos successful nan last-four, pinch Dani Olmo starting successful his stead, having travel connected to people 1 and tee-up different against Germany.

Blistering start

Fabian Ruiz should person put Spain up pinch a far-post header from Lamine Yamal’s inviting transverse aft conscionable 5 minutes arsenic Spain made a ascendant start, nevertheless he couldn’t support his header down.

France made them salary from their first chance aft conscionable 8 minutes, Kolo Muani drifting distant from his marker and nodding location astatine nan acold station aft a curling transverse from Mbappe, who had been played onside by nan nervy Jesus Navas.

Navas went into nan book for a lunge connected Adrien Rabiot connected 13 minutes, though it did forestall nan Frenchman uncovering nan unmarked Mbappe connected nan left.

The crippled swung arsenic Yamal levelled pinch a stunning onslaught connected 20 minutes – becoming nan youngest scorer successful European Championship history.

The 16-year-old worked a gait of abstraction connected his near ft and picked his spot successful nan acold apical corner, firing successful disconnected nan wrong of nan post, nan first extremity from unfastened play Mike Maignan had conceded.

Some speedy feet from Dani Olmo saw nan crippled turned connected its caput wrong 5 minutes, beating Aurelien Tchouameni pinch a delightful first and 2nd touch aft Navas’ transverse was only half-cleared and past lashing a debased changeable crossed extremity which Jules Kounde could not forestall uncovering nan net. Olmo’s 3rd extremity of nan tournament, positive 2 assists took him into nan lead successful nan title for nan Golden Boot.

Ousmane Dembele’s debased transverse skewed into nan side-netting neat Unai Simon’s adjacent station aft nan restart but astatine nan different extremity Nico Williams almost wriggled done a bid of challenges, yet back-heeling to Alvaro Morata who was crowded retired successful nan box.

Theo Hernandez escaped a booking for a precocious situation connected Yamal earlier Ruiz saw a deflected changeable loop past nan station connected 35 minutes.

Second half fails to compare

Hernandez blocked a Yamal changeable from nan separator of nan area aft a lightning break from Williams earlier half-time but moments aft nan turnaround Maignan raced 20 yards retired of his area and slid successful to dispossess Williams earlier launching nan shot forward, though he seemed to tweak a musculus successful nan process.

Tchouameni’s downward header from a area connected 53 minutes ended France’s half-hour hold for a changeable connected extremity while Mbappe trim successful from nan near but drilled an angled onslaught consecutive astatine Unai Simon soon after.

Daniel Vivian of Athletic Bilbao came connected for Navas conscionable earlier nan hour, pinch Nacho reverting to an unfamiliar right-back role, and soon aft Unai Simon had to punch distant a Dembele cross.

Tchouameni went into nan book for a lunge connected Morata earlier Deschamps rang nan changes pinch Griezmann, Bradley Barcola and Eduardo Camavinga coming connected for Adrien Rabiot, Kolo Muani and N’Golo Kante arsenic Les Bleus went for it.

Dayot Upamecano should person done amended pinch a acold station downward header from a area but contempt their vulnerable set-pieces Olivier Giroud remained connected nan bench.

Griezmann’s transverse caused havoc successful nan Spain container connected 25 minutes and Ruiz cleared only arsenic acold arsenic Hernandez connected nan separator of nan box, though he lashed good complete nan barroom connected his less-favoured correct foot.

Giroud yet came connected for Dembele pinch a small complete 10 minutes remaining but it was Yamal who drove successful from nan correct earlier whipping a curling changeable past nan perspective of station and barroom soon after.

Mbappe raced guardant and trim onto his correct ft but ballooned his effort complete nan barroom from wrong nan box.

Spain grounded to muster a changeable successful nan 2nd half, though they dominated possession and controlled nan tempo successful nan second stages, keeping France astatine arms length.