Index – Football – UEFA Euro 2024

Spain captain Luis De La Fuente had to overhaul his starting XI after Pedri was injured in the dramatic 2-1 extra-time win over Germany, while Dani Carvajal and French-born Robin Le Normand in defence received second yellow cards on Tuesday night.

Thus, six-time Champions League winner Nacho and four-time Europa League winner and Sevilla’s Jesus Navas entered the starting lineup, the latter being the only remaining member of the golden generation of world and European champions in the team. It should be noted here that Navas, at 38 years and 222 days old, became the oldest outfield player in the history of the European Cup, playing in the semi-final.

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Dani Olmo, who replaced Pedri, performed well in the quarter-finals.

France, finalists in the last two World Cups, finished in the top four as expected, but their attack has been stumbling, with Didier Deschamps’ side failing to score in their first five games of the tournament.

France’s play in the final third has been disastrous so far, with attackers hitting the opposition goal just four times per game on average.

The Spaniard got off to a good start, with Lamine Yamal making a cross from the right to the middle in the 5th minute, and then Fabian Ruiz, who came in the 5th minute, headed the ball into the top right corner.

Four minutes later, France got a penalty kick. After a quick free kick, Mbappe, who was not wearing a mask, interfered with the game on the left side and Jesus Navas was blocked, so it was not offside. Mbappe then pulled the ball to the right end of the five-man area, and then Randall Chloë Muani He jumped between Aymeric Laporte and Marc Cucurella and nodded into the left side of the goal. 0-1!

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The Spaniards recovered a few minutes after conceding the goal, after which they again tried to get the ball into the opponent’s penalty area as quickly as possible. Then in the 21st minute Ramin Yamal A beautiful curling shot from the left side hit the goal from long range, bounced off the right post and went in. Goalkeeper Mike Magnan had no chance of stopping the shot. 1-1!

This was Yamal’s third goal for Spain at the age of 16 years and 338 days, making him the youngest scorer in the history of the European Cup.

Another interesting fact: a year ago, Yamal scored a goal against France in the semi-final of the U17 European Championship at the Fersut Pancho Arena.

Four minutes later, Navas made a cross from the right and after a brief clearance Danny Olmo He made a brilliant move and then fired a shot from the fifth-half that bounced off Jules Condé’s attempted save and into the French goal. However, it was not ruled an own goal as UEFA officials ruled that the ball would have gone into the bottom right corner even if the French defender had not been there. 2-1!

Nico Williams came close to a shot after the break, but he was unable to push the ball past Maignan, who was running out of goal, and even if he had succeeded, the empty net would have been left open with the defender already marked. The lightning-fast winger from Bilbao was left in the dark.

France tried to put pressure on the Spanish goal, but their momentum was broken by a man who had run onto the field several times during this European Championship with a putter phone…

In the 63rd minute, after a corner kick from the left, Dayot Upamecano jumped the highest but his header missed the target. It was a great chance. Then, after weakening the Spanish defender, Theo Hernandez Being in a shooting position, it also surprised him, kicking the last one out of the field from 15 meters out.

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In the 86th minute, Mbappe was caught and floated out on the left, and immediately shot from 15 meters behind, but missed badly. The last chance for the French team came from Antoine Griezmann, who headed the ball over the goal from 14 meters.

Spain reached the European final for the fifth time in its history, winning gold in 1964, 2008 and 2012, and silver in 1984.

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2024 European Championships

Semi-finals

• Spain 2-1 France (2–1)

MunichAllianz Arena, 62,042 spectators. five: Slavko Vincic (Slavko Vincic)

Spain: Unai Simon – J. Navas (Vivian, 58), Nacho, Laporte, Cucurella – Rodri, Fabian Ruiz – Yamar (Ferran Torres, 94), Olmo (Merino, 76), N. Williams (Zubi Mendy, 94) – Morata (Oyarzabal, 76). Alliance Captain: Luis De La Fuente

France: Maignan – Kounde, Upamecano, Saliba, T. Hernandez – Kante (Griezmann, 62 years old), Chuameni – Rabiot (Camavinga, 62 years old) – Dembele (Giroud, 79 years old), Kolo Muani (Bakola, 62 years old), Mbappe. Alliance Captain: Didier Deschamps

Scorers: Lamine Yamal (21st), Olmo (25th) and Kolo Muani (9th)

(Cover photo: Annegret Hilse/REUTERS)

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