Spain’s Lamine Yamal scored a wondergoal to become the youngest scorer in men’s European Championship history to help knock out tournament favourites France and reach the final of Euro 2024.
The 16-year-old fired a stunning strike into the top cover from outside the penalty area to equalise after Randal Kolo Muani’s early opener in the semi-final in Munich. And Dani Olmo then struck moments later to give Spain the lead, as his goal-bound shot deflected in off France defender Jules Kounde.
Spain looked to contain France in a tight second half that saw few chances, but captain Kylian Mbappe blazed over the bar when finally getting a sight of goal and manager Didier Deschamps’ attacking changes did not help to force a late equaliser as La Roja held on.
Spain are through to their first men’s final since last winning the Euros in 2012 and will face either England or the Netherlands in Berlin on Sunday. Gareth Southgate’s side play the Dutch tomorrow night looking to reach consecutive Euro finals after defeat to Italy three years ago.
Follow all the latest updates from Spain v France below:
Euro 2024: Spain v France
- FULL TIME! Spain defeat France to reach Euro 2024 final in Berlin
- REPORT: Lamine Yamal signals Spain’s next golden era to leave France with one regret
- Injury fears for Alvaro Morata as photographer falls on Spain captain’s knee
- Lamine Yamal becomes youngest-ever men’s Euros goalscorer with world-class strike
- 21’ GOAL! Yamal curls an incredible long-range effort past Simon (SPA 1-1 FRA)
- Spain to face either England or Netherlands in Euro 2024 final on Sunday
Spain 2 - 1 France
Lamine Yamal signals Spain’s next golden era to leave France with one regret
22:16
Miguel Delaney - in Munich
If this is to be Spain’s first men’s trophy since the glory era of 2008-12, there couldn’t be a better signal of a new era than the youngest player in the history of the European Championships scoring the goal to set them on their way to the final. Kylian Mbappe, having finally taken his mask off, will not be showing his face in Berlin on Sunday. The final will instead see a star who may well be his successor, in Lamine Yamal. He had already illuminated Euro 2024 and now he has elevated it, scoring a sensational strike that transformed Spain’s 2-1 comeback against France. It was both genius in the manner of the strike and in how he delivered something like that when his team really needed it.
This was a launchpad moment. It may also have been a moment of realisation for France, whose minimalist football reached its limits. Having told people all tournament to change the channel if they don’t like what they’re seeing, Didier Deschamps may have to do the same on Sunday. It’s hard not to think France have so wasted a generation, to the point they looked a dull side with the talent looking nowhere near the level it should.
Spain v France was pure excitement... Didier Deschamps would choose boredom every time
22:40
Richard Jolly - in Munich
“If you’re getting bored, watch another game.” It was Didier Deschamps’s challenge to his critics. It promised to be the prelude to another exercise in Deschampsball, shutting a game down with a bank of defensive midfielders and a formidable rearguard. And yet what followed was so exciting that the France manager may have sought to divert his attention to something drearier.
Because there was a downside to entertainment. For France, anyway. Perhaps the pragmatist in Deschamps feared as much. Les Bleus had plotted a unique path to the last four, when none of their players scored in open play but neither did they concede in it. Then waits ended; at either end, it transpired.
The French drought had lasted 488 minutes, until they scored a goal of such seeming simplicity to make it seem stranger still that it had lasted so long; Kylian Mbappe, possibly the world’s best player, chipped a cross to the far post and Randal Kolo Muani, an €80m striker, headed in.
Why ‘luck of the draw’ is a lazy phrase to throw at Gareth Southgate’s England
23:15
Chris Wilson
Around the England camp, the players know not to even indulge the idea that Euro 2024 has handed them a “forgiving draw”. Gareth Southgatehas already bristled at the idea in press conferences, so it’s easy to imagine the attitude with the squad.
Players being players, though, one or two can’t help talking about how they would rather not have faced Spain or France yet. That isn’t to disrespect Netherlands, but Ronald Koeman’s team clearly aren’t comparable to the great Dutch sides of the past, nor the other semi-finalists.
Gary Neville made the attitude clear - as well as how players actually speak - when comparing the draws his teams faced against those of Southgate’s era.
France’s ‘tournament ball’ or Spain’s ideology – how do you actually win the Euros?
23:00
Chris Wilson
Lamine Yamal has been one of the few stars always worth watching at Euro 2024, which means he attracts a lot of defenders, so Luis De La Fuente is intent on making the 16-year-old see better team solutions. In training, the Spainmanager has taken Yamal aside and told him “if you have three players on you, there’s an area where we have superiority – we must get the ball there, not by dribbling, but with fast passing”.
This is Spain, after all. De La Fuente has accelerated the team’s evolution from dogmatic possession, primarily through the use of Yamal and Nico Williams, but the approach is still based on the core ideology. The identity is too ingrained. Such advice still produced maybe the most beautiful play at Euro 2024, which was a wondrous one-touch passing move against Germany to turn defence into attack. It has been lacking from a lot of teams.
A problem with De La Fuente’s advice for the semi-final is that, in the French half, there are very unlikely to be any areas of numerical superiority. That is because Didier Deschamps constantly has one piece of advice of his own. That is to ensure there is always a packed defensive structure around the French goal. If the Spanish mindset is to give the ball, Deschamps’s is to give nothing away.
Meet Lamine Yamal, the 16-year-old Spain wonderkid lighting up Euro 2024
22:53
Chris Wilson
One year ago Lamine Yamal was playing in the quarter-finals of the U17 European Championships in front of only a few hundred supporters. Skipping past defenders for fun, he registered an assist and scored once in Spain’s 3-0 victory over the Republic of Ireland.
At just 15 years old, he was one of the youngest players competing in the U17 competition at the time. Yet he already stood out among his peers, finishing as the joint top-scorer of the tournament – despite Spain crashing out to France in the semi-final.
Fast forward a year, he’s now the youngest player competing at Euro 2024, with his boyish smile revealing braces, his joyful approach to the game providing a captivating subplot to Tuesday’s European Championship semi-final against France following a dramatic extra-time victory over hosts Germany.
Lamine Yamal hits back at Adrien Rabiot comments as Euro 2024 wondergoal proves point
22:49
Chris Wilson
Lamine Yamal hit back at pre-match comments from France’s Adrien Rabiot as the 16-year-old made history with his stunning goal to help Spain reach the final of Euro 2024.
Yamal became the youngest scorer in men’s European Championship history as his strike lit up the Euro 2024 semi-final against France, withSpain coming from behind to win 2-1.
The teenager arrived at the Euros after a breakthrough season with Barcelona and continued his impressive performances throughout the tournament, but his goal against France was his biggest moment yet .
Afterwards, Yamal approached a TV camera and yelled “Speak now! Speak now!” in comments that appeared to be in reference to France midfielder Rabiot.
Injury fears for Alvaro Morata as photographer falls on Spain captain’s knee
22:47
Chris Wilson
Alvaro Morata appeared to twist his knee on Wednesday as a photographer slid into the Spain captain, who was celebrating his team’s Euro 2024 semi-final win.
Spain came from behind to beat France 2-1 in Munich, where Lamine Yamal became the youngest-ever goalscorer at a men’s Euros.
Yamal, 16, scored a wondergoal for Spain to cancel out Randal Kolo Muani’s opener, before Dani Olmo struck to put La Roja ahead. And there was no way back for France, as Spain set up a final with Netherlands or England.
Lamine Yamal becomes youngest-ever men’s Euros goalscorer with world-class strike against France
22:33
Chris Wilson
Lamine Yamal became the youngest-ever player to score at a men’s European Championship on Tuesday, when he netted a wonder goal for Spain.
Lamal, 16, fired a long-range shot into the top corner from outside France’s penalty area, equalising for his nation after Randal Kolo Muani’s early opener in the Euro 2024 semi-final.
With his goal, the winger broke a 20-year record; at Euro 2004, then-18-year-old Johan Vonlanthen scored for Switzerland against France, four days after Wayne Rooney set a record by scoring against the Swiss.
Spain players react
22:27
Chris Wilson
Dani Olmo and Nacho were also speaking in front of the cameras.
Goalscorer Olmo said that “it’s incredible how hard this team is working. We deserve it.”
On his goal, he said that “a goal is a goal, it doesn’t matter if it was Koundé’s or mine, it belongs to the team, we all scored.”
“We planned the game well, they scored the first goal against us in one play, but we continued playing our game and Lamine scored that spectacular goal and in the second half we controlled the game.”
Nacho called it “amazing” adding that it was “incredible to reach the final of the European Championship”.
“If someone had told me that a few months ago, I wouldn’t have believed it . This would be the icing on the cake of a spectacular career.
“We have a final that is going to be incredible and full of emotion for the whole country. The team has a lot of character, we have shown that. The mix of veterans and youngsters makes us stronger. We grow in the face of adversity and when the game was more complicated we knew how to push forward.”
Yamal speaks to TV cameras
22:22
Chris Wilson
Speaking after the match, Lamine Yamal said that he was “very happy to qualify and now the most important thing remains: to take the title”.
“We were in a difficult moment because nobody expected his goal. I took it, I didn’t think and I tried to put it in where it went in and that was it. Very happy.
“My goal was to make it to my birthday here in Germany and now to enjoy it with the team,” he added. He turns 17 on the day before the final.
Next match
22:20
Chris Wilson
So, Spain will contest the final of Euro 2024 against either England or the Netherlands this Sunday.
That match kicks off at 8pm BST on Sunday, 14 July at the Olympiastadion in Berlin.
22:10
Chris Wilson
Spain v France player ratings: Dani Olmo overshadowed but outstanding in Euro 2024 semi-final
22:00
Chris Wilson
Spain reached the final of Euro 2024 with a 2-1 victory over France on Wednesday, setting up a meeting with Netherlands or England.
France, who were pursuing a second Euros final out of the last three, took an early lead when Randal Kolo Muani nodded home a header from close range.
But Spain equalised through 16-year-old Lamine Yamal, who netted a wondergoal to become the youngest-ever goalscorer at a men’s Euros.
Dani Olmo then put Spain ahead with a powerful, deflected strike from close range, and Les Bleus were unable to fight back.
But how did each player perform? Here are The Independent’s player ratings:
FULL-TIME! Spain 2-1 France - SPAIN ARE THROUGH TO THE FINAL!
21:56
Chris Wilson
FULL-TIME! And Spain are through to the final of Euro 2024!
Dejection from the French players but they were second best since their goal.
For Spain it’s another chance to win the Euros after famous campaigns in 2008 and 2012. They have another star for 2024 in Lamine Yamal.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:54
Chris Wilson
96 mins
Torres does well on the left wing to hold the ball up and win a foul, and that’ll surely be that...
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:53
Chris Wilson
95 mins
Barcola swings in a hopeful ball but Greizmann gets a head to it – but it flies over. That might be it for France...
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:52
Chris Wilson
94 mins
France are struggling to even get the ball here in the closing stages. There are ‘oles’ going around as Simon collects it.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:51
Chris Wilson
93 mins
Great play from Merino to take it on the turn and slip it to Cucurella, but Spain end up playing it backwards. Rodri does brilliantly to win possession back before Yamal wins a throw.
He then comes off, along with Williams, for Ferran Torres and Martin Zubimendi.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:49
Chris Wilson
90 mins
Another cynical challenge as Yamal drags back Hernandez, and the youngster is the latest to be booked.
We’ll have five minutes of added time, as Griezmann’s lofted ball in is headed behind by Upamecano. Merino stays down, as you might expect.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:48
Chris Wilson
89 mins
Better from Spain as Merino shifts it wide to Cucurella, whose cross is deflected out. Williams delivers, but France clear...
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:47
Chris Wilson
88 mins
Upamecano’s pass to Kounde goes straight out of play, and both teams are struggling a bit here. Rodri dispossesses Camavinga, and Spain are knocking the ball again, and Camavinga is booked for a late challenge on Cucurella.
All a bit disjointed now as the Spanish players are committing fouls and staying down to disrupt the flow of the game.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:44
Chris Wilson
86 mins
Laporte is still down, having hit his face in the collision with Giroud. He’ll be okay to carry on.
Simon hits a speculative ball long, and it runs out for a Spain throw. Deschamps looks edgy on the sideline.
Mbappe collects the ball from Barcola’s pass the left, and he’s one-on-one with Nacho. He stands him up and makes space for the shot, but he blasts it over the bar!
Pitch invader grabs Kylian Mbappe during Spain v France quarter-final at Euro 2024
21:41
Chris Wilson
A pitch invader was escorted off the field after grabbing Kylian Mbappeby the shirt on Wednesday, during France’s Euro 2024 clash with Spain.
Mbappe looked far from impressed as the fan arrived at his side to take a selfie, with France trailing 2-1 in the quarter-final at the time of the incident.
A security guard soon rushed across the pitch in Berlin to escort the pitch invader away from Mbappe, who was playing without wearing a mask for the first time at the tournament.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:41
Chris Wilson
83 mins
Giroud brings down Laporte as Griezmann chased a long ball, and the Spanish defender stays down.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:39
Chris Wilson
81 mins
Spain had the counter opportunity from that France corner, but they didn’t look that interested.
Lamine Yamal still looks interested though – he cuts inside Hernandez and looks to bend an effort in from distance, but it’s too high.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:38
Chris Wilson
78 mins
Dembele comes off for Giroud as France hunt that elusive equaliser.
Saliba brings down Yamal near halfway, and Spain look to keep the ball, but Saliba intercepts and they thread it to Barcola. He beats Nacho again down the left, but the former Madrid captain gets back well to deflect his cross out.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:35
Chris Wilson
76 mins
CLOSE! Griezmann’s cross in is put back into the box by Dembele. There’s some pinball in the box as Spain try to clear, and eventually a white shirt rolls it to Hernandez on the edge of the box. He tries the first-time side-of-the-foot shot, but it flies over!
Luis de la Fuente makes changes, bringing on Mikel Merino and Mikel Oyarzabal for Morata and Olmo.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:32
Chris Wilson
73 mins
Dembele’s early cross results in another corner. He delivers the out-swinging ball, but Spain clear, and it finds its way to Olmo in the middle.
It’s swept wide to Yamal but it’s all very pedestrian at the moment from Spain. You’d think they were 3-1 up in the 90th from the way they’re playing. ‘Taking the sting out of the game’.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:30
Chris Wilson
72 mins
Nice idea from Kounde as he clips a cross in first-time after receiving the cutback from Dembele, but no French shirt was there.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:29
Chris Wilson
70 mins
Dembele does well to track back and prevent the cross in from Cucurella. France clear, but it’s straight to Laporte.
Barcola beats Nacho – who’s moved to right-back now - down the left, but his cross is hooked away. Morata then does well to hold the ball up and win another free-kick.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:27
Chris Wilson
68 mins
Dembele thinks he’s won a free-kick after a challenge from Cucurella, but the referee isn’t convinced. Spain counter and Rodri leads it, striding forward before they have to recycle the ball back to Simon.
Hernandez eventually wins it off Yamal, before Spain win the foul.
Spain’s play has been a lot less expansive in this half so far.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:23
Chris Wilson
65 mins
Camavinga clips it towards Mbappe, who brings it down well and slips it wide to Hernandez, but the full-back runs it out of play.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:21
Chris Wilson
63 mins
France win a corner after some better attacking play, as Hernandez overlaps and his cross is put behind.
They make three changes before it’s taken: Rabiot, Kante and Kolo Muani come off for Antoine Greizmann, Eduardo Camavinga and Bradley Barcola.
The corner is headed wide.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:19
Chris Wilson
60 mins
Play is stopped for a pitch invader, but we resume with Spain in possession, as Morata wins a free-kick near halfway. Spain are looking less zippy and energetic than they did in the first half.
France counter and it’s slipped through to Dembele, and his cross is almost across the goal, but Simon gets a hand to it to deflect it away from Mbappe.
Seconds later, Tchouameni is booked after a late challenge on Morata.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:15
Chris Wilson
57 mins
Spain are being forced into a change here, as Jesus Navas comes off for Dani Vivian of Athletic Bilbao.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:15
Chris Wilson
55 mins
A great one-two from Kante and Tchouameni ends with the latter threading a great ball to Kounde, but his cross is cleared.
Moments later, the long ball is punted forward hopefully to Williams, but he loses the foot-race to Kounde.
Mbappe collects the ball in the box and he cuts back outside, but his low shot is straight at Simon.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:12
Chris Wilson
53 mins
Kounde dispossesses Williams again, this time near the Spain box, and then he delivers a low cross that’s put behind. Tchouameni heads goalwards from the corner, but it’s into the ground and straight at Simon. Spain counter after some great work by Laporte, but Rabiot ends up winning the free-kick near the France area.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:10
Chris Wilson
52 mins
Kounde gets the best of Williams this time, and France counter, led by Kante. They’re forced to recycle possession, and it ends with Dembele’s cross going straight to Simon.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:08
Chris Wilson
49 mins
Another test for the French defence as Olmo brings it down well before shipping it to Yamal, but the youngster’s cross is headed away by Kounde.
Spain come again and Ruiz threads it to Cucurella, and his cross to the near post is cleared by Upamecano.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
21:05
Chris Wilson
46 mins
Good ‘keeping from Maignan as he rushes out of his box to win the ball from Williams. Spain had played it out of danger in their half brilliantly to get to that point.
Moments later, Dembele’s cross deflects off Cucurella into the gloves of Simon.
KICK-OFF! Spain 2-1 France
21:03
Chris Wilson
Spain get the second period underway. Let’s hope it’s half as entertaining as the first.
Why is Marc Cucurella being booed as Spain face France at Euro 2024?
20:59
Chris Wilson
Spain defender Marc Cucurella was booed throughout the first half of his side’s Euro 2024 semi-final against France.
The Chelsea left-back was jeered every time he touched the ball in Munich, as his side fought from behind to lead a thriller.
Cucurella has started all six of Spain’s matches at Euro 2024 on the left side of defence, playing a key role in his team’s progress.
But the 25-year-old was involved in a moment of controversy in the quarter-finals against hosts Germany.
Spain knocked out the hosts in dramatic fashion, progressing thanks to a 2-1 victory in extra time as Mikel Merino scored a 119th-minute winner.
But with the score 1-1 in extra time, the hosts thought they had a penalty when Jamal Musiala’s goal-bound shot struck Cucurella’s arm in the box.
Referee Anthony Taylor did not award a penalty, but Germany were furious with the decision as they were knocked out.
20:55
Chris Wilson
Lamine Yamal becomes youngest-ever Euros goalscorer with world-class strike against France
20:52
Chris Wilson
Lamine Yamal became the youngest player ever to score at a European Championship on Tuesday, when he netted a wonder goal for Spain.
Lamal, 16, fired a long-range shot into the top corner from outside France’s penalty area, equalising for his nation after Randal Kolo Muani’s early opener in the Euro 2024 semi-final.
With his goal, the winger broke a 20-year record; at Euro 2004, then-18-year-old Johan Vonlanthen scored for Switzerland against France, four days after Wayne Rooney set a record by scoring against the Swiss.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
20:48
Chris Wilson
47 mins
Kolo Muani brings down Nacho and the former Madrid man is writhing around on the floor, but he doesn’t get the booking he was looking for.
The referee blows the whistle for half-time, bringing an intriguing half to an end in Munich.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
20:47
Chris Wilson
45 mins
There’ll be two minutes of added time, as Dembele brings down Cucurella and then Olmo is brought down. It’s petering out as half-time approaches.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
20:45
Chris Wilson
44 mins
Yet anther dangerous free-kick for France, this time down the left. Dembele delivers again, but Spain are equal to it once more. France come again, but Rabiot’s chip into the box is poor.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
20:42
Chris Wilson
42 mins
France are happy to keep possession as the half ends, not trying to force the issue. Kounde tries to clip a ball towards Hernandez, but Nacho clears again, and Spain have the ball.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
20:41
Chris Wilson
40 mins
Demebele drives at Cucurella once again and he leaves his leg hanging, so France have another dangerous free-kick.
He swings it towards Upamecano at the back post, but Navas does well to head it behind under pressure.
The corner eventually comes to Olmo, who then finds Ruiz before they clip it forward to Williams. He finds Yamal on the other wing, but the cross is behind for a corner again.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
20:39
Chris Wilson
38 mins
Lovely play from Mbappe as he recovers from the challenge before spraying a ball wide to Dembele, who wins a corner.
He swings the cross in, but it’s headed away, as is Kounde’s follow-up cross.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
20:37
Chris Wilson
36 mins
Brief scuffles as Hernandez commits a late challenge on Yamal, but no booking yet.
Spain continue to keep possession well, but their ability to go from quite pedestrian to quick and incise is very impressive.
Yamal and Olmo are the latest to illustrate this, the former rolling a pass to the onrushing Olmo on the edge of the box – but his shot is deflected for a corner.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
20:35
Chris Wilson
34 mins
The game has calmed down a little now. Dembele swings a ball wide to Hernandez, but he can’t keep it in.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
20:32
Chris Wilson
31 mins
Mbappe is on the run again but Nacho stands him up, waits for the help from Rodri and dispossesses the Frenchman.
Nico Williams wants to get in on the action now – he beats his man in midfield before surging into the box, drawing the attention of three France defenders. He tries to slip it backwards to Morata, but there are too many bodies in the box.
Meet Lamine Yamal, the 16-year-old Spain wonderkid lighting up Euro 2024
20:30
Jamie Braidwood
One year ago Lamine Yamal was playing in the quarter-finals of the U17 European Championships in front of only a few hundred supporters. Skipping past defenders for fun, he registered an assist and scored once in Spain’s 3-0 victory over the Republic of Ireland.
At just 15 years old, he was one of the youngest players competing in the U17 competition at the time. Yet he already stood out among his peers, finishing as the joint top-scorer of the tournament – despite Spain crashing out to France in the semi-final.
Fast forward a year, he’s now the youngest player competing at Euro 2024, with his boyish smile revealing braces, his joyful approach to the game providing a captivating subplot to Tuesday’s European Championship semi-final against France following a dramatic extra-time victory over hosts Germany. His crisp pass to assist Dani Olmo for the opener was his third of the tournament, equalling the Spanish record for total assists in a single European Championship with Cesc Fabregas and David Silva. To say it has been a whirlwind 12 months for the Barcelona winger would be an understatement.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
20:29
Chris Wilson
28 mins
A brilliant game so far, this. France attack as they look for an equaliser, and the cross is cleared before Morata fouls Kounde near the Spain box.
Dembele delivers towards the back post, but Rabiot can’t keep it in.
GOAL! Spain 2-1 France
20:27
Chris Wilson
25 mins
GOAL! And Spain are ahead!
Another brilliant goal, though this one for different reasons.
Spain have piled on the pressure since their equaliser and it finally counts – there’s some pinball in the box and it falls in the direction of Dani Olmo, who flicks a great touch past the defender and rifles a shot towards goal. It beats Maignan and bounces off Kounde and into the net!
Euro 2024: Spain 1-1 France
20:23
Jamie Braidwood
21 mins
GOAL! Astonishing.
Spain are back it in courtesy of Lamine Yamal from nowhere!
It looks so deceptively simple too. He collects the ball around 25 yards out and looks to make the pass, but sees there are no options on. He shimmies to make space for the shot, and curls a superb effort that hits the inside of the post and goes in!
Euro 2024: Spain 0-1 France
20:20
Chris Wilson
18 mins
Cucurella seems to be being booed, and apparently it’s as a result of a handball that wasn’t given against him in the game against Germany! There are cheers as his pass forward is eventually intercepted by Kante.
Hernandez slips it through to Mbappe and he cuts past two challenges as he makes his way into the box. He hits a low shot goalwards, but it’s blocked and the Spanish defence eventually deal with it.
Euro 2024: Spain 0-1 France
20:16
Chris Wilson
16 mins
Rabiot stays down after the challenge, but he looks like he’ll be okay to carry on.
Mbappe has the free-kick in a dangerous area – 27 metres out – but he hits it straight into the wall.
Euro 2024: Spain 0-1 France
20:15
Chris Wilson
14 mins
First yellow of the evening as Jesus Navas slides in late on Rabiot. France were counter-attacking there, with Mbappe almost clean through if Rabiot had got the pass away.
Navas is having a bit of a torrid time out there, and now he has to deal with potentially 75 minutes up against Mbappe already on a booking.
Euro 2024: Spain 0-1 France
20:13
Chris Wilson
12 mins
Spain are certainly trying to be inventive around the box as they look for an equaliser. Yamal and Williams playing plenty of one-two’s and flicks, but nothing paying off so far.
Ruiz squares a pass across the box to Morata, but he can’t get the shot away.
GOAL! Spain 0-1 France (Randal Kolo Muani 9’)
20:10
Chris Wilson
9 mins
GOAL! The French are ahead!
Dembele sweeps a pass wide to Mbappe. He takes a couple of paces into the box and curls a cross to the back post, and Randal Kolo Muani is there to nod it past Unai Simon into the corner!
Euro 2024: Spain 0-0 France
20:07
Chris Wilson
5 mins
CLOSE! Spain should be ahead.
Williams swings in a cross that makes it way to Yamal on the other side. He takes a touch and delivers a cross of his own to the back post – Fabian Ruiz is there to meet it, and he’s unmarked, but he heads over!
Euro 2024: Spain 0-0 France
20:05
Chris Wilson
4 mins
Yamal brings down Hernandez as France looked to attack, but it’s too far to put it into the box. Williams looks to counter, but Kante is there to slide in and intercept.
Spain have it back quickly, knocking around confidently between defence and midfield.
Euro 2024: Spain 0-0 France
20:04
Chris Wilson
2 mins
Early signs of pressure from Yamal and Ruiz as the former tries to find some space on the edge of the box before Ruiz does manage to, and he clips a cross that outruns his teammates.
Spain 0-0 France: Kylian Mbappe to play without mask
20:02
Jamie Braidwood
Mbappe has removed his face mask for the Euro 2024 semi-final!
KICK-OFF! Spain 0-0 France
20:01
Chris Wilson
KICK-OFF! France get the first semi-final of Euro 2024 underway.
This is the 37th meeting between the two – who’ll come out on top?
Euro 2024: Spain v France
20:00
Chris Wilson
The anthems are done in a febrile atmosphere in Munich. Plenty of whistling from both sides.
Mbappe and Morata exchange the pennants and the coin toss is conducted by Slavko Vincic.
We’re moments away in Bavaria!
Euro 2024: Spain v France
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