Spain beats France to reach EURO final; Spain faces big trouble before EURO final

Spain beat France to reach EURO final

In the early morning of July 10, Spain defeated France 2-1 in the EURO semi-finals at Allianz Arena.

Spain pushed up their formation right after the opening whistle and quickly made the French defense falter. In the 6th minute, Lamine Yamal crossed the ball accurately to Fabian Ruiz. However, the PSG midfielder's header went over the bar.

In the first attack from the beginning of the match, France surprised everyone by scoring the opening goal. On the left wing, Mbappe crossed just enough for Kolo Muani to jump high and head the ball, giving goalkeeper Unai Simon no chance to block. France took the lead in the EURO 2024 semi-finals, and it was also the first goal from an open play situation in this year's tournament.

After conceding the goal, Spain played somewhat erratically. France exploited Jesus Navas' position quite a lot and almost scored another goal. In difficult circumstances, "La Roja" unexpectedly found the equalizer in the 21st minute.

In the 25th minute, the Allianz Arena erupted again when Dani Olmo scored a powerful shot from close range. The ball hit Jules Kounde's foot and changed direction, hitting the net. The goal was credited to the Spanish star.

In the following minutes, coach Deschamps "went all in" by sending Griezann, Giroud, and Barcola onto the field. However, the "Les Bleus" attack remained deadlocked. The white team relied on Mbappe's individual breakthroughs. However, the 1998-born star still did not have the best ball sense. Except for the shot that was caught in the 57th minute, Mbappe did not have any more shots on target.

The match at the Allianz Arena ended with a victory for Spain. "La Roja" won the right to reach the EURO final for the first time since 2012. Yamal and his teammates' opponent is the winner of the semi-final match between England and the Netherlands.

Spain in big trouble before EURO final

Alvaro Morata suffered a rare knee injury after a strong collision with a security guard while celebrating at the end of the Spain vs France match.

As Morata stood outside the crowd celebrating, a staff member rushed out to grab the overexcited fan and suddenly slipped between his legs, causing the number 9 striker's knee to twist.

BBC Sport replayed the video above with commentary from Gary Lineker:"Everyone just saw the image of Morata. There is a concern that I just heard.

It appears that a staff member's slip on the pitch caused Alvaro Morata to sprain his knee. What bad luck for the Spanish striker.

Morata was still in quite a bit of pain, limping and looking sad. God, imagine, this happened right before the Euro final.

The severity of Morata's injury is still unclear. If he cannot play in the match in Berlin, it will be a big loss for La Roja.

At Euro 2024, Morata held the Spain captain's armband, appearing in all 6 matches since the beginning of the tournament and scoring 1 goal against Croatia.

Mbappe causes outrage

The striker born in 1998 was discovered exchanging shirts with a Spanish player right after the first half of the EURO 2024 semi-final match in the early morning of July 10 (Hanoi time).

On social media, fans shared a video recording the scene of Kylian Mbappe entering the tunnel of the Allianz Arena stadium wearing the red jersey of a Spanish player.

Changing shirts in the middle of a match is not welcomed by fans. Not to mention that at the time Mbappe changed shirts, France was trailing Spain 2-1.

"Probably Yamal's shirt," one fan commented. "Swapping shirts at halftime is a shameful act. What a terrible generation of players," said a second fan. "Take away Mbappe's captaincy," another fan criticized the former PSG star.

Mbappe once stated "EURO is harder than World Cup". This is proven by the scoring statistics of the player born in 1998. After 14 appearances at the World Cup, Mbappe scored 12 goals.

However, in his career at EURO, Mbappe has yet to score a goal from open play. What this player has done is only one goal from the penalty spot.