A year after the sumptuous strike of Lamine Yamal who had done so much trouble to the French team during his elimination in the semi-finals of Euro 2024 against Spain (2-1), in Munich, the Roja collective again undermined the defense of the Blues. The reigning European champions led 2-0 at the half-time of the League of Nations semi-final against the training of Didier Deschamps on Thursday in Stuttgart.
After a huge opportunity for Kylian Mbappé, who stumbled on Unai Simon after a tumble from Ousmane Dembélé (7th), then a strike on the top of Théo Hernandez (12th), Spain opened the scoring in the middle of the first period.
On the right side, Lamine Yamal found Mikel Oyarzabal at the penalty spot and the Spanish striker managed to slide the ball to the second post to Nico Williams, released by the neo-international Pierre Kalulu. The Bilbao winger who marked in force ahead of Mike Maignan (22nd).
The Blues take a full axis
Barely three minutes later, Spain made the break on a remarkable collective action. Mikel Merino was forgotten full axis between the defense and the middle of the Blues and was able to remind a pass for Mikel Oyarzabal. The latter then sent Merino to the goal, facing a helpless Clement Lenglet, for the 2-0 (25th). Great art from start to finish!
Back to the wall, the French team lacked success or rather realism, Désiré Goué, Kylian Mbappé or Ousmane Dembélé striking in turn on Unai Simon, author of five stops in the first period.
