In summary:
- Lamine Yamal becomes the youngest scorer in Euro history with a stunning goal, propelling Spain to a 2-1 victory over France and a spot in the Euro 2024 final.
- After conceding early, Spain roared back with goals from Yamal and Dani Olmo within four minutes.
- Despite taking the lead early, France’s attack lost momentum, with Kylian Mbappe failing to find his usual scoring touch.
As Spain defeated France 2-1 to advance to the Euro 2024 final, Lamine Yamal, just 16 years old, became the youngest striker in the tournament’s history.
In the ninth minute, Randal Kolo Muani scored following a cross by Kylian Mbappe to put Spain behind early.
But against a side that had only conceded once in their previous five games, Spain turned the game around with two goals in only four minutes.
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Yamal Makes History
Yamal, who will turn 17 the day before the match against England and the Netherlands, equalized the score with an incredible long-range effort that struck the top corner, leaving France’s goalkeeper Mike Maignan stunned.
Then, in the 25th minute, Dani Olmo grabbed a loose ball and scored, deflecting the ball off Jules Kounde to give Spain the lead.
“I got the ball, didn’t think about it for too long, and just shot,” said Yamal about his goal. “I’m just enjoying myself, and I’m proud to be in the final.”
With three Euro titles under their belt, Spain is the only side to win six games in a single tournament and is just one win away from a fourth. Olmo declared, “We are just one step away from glory.” “What a fantastic crew this is. This is something we deserve.”
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Spain Through To The Finals
Since defeating Italy 4-0 in the Euro 2012 final, Spain has not participated in a major tournament final.
Spain played excellent game management after gaining the lead, keeping possession, and taking control to win the game.
France Bows Out
Coach Didier Deschamps of France stated, “They’re a very good team; we knew that; they proved it tonight even if we were able to open the scoring.” “They controlled the game better than us, even though we kept pushing until the end.
France was unable to establish a rhythm. For the first time since breaking his nose, Mbappe was playing without a mask, but he was unable to have much of an effect. His penalty against Poland in the group stage remains his only goal in nine Euro appearances.
Due to France’s struggles to score, Deschamps benched Antoine Griezmann for Ousmane Dembele. Spain’s first opportunity in the game was produced by Yamal, but Fabian Ruiz missed the target.
After that, Mbappe put up Kolo Muani for France’s first goal. But Olmo’s goal soon after and Yamal’s equalizer sealed Spain’s win. Mbappe wasted France’s finest opportunity to tie the score late in the game as he shot over the crossbar with the goalkeeper alone to beat.
