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France vs Spain Extended Highlights 2026 FIFA World Cup Semifinals
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00:00I'm sure many getting the start in the center of the park his fourth start of
00:04the tournament missed the last two games through injury Mike Magnon continues in
00:07goal he's played now all seven matches for them getting the start in this one
00:11who Pamukkano has started every match this is the French team has only
00:14conceded two goals in the tournament can they continue that Barcola comes in for
00:18Douai on that left-hand side Alise sits on five assists and Kylian Mbappe keeps
00:24his place as you would expect the captain up front on eight goals in the
00:29tournament for France on the other side for Spain it's an unchanged lineup
00:33Unai Simon in goal had his 649 shutout minute streak snapped against the
00:39Belgians in the last one conceding one goal and for the first time in World
00:43Cup history a pair of teenagers starting in a semi-final one of them you know
00:48that's Lamine Yamal number 19 a day after his 19th birthday the other Pau
00:53Cubarsi in the back the 19 year old Spaniard has played every single minute of
00:58the tournament you're about to find out here in Dallas as we are underway in the
01:04FIFA World Cup semi-final France Le Bleu in blue Spain La Roja changing to
01:10white so we have a maximum color contrast down on that field and that was about
01:16to find his streaking away Mbappe that's a really important block there
01:21now Lamine Yamal on Luka Dina back in for Dani Ombau
01:26picked away by Robbie on the edge of the box no Yvonne Barton and it starts with
01:31Lamine Yamal attracting two players and yeah look there's this contact on the top of the
01:36foot I know he gets the ball first right there but the following so whether he tries to just
01:41float it over here could this be that moment just ten minutes into the semi-final
01:47walks away it's by it instead try to catch out the French he puts it right in the wall
01:51Yamal recovers he'll clip this up to the back post a little of a touch there for a
01:56public can all it look like to send it along and the follow-up cross is blocked by
02:00Jules Goude out for a throw the ball tied it almost won it coming from behind when they
02:04played last year in Stuttgart we were there for that game in the Nations
02:07League Spain built a 4-0 lead then a 5-1 lead in the second half before France
02:14created some chaos in the last 15 minutes then it finished 5-4
02:20Kukurea able to stretch out and reach that one early cross back post to
02:24fall for Yosawa Dina never saw Yamal coming he fouled him it's a penalty penalty for Spain
02:32Yamal snuck in the backside of the veteran Luca Dina so now that head goes up so now
02:38he gets turned waiting for it and Yamal just gambles he's able it's a nice height
02:43for him he knows he can get a touch because look at Dina now he's only focused
02:46on the ball doesn't see Lamal so he gets a touch on it and then there's context on
02:52Luminum all after yeah that's a penalty but Mike Bignol is a penalty specialist in
02:58goal and this comes midway through the first half in the World Cup semi-final here
03:04in Dallas
03:08Italy is out of scores Spain go out in front
03:34time to wait for this one you see him strolling up to it right now but then he'd already made
03:39up his decision he's not waiting for Magnol
03:41he already knows he's picking out that corner head down stays over the ball that's a terrific penalty
03:48in a game that has just been going through the motions in his career more than any player in France's
03:53history
03:54he scored more goals in these types of games knockout games at a World Cup than any man ever even
03:59the Messi
04:00oh no
04:02Saliba was running back with that ball and just
04:06felt something went straight down to the ground
04:13so a huge moment for France right now they have to make a first half set
04:17playing with the ball looking of course one or two little flashes for France on the
04:21counter-attack but Spain defending it really well and really aggressively
04:26and Olisse goes down in a heap and he wins a free kick and that's going to be a yellow
04:29card
04:31Cucurea showed the yellow
04:32it would be great for France to start to get Olisse going a little bit more but to do so
04:36they have to have
04:37control of the ball in the attacking part of the field to really get set up and allow him to
04:42float
04:44it's not that it's been all easy for France it was
04:47a very difficult game against Paraguay on the 4th of July in brutal conditions in Philadelphia
04:52took him an hour against Morocco in the last round
04:54it's by Anna gonna get on the end of that one he touches it wide the flag comes up for
04:59offside
05:02you can see right in the middle of the screen but right after that look at the gap between the
05:05two
05:05center backs there and Lacroix and Upamekano having a little conversation after that
05:11the penalty goal just about 15 minutes ago is the difference that just got through to Timbele
05:17opens it up wide Bradley Barcala working on Poro
05:21Barcala cuts it in as Dini on the outside
05:23takes it himself puts it on target
05:25that's better though from the strikes here ball didn't get enough dip at the end of that play
05:33well Spain pressing high Ben you almost showed too much of that one does give it away by Anna
05:44the ball turns over in the back Spain high pressure now look how they buzz around one two touch
05:53Jamal comes in flips it around the corner stays on his run that's in the back of the net Fabian
05:57Ruiz coming
05:5840 yards from the goal to pick up the ball but then everybody fills in his space so you're constantly
06:04marking different players they've flooded the midfield
06:07one I see him on 40 yards out had to get there in time it did that was a wonderful
06:13sequence with
06:14Robbie oh and Barcala
06:16Oh he would have been tight it's hard to say because that camera angle is not right down the line
06:20so I'm glad they let the play go
06:22but this is right right now to this Manu Kone is coming on for Adriana Rabiot didn't get the free
06:27kick for Ivan Barton big moment for him 35 year old from El Salvador
06:33in charge of a World Cup semi-final for the first time clipped over the top Jamal can he sneak
06:37it behind him
06:38well
06:38Lamine Jamal breaks it down Lamine Jamal didn't have much of an angle Mignol made himself big
06:44and then the flag comes up well as everything for him so far has been he's pretty clear just a
06:49bit offside
06:49but it's a run that's going to keep Dinia a little bit more honest
06:53tricky if not impossible to pronounce if you're not a Castilian Spanish speaker
06:57but he is as clutch a player as exists on the planet
07:00and it's his penalty goal that separates the teams right now
07:03Baena
07:04he was trying to flick it there and hit his plant leg
07:07second chance of cycling around
07:10doesn't match the top corner by much Mignol didn't move
07:12like why came off the bench
07:14won the penalty kick that was the only goal in that game
07:19it's not a sound on the other side one clearly by Baena
07:21and then he misplays the pass
07:24Palma Cano for Elisa
07:25for Barcala
07:261v1 on the outside with Pedro Paul
07:28Barcala trying to drag him inside
07:30and I see what was alert to come get him
07:33big applause from the crowd seen Dewey come in
07:39and PSG player replacing another PSG player
07:44third substitution of the game for France
07:46they have two remaining but only one remaining
07:49high-intensity pressing and it was good
07:50there with guys 1v1
07:52but when every player for Spain can get out of pressure like that
07:55Danny Omo
07:57Alina forced a slope to wait for it
07:59Alina blocked second chance
08:01cuts it back in
08:02Rotary now surveys his options
08:04clips it in towards him all the way by Dinia
08:08and Ruiz who's never lost a game he's played for Spain
08:14Porro
08:15Olmo the return
08:16Pedro Porro
08:41stop tracking back so here he is now as this ball comes into Danny Omo
08:46and Ruiz
08:46just glides in
08:47LaCroix everybody
08:48looking at Danny Omo
08:50everybody forgets about
08:53he knew he was
08:54gonna get that ball back
08:56and what a finish it is
08:57down low to Mañan's corner
08:58that touch there trying to round the corner
09:01goes straight into his pack
09:02but the first touch and the second touch is the one that matters
09:06because it's at an angle now he can
09:08now we're played here in Dallas
09:20he's
09:21trying to make a run off the ball
09:22gets inside
09:22LaCroix
09:22LaCroix
09:23LaCroix
09:24LaCroix
09:28LaCroix
09:29the flag comes up for offside
09:32this was the offside that you're gonna get a look on Yamal's goal so
09:36you know it's pretty clear
09:39that he was offside
09:41but man that is close
09:43he's smart because he's timing his run
09:45as I said
09:46genius
09:47really just
09:48tough one day
09:49with
09:50the high octane attack this French team has
09:53there is just this control this business-like approach
09:55European champions
09:57they're showing you what
09:59what can kill you to Mbappe
10:00who has a great record of scoring goals against Spain
10:03due against him
10:04to the byline
10:05and trying to catch out
10:06Uda Simona
10:07in this near post
10:08it's corner
10:08and that's just Mbappe saying
10:09alright I'm gonna try to make something happen here
10:22who's not in being
10:23who's not in being
10:25who's gonna find him
10:26Mbappe out
10:29jeshoade out for a corner
10:33Mbappe reminding you this isn't over
10:34yet he's done this before they've done this before drifted wide centrally but
10:41this is also about bringing some fresh legs into the game and now you bring on
10:44Taran and as it left back he's going to have a little bit more license just a
10:50great goal scorer 48 he's hoping to not have that streak in here today for me to
10:56the last two games McKeown
11:00Mario on the ball for the first time today
11:04Adrian the ball for the first time today
11:07that's Baena on the outside
11:09that's Baena on Jule Kunde
11:12going to clip that one up the header
11:14looping wide
11:15Theron Torres there
11:18yeah it took a little deflection
11:20because that one just goes wide it takes that little deflection on the cross
11:25to be a shot who will be stepping down from the job at the end of the World Cup
11:29might have ten minutes to go
11:31and as he put it to Jenny Taff the other day
11:34his lifetime
11:36with this French team as a player
11:38and as manager almost 300 games in total
11:42clip long and bomb it trying to chase it
11:44oh nice Siobhan is out
11:45he knocks it sideways
11:46the goal is empty
11:48Desiree Douai
11:49blocked by Simón
11:51just made his body big
11:56comes a long way to get this Unai Simón
11:58but watch Kubarsi
11:59he drops onto his line
12:01so now his
12:02Simón is
12:04tracking back towards his goal
12:06for a slow to get up
12:07he's down hurt
12:08France playoff with a bad advantage right now
12:10poked away from Mbappe
12:11held in by Shulmeni
12:13rolls it along to the far side
12:15Shulmeni
12:15fires across
12:16and it was missed by Lepart
12:17and cleared away by Kubarsi
12:19holding as far as Epamakano
12:21here's Teo Hernandez
12:22Pora back up on his feet defending
12:24Can Hernandez get back to that one?
12:26No!
12:27And did he kick the ball?
12:28Did he kick Unai Simón?
12:31Simón is down holding his face
12:32the decision on the field
12:34is for a call
12:34coming off his line aggressively
12:36as he's done all game
12:37no
12:38so it's the ball
12:38and there's a little bit of contact after
12:40but the ball here
12:41look at
12:41Teo Hernandez hits
12:43that ball
12:44and
12:45there's no contact with his
12:47terrific job starting
12:48on that left wing for Spain
12:50at this tournament
12:50who joins him now on the bench
12:55and indeed it was changed on video
13:03he just
13:04he plays the game in a different way
13:06and he has a little something different
13:08he clips it forward
13:08but there was no one in blue running onto it
13:18the cheers for Sergio Robles and Carlos Puyo
13:21on the video board
13:22as Mbappe
13:23will pick up a yellow card
13:30yeah
13:31yeah that's just
13:31it's frustration from Mbappe
13:33he catches Unai Simón in the face
13:37I'd say this
13:39it's gonna almost fall free
13:40to Nico Williams
13:41that was an acrobatic clearance in the end
13:43from Schumeni
13:45and here's the thing for killing Mbappe
13:47he's already had a weird two years in Spain
13:49at Real Madrid
13:49and now he's gonna go back to Spain after this
13:52unless he can change the story
13:53Scherke dumped off it
13:54but it finds
13:56Desiree Dwey now
13:57as Teo Hernandez
13:58elects to keep it
13:59and wins a foul
14:01just outside the box
14:03off Lamine Yamal
14:04you're crazy
14:05he's
14:06he's also got Scherke with him
14:08but I'm imagining
14:09he's just gonna try to hit a
14:10power knuckleball
14:12looking for that far post
14:15with two minutes for stoppage
14:17time to go in the World Cup semi-final
14:19Piquelian Mbappe
14:20puts it over
14:24just hasn't happened
14:25leaning back a lot
14:26yet you have to do a lot
14:28from there to beat
14:28the nice and most
14:30that's why he's trying to hit it so hard
14:31he's actually trying to wrap around it
14:32to come over the wall
14:34and hit the corner
14:36it is
14:37it's wild
14:38and we see this at every World Cup
14:39we've done
14:40is the leading moment
14:41he's gonna get to that loose ball
14:42that was Murillo
14:43who won the header
14:44teams that get to this point
14:46have done an awful lot right
14:47and then you get to a certain level
14:48where you can't do anything right
14:50we're gonna scream about that
14:52decision on the field
14:53is no foul
14:54by Teo Hernandez
14:55on Lamine Yamal
14:58Poland the video assistant referee
15:00having the same look that we are right now
15:03no not a foul
15:04not a penalty
15:05we're hoping for a big number on the board
15:08of stoppage time
15:11or will Spain make history with their sixth shutout
15:14at one tournament
15:16that record streak that they had included
15:18the last game of the last World Cup
15:20great interchange here
15:21Cherki
15:22into the middle
15:23that was Mbappe
15:24it's Mark Kukurea
15:26who's getting the celebrations
15:27as he tackles it out
15:28six minutes in the last game against Morocco
15:30and they do the same thing here
15:33Cherki
15:35out for Kone
15:37Kone clips that one in
15:39awkward bounce
15:39but all the way through
15:40yeah it was great play by France
15:43it's a total track
15:46Mbappe Simone set to make history
15:48as the first goalkeeper
15:49ever to have
15:50six shutouts
15:51in a single edition
15:52of the men's
15:53FIFA World Cup
15:54Ferran Torres
15:55got to the loose ball
15:56Nico Williams
15:58just happened to slow it up
15:59into Palma Cano
16:00can he provide an exclamation point
16:03in at the near post
16:04and it touched Mignon
16:05did not
16:06injury
16:06thought he
16:07did pick up an injury
16:09after two games
16:10was unavailable
16:11came back in the last match
16:12for some minutes off the bench again
16:13and that's another weapon
16:15that now
16:16Spain will start
16:17working his way back
16:18to full
16:19fitness
16:19but
16:20well they might have a chance here
16:21to create something
16:22Cherki from Mbappe
16:23for Dembele
16:25Rosemont Dembele
16:26right and right
16:27Simón
16:27against this French attack
16:29and look at the
16:30he's low right now
16:31he's Simón
16:31and as he knows
16:33he just waits
16:33it's right now
16:34he doesn't really end up in the score sheet
16:35as a goal or an assist would
16:37and this is a very good French team
16:38everybody knows that
16:40but they were made to look
16:42not very good today
16:43and that is just
16:44a credit to how good
16:46this Spanish team is
16:48they're frightening
16:49Dembele
16:50saved by Simón
16:51third of the game
16:52more than he's had
16:52in any other game
16:54at this tournament
16:54but still not beaten
16:55more than the one
16:56and that was against Belgium
16:58in the last round
17:00Mbappe
17:00another chance
17:01comes in over
17:04so dominant
17:06started with that draw
17:08we were there
17:08they've only gotten better since
17:11that's the end
17:12here in Dallas
17:13Spain
17:14for the second time
17:15in their history
17:16will play
17:17in the FIFA World Cup Final
17:41and let's send you
17:42down to our right
17:43to Rebecca Lowe
17:44as it finishes
17:45here in Dallas
17:46in the World Cup
17:47semi-final
17:48Spain
17:49two
17:50France
17:51nil
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