Yamal scores twice as Spain beat France in historic Nations League match

TPO - Early this morning, Spain and France made a historic match. They scored 9 goals to set up the match with the most goals since the UEFA Nations League was born.

The second semi-final was an exciting affair. Both sides did not calculate and continuously threatened each other's goal. In the first half, Spain were the sharper and more effective. In the 22nd minute, Nico Williams opened the scoring for Spain and 4 minutes later, the French net shook again. Merino played a good one-two with his teammate and then finished the goal himself.

2-0 was the score of the first half, a half in which France had 13 shots but failed to score, while Spain had 2 goals.

In the second half, the goals appeared with even more terrifying frequency. In just 2 minutes, the Spanish defense punished the opponent's carelessness with 2 consecutive goals. First, Lamine Yamal successfully kicked the penalty. Then, Pedri skillfully handled and then skillfully passed the goalkeeper to increase the score to 4-0.

But it took France just 3 minutes to equalize. Mbappe successfully converted the penalty kick to rekindle the fragile hope for Les Bleus. Unfortunately, 8 minutes later, Yamal restored Spain's 2-goal advantage with his trademark tricky left-footed shot.

With a four-goal advantage, Spain knew they had a sure win. Three late goals from France - Rayan Cherki's long-range strike, a Spanish own goal and a stoppage-time winner from Randal Kolo Muani - were not enough for France. They suffered their second consecutive defeat to Spain (after the EURO 2024 semi-finals).

This is the match with the most goals since the Nations League was born, and also the first match in 56 years that France has conceded 5 goals to Spain.

Dang Lai

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