UEFA Nations League

FT Thursday, June 5, 2025
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Spain WWWDW 5
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Match Report

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Spain beats France 5-4 in thriller to reach Nations League final

Spain's teenage sensation Lamine Yamal inspired his country to a thrilling 5-4 win over France on Thursday to send the holders through to their third successive Nations League final where they will face Iberian neighbours Portugal.

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Team Stats

14
Fouls
17
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
6
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
6
56.6
Possession
43.4
24
SHOTS
16
9
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
453
Accurate Passes
323
503
Passes
393
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
2
14
Crosses
7
0.4
Cross %
0.3
27
Long Balls
43
14
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
7
Blocked Shots
8
6
Effective Tackles
14
12
Tackles
24
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
6
14
Effective Clearances
13
14
Clearances
13

Head to Head

ESP leads series 3-2

Lineups

ESP · 4-3-3

  1. 23Unai SimónG
  2. 12Dean HuijsenCD-L
  3. 3Robin Le NormandCD-R
  4. 24Marc CucurellaLB
  5. 2Pedro PorroRB
  6. 18Martín ZubimendiCM
  7. 6Mikel MerinoLM
  8. 20PedriRM
  9. 21Mikel OyarzabalF
  10. 11Nico WilliamsLF
  11. 19Lamine YamalRF

FRA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 16Mike MaignanG
  2. 5Clément LengletCD-L
  3. 15Ibrahima KonatéCD-R
  4. 22Theo HernándezLB
  5. 19Pierre KaluluRB
  6. 11Michael OliseAM
  7. 14Adrien RabiotLM
  8. 13Manu KonéRM
  9. 10Kylian MbappéF
  10. 24Désiré DouéAM-L
  11. 7Ousmane DembéléAM-R

Timeline

  1. 22' Goal! Spain 1, France 0. Nico Williams (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Mikel Oyarzabal.
  2. 25' Goal! Spain 2, France 0. Mikel Merino (Spain) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mikel Oyarzabal with a through ball.
  3. 33' Lamine Yamal (Spain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 51' Adrien Rabiot (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 54' Goal! Spain 3, France 0. Lamine Yamal (Spain) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  6. 55' Goal! Spain 4, France 0. Pedri (Spain) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nico Williams.
  7. 59' Goal! Spain 4, France 1. Kylian Mbappé (France) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  8. 63' Substitution, France. Malo Gusto replaces Pierre Kalulu.
  9. 63' Substitution, France. Rayan Cherki replaces Michael Olise.
  10. 63' Substitution, France. Bradley Barcola replaces Désiré Doué.
  11. 64' Substitution, Spain. Dani Olmo replaces Nico Williams.
  12. 64' Substitution, Spain. Fabián Ruiz replaces Pedri.
  13. 67' Goal! Spain 5, France 1. Lamine Yamal (Spain) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pedro Porro.
  14. 72' Substitution, France. Lucas Hernández replaces Clément Lenglet.
  15. 76' Substitution, France. Randal Kolo Muani replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
  16. 77' Substitution, Spain. Dani Vivian replaces Robin Le Normand.
  17. 77' Substitution, Spain. Samu Aghehowa replaces Mikel Oyarzabal.
  18. 79' Goal! Spain 5, France 2. Rayan Cherki (France) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
  19. 82' Theo Hernández (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  20. 84' Own Goal by Dani Vivian, Spain. Spain 5, France 3.
  21. 90'+1' Substitution, Spain. Gavi replaces Mikel Merino.
  22. 90'+3' Goal! Spain 5, France 4. Randal Kolo Muani (France) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rayan Cherki with a cross.
  23. 90'+4' Randal Kolo Muani (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  24. 90'+6' Gavi (Spain) is shown the yellow card.
  25. 90'+6' Manu Koné (France) is shown the yellow card.

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