- Hindi News
- Sport
- France – Spain. World Cup semi-final | Mbappe will meet with Yamal in Dallas
Dallas11 hours ago
- copy link
France and Spain will meet at the FIFA World Cup in 20 years. The first semi-final of the 2026 World Cup between the two teams will take place at Dallas Stadium on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m.
The last World Cup meeting between these two teams was in 2006, when France defeated Spain 3-1 in the round of 16. A total of 38 matches have been played between the two teams so far, with Spain winning 18 and France 13, while 7 matches were drawn.
France captain Kylian Mbappe is in excellent form. He is leading the race for the Golden Boot, having scored a maximum of 8 goals in the current World Cup. On the other hand, Spain’s hopes rest on 19-year-old star Lamin Yamal.
Yamal created a number of great chances throughout the tournament, although they have only scored one goal so far. The last time the two teams met was in the semi-finals of the 2025 Nations League, where Spain won 5–4. Yamal scored two goals in that match.
France won all matches
France won all 6 of their matches in this tournament. In the group stage, France defeated Senegal 3–1, Iraq 3–0 and Norway 4–1. After that, in the 1/16 finals the team won against Sweden with a score of 3:0. They then defeated Paraguay 1–0 in the round of 16 and Morocco 2–0 in the quarter-finals.
If France wins…
If France wins this match, they will reach the World Cup final for the third time in a row. Previously, he won the 2018 World Championship. In 2022, there was a defeat in the final from Argentina.
Spain are unbeaten in the tournament
Spain has not yet lost a single match in the tournament. The team played 6 matches, scoring 5 wins and 1 draw. In the group stage, Spain defeated Saudi Arabia 4–0 and Uruguay 1–0. The match against Cape Verde ended in a 0:0 draw. Won 3–0 against Austria in the round of 16. They then defeated Portugal 1–0 in the round of 16 and Belgium 2–1 in the quarter-finals.
If Spain wins…
Spain will play a World Cup final for the first time since winning the title in 2010. In 2010 they beat the Netherlands 1-0.
French attack versus Spanish defense
France have an attacking pairing of Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele. In addition to Mbappe, Dembele scored 5 goals in the tournament. Ahead of them will be the Spanish defense, which has conceded just one goal in the tournament. Spain’s attack will be led by Lamin Yamal and Mikel Merino. Marino scored a maximum of 2 goals for the team.
Possible starting lineups for both teams:
France: Mike Magnan, Jules Kounde, Upamecano, William Saliba, Theo Hernandez, Amoy, Adrien Rabiot, Ousmane Dembele, Antoine Griezmann, Barca, Kylian Mbappe.
Spain: David Raya, Danny Carvajal, Robin Le Normant, Aymeric Laporte, Marc Cucurella, Rodri, Fabian Ruiz, Pedri, Lamin Yamal, Alvaro Morata, Nico Williams.
————————————-
Also read sports news…
India won the first women’s Test at Lord’s: beat England by 270 runs; Yastika’s century, Kranti, who took 7 wickets, is the man of the match.
The Indian team won the women’s Test, played for the first time in the 142-year history of Lord’s Cricket Ground. Under the captaincy of Harmanpreet Kaur, India defeated England by 270 runs. The Indian team defeated the home team in all three aspects – batting, bowling and fielding. full news
Make Dainik Bhaskar your favorite source on Google ➔
There’s more news…