Spain v France LIVE: Euro 2024 newest rating and aim updates from semi-final
Spain take on France in a heavyweight battle in the first semi-final at Euro 2024, with the winner taking a place in the final in Berlin on Sunday 14 July.
La Roja battled past hosts Germany in an entertaining quarter-final in Stuttgart, with a 119th-minute Mikel Merino header giving them their place in the last four after an enthralling game.
Les Bleus fared a little worse in their quarter-final, squeezing past Portugal on penalties after a 120-minute display that was often tepid, pedestrian and lacking in attacking threat.
Questions remain over whether Didier Deschamps can take this side – who have not scored an open-play goal of their own all tournament – into a fourth final of his tenure. Luis de la Fuente’s impressive Spain side – who remain favourites to win the competition – lie in wait.
Follow all the latest updates from Spain v France below:
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
Better from Spain as Merino shifts it wide to Cucurella, whose cross is deflected out. Williams delivers, but France clear…
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
Upamecano’s pass to Kounde goes straight out of play, and both teams are struggling a bit here. Rodri dispossesses Camavinga, and Spain are knocking the ball again, and Camavinga is booked for a late challenge on Cucurella.
All a bit disjointed now as the Spanish players are committing fouls and staying down to disrupt the flow of the game.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
Laporte is still down, having hit his face in the collision with Giroud. He’ll be okay to carry on.
Simon hits a speculative ball long, and it runs out for a Spain throw. Deschamps looks edgy on the sideline.
Mbappe collects the ball from Barcola’s pass the left, and he’s one-on-one with Nacho. He stands him up and makes space for the shot, but he blasts it over the bar!
Pitch invader grabs Kylian Mbappe during Spain v France quarter-final at Euro 2024
A pitch invader was escorted off the field after grabbing Kylian Mbappeby the shirt on Wednesday, during France’s Euro 2024 clash with Spain.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
Giroud brings down Laporte as Griezmann chased a long ball, and the Spanish defender stays down.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
Spain had the counter opportunity from that France corner, but they didn’t look that interested.
Lamine Yamal still looks interested though – he cuts inside Hernandez and looks to bend an effort in from distance, but it’s too high.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
Dembele comes off for Giroud as France hunt that elusive equaliser.
Saliba brings down Yamal near halfway, and Spain look to keep the ball, but Saliba intercepts and they thread it to Barcola. He beats Nacho again down the left, but the former Madrid captain gets back well to deflect his cross out.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
CLOSE! Griezmann’s cross in is put back into the box by Dembele. There’s some pinball in the box as Spain try to clear, and eventually a white shirt rolls it to Hernandez on the edge of the box. He tries the first-time side-of-the-foot shot, but it flies over!
Luis de la Fuente makes changes, bringing on Mikel Merino and Mikel Oyarzabal for Morata and Olmo.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
Dembele’s early cross results in another corner. He delivers the out-swinging ball, but Spain clear, and it finds its way to Olmo in the middle.
It’s swept wide to Yamal but it’s all very pedestrian at the moment from Spain. You’d think they were 3-1 up in the 90th from the way they’re playing. ‘Taking the sting out of the game’.
Euro 2024: Spain 2-1 France
Nice idea from Kounde as he clips a cross in first-time after receiving the cutback from Dembele, but no French shirt was there.