There are some records that you can never truly predict being lost, even though they are supposed to be broken. The 16-year-old Lamine Yamal now holds two of those; the majority were set by the well-known Pelé.

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He equаlized the scоre with а beаutiful effоrt frоm the edge оf the bоx by the time the thirty minutes hаd elаpsed, breаking yet аnоther recоrd fоr Pelé by becоming the yоungest plаyer tо scоre in а mаjоr tоurnаment semifinаl.

When it counts, the best players have to step up. With Yamal’s success, Spain can now look forward to Sunday’s journey to Berlin’s Olympiastadion.

As events happened

Despite a flurry of vacant seats, the Munich Football Arena abruptly became a swarm of activity. In the first minute of play, the crowd heckled Marc Cucurella brutally. Later, it came to light that the hecklers were German supporters who were displeased with Cucurella’s alleged handball during their quarterfinal match.

There has been much coverage of France’s goalkeeping issues since their arrival in Germany. However, Randal Kolo Muani had the Bleus back to their exceptional best after just nine minutes of play that day. After receiving a pinpoint pass from Kylian Mbappé, the striker leaped to the top of the box, nodding past Unai Simón to shatter the red wall that had formed behind the goal.

Despite Spain’s apparent inability to convert possession into goals, Fabián Ruiz and Lamine Yamal gave up on trying to bring la Roja level. But they would quickly discover that patience is a virtue.

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So when la Roja took the lead in Munich four minutes after that momentous occasion, they could not believe their good fortune.

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Munich brought with it a whole different storyline and screenplay, but one thing that never altered was the audience’s indisputable distaste for Cucurella, who was subjected to ear-piercing jeers all the way until the very end.

France lagged around the halfway point and kept lagging as the hour marker approached. Ten minutes into the second half, Mbape’s feeble attempt to challenge Unai Simón or jeopardize Spain’s lead failed.

The most puzzling error of the evening, though, was Eduardo Camavinga’s well-timed dismissal of Hernández. His second attempt was misaimed, missing the target by a great distance above the trees when it would have been easier to find it.

Even Mbappé could not help France; he cut inside and opted for force over precision before departing with his head in his hands, realizing how awful the miss had gotten. Mbappé broke his nose on MD1 and was ultimately freed from the protective mask.

Even though la Roja had a flurry of late chances, it would turn out to be the game-winning miss. Though the Frenchman would not have chosen to encounter this initial challenge, Mbappé’s journey to EURO2024 has come to an end. In a most startling contrast, though, Yamal has come to life and it seems that the lad from Llobregat will never stop.

The lineups for ESP are as follows: Ruiz, Rodri; Cucurella, Laporte, Nacho, and Navas; Williams, Olmo, Yamal; Morata

Maignan, Rabiot, Tchouaméni, Kanté; Kolo Muani, Mbappé, Dembélé; Hernández, Upamecano, Saliba, Koundé; FRA: