When the moment came when France needed to chase goals, they didn’t quite know what to do after being defensive all tournament
took place in Munich in front of an audience mainly of disappointed Germany fans who had been hoping to watch their team.
That record, frankly, seemed confected - all credit to Yamal for a superb achievement, but Pele remains the youngest player to appear in a World Cup semi-final.Some 21 minutes had passed in Munich when Yamal received a lay-off from Alvaro Morata 25 metres out to the right of the D. His first touch took the ball towards the centre line of the pitch. Adrien Rabiot faced up to him, William Saliba behind Rabiot, Mike Maignan alert in goal.
Gliding down the French left he suddenly shifted to his right and curled a fantastic cross to the back post, a ball so good Randal Kolo Muani had almost no choice but to head it into the net. But before the ball had time to bounce, Olmo’s right foot came back across and flicked it right with the outside of his foot, completely deceiving Tchouameni and setting Olmo free into space. His third touch was a vicious right-footed shot towards the far post that bounced in off Jules Koundé, but was going in anyway.
Dembele and Mbappé threatened sporadically from the wings, France slung a few diagonal crosses into the box, but it was nothing Spain’s defenders couldn’t deal with.
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