Referees: Ivan Barton, David Moran, Henri Pupiro (El Salvador)
France: Maignan, Kounde, Upamecano, Saliba (Min. 30 Lacroix), Digne (Min. 72 Theo Hernandez), Tchouameni, Rabiot (Min. 46 Kone), Dembele, Olise (Min. 73 Cherki), Barcola (Min. 57 Doue), Mbappe
Spain: Simon, Porro (Min. 84 Llorente), Cubarsi, Laporte, Cucurella, Rodri, Ruiz (Min. 78 Pedri), Yamal, Olmo (Min. 78 Merino), Baena (Min. 84 Nico Williams), Oyarzabal (Min. 74 Torres)
Goals: Min. 22 Oyarzabal (penalty), Min. 58 Porro (Spain)
Yellow cards: Min. 10 Rabiot, Min. 86 Mbappe (France), Min. 31 Cucurella (Spain)
Spain beat France 2-0 in the 2026 FIFA World Cup and reached the final of the tournament for the second time.
Spain, which had the upper hand against France in the center, had the ball throughout the first half. France, on the other hand, tried to score a goal with Mbappe in the opponent's goal with quick attacks and deep passes.
In France, which seemed ineffective in the midfield against the Spanish pressure, Mbappe, who has 8 goals in the tournament so far, touched the ball 15 times, and only 1 of these contacts took place in the penalty area.
Spain, which controlled the game in the first half with its fluency in passing traffic, carried its defensive performance, which allowed only 1 goal throughout the tournament, to this match and dominated the locker room.
During the Spanish attack in the 20th minute, when Yamal fell to the ground due to Digne's intervention in the penalty area, referee Ivan Barton showed the penalty point.
Oyarzabal, who took the shot in the 22nd minute, hit the ball hard from the corner where goalkeeper Maignan reached: 0-1.
In the 36th minute, Barcola shot the ball to his right in front of the penalty area, and the ball went over the top.
In the 37th minute, Ruiz tried to complete the pass made by Yamal, who entered the penalty area with Olmo's pass, but the ball went to the corner with the intervention of Upamecano.
In the 42nd minute, Mbappe took action with Rabiot's pass in the rapidly developing French attack. However, Simon, who came out of his goal in time, prevented the danger from escalating with a critical intervention in the facing position.
France, which came out on the field in the second half to turn the game from falling behind for the first time in the tournament, scored the second goal in the minutes when it tried to find rhythm in the third zone with the entry of Kone and Doue.
In the 58th minute, Porro, who entered the penalty area from the right side after doing a back-and-forth with Olmo, put the ball into the net past goalkeeper Maignan in a face-to-face position: 0-2.
In the 66th minute, Mbappe shot from the front line of the penalty area and the ball went to the corner with the intervention of Cucurella.
In the 81st minute, during a fast-paced French attack, goalkeeper Simon came out of the penalty area and headed the ball away from the defense. Goalkeeper Simon took control of Doue's shot, which received the returning ball, and controlled the ball in two moves.
In the 89th minute, Mbappe made a free throw from the left diagonal of the penalty area, and the ball went over the top.
Spain won the match 2-0 at the 70 thousand-seat Dallas Stadium and advanced to the final for the first time since it became champion in 2010. Spain will face the winner of the Argentina-England match in the final to be played in New York on July 19.
France, which played in the semi-finals for the third time in a row, could not get a ticket to the final this time.
France won the championship in Russia in 2018 and lost on penalties against Argentina in the final in Qatar in 2022.
Spain, which left the field with a victory in the last two official matches between the two teams, achieved its 3rd consecutive victory against its opponent.
Spain, which beat France 2-1 in the semi-finals of the 2024 European Football Championship and became the champion in the tournament, won 5-4 at the same stage in the Nations League last year.
French star Kylian Mbappe, who shared the top spot with Lionel Messi in the golden shoe race by scoring 8 goals in 6 matches in this tournament, could not experience goal joy against Spain.
Mbappe, who scored two goals each against Senegal, Iraq and Sweden, and one against Morocco and Paraguay, completed the 90 minutes goalless against Spain after Norway.
Lamine Yamal, who scored 3 of the 7 goals he scored for Spain against France, also scored the net in this match, but his joy was cut short by the assistant referee's flag.
The 19-year-old football player, who scored once in the semi-finals of the 2024 European Football Championship, also scored twice in the semi-finals of the 2024-25 UEFA Nations League.
Spain extended its unbeaten streak to 37 matches
With 27 wins and 9 draws in the last 36 matches, Spain extended its longest unbeaten streak in its history to 37 matches.
Spain was last defeated 1-0 by Colombia in the friendly match played in London on March 22, 2024.
France National Team Coach Didier Deschamps became the coach who played the most matches in the history of the World Cup.
The 57-year-old coach played his 26th match of the tournament against Spain.
At the top of the list was German coach Helmut Schön, who played in 25 matches between 1966 and 1978.
Deschamps, who was announced to leave his post after the tournament, played his last match as head of the French National Team.