The match is scheduled to start at 10 PM Lithuanian time.
France and Spain, both participating in their 17th World Cup, have met only once on the biggest football stage so far. On Tuesday, they will face each other at the home stadium of the NFL club “Dallas Cowboys” – this will be the first of two powerful tournament semifinals.
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Having become the FIFA ranking leader during the tournament, France has already scored 14 goals against opponents and conceded only two.
Spain started the group stage without scoring, playing against the unexpectedly resilient Cape Verde, but later outperformed opponents with a total score of 10:1.
Read more about this duel here.
However, in the last two matches, “La Roja” was saved only at the very end, when the decisive word was spoken by Mikel Merino, who came off the bench.
Spain’s goalkeeper Unai Simón set a World Cup record this summer – he did not concede a goal for 650 minutes. His streak was only broken in the 41st minute of the quarterfinal by the Belgian team.
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This will be France’s seventh World Cup semifinal and the fifth in the last eight tournaments.
Spain has previously reached the top four teams only twice – in 1950 and 2010. The latter run ended with the champion title.
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Continuously updated…
Match progress (France – Spain):
1st half:
7 min. So far, there have been no shots on target, but the Spaniards control the ball. They hold it for 65% of the playing time.
1 min. Kickoff! Spain starts the match with the ball. Let the final begin!
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