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00:00The famous Marienplatz, it is the home of Bayern Munich and this is the first semi-final
00:06Spain without suspended defenders Dani Carvajal and Robben Linard-Moore have handed starts
00:11to 38-year-old Jesus Navas and 34-year-old Nacho.
00:15Pedri's tournament is over due to an knee injury so Dani Oymo with two goals in his
00:20last two matches off the bench plays from the outset.
00:23The attacking constellation still features Alvaro Morata as well as Lamine Yamal and
00:28Nico Williams.
00:29France have gone with the same fortress defence all the way through including Bayern's Dario
00:35Upamecano for whom it is akin to a home game.
00:38Adrian Rabiot returns from suspension and comes in for Edoardo Kamavinga, Ousmane Dembele
00:46and Dani Ormol scored a fabulous goal at this venue in the German Supercup for Leipzig at
00:55the start of last season, actually met at a hat-trick but the early goal was the highlight.
00:59Williams and it stays in play for Lamine Yamal and all that goes down as a glorious chance
01:08my goodness Fabian Ruiz wasn't picked up.
01:12But how has he missed?
01:16The stadium stood still just waiting for it to hit in, how many times have we seen Yamal
01:21do that?
01:22It's a wonderfully timed run, he's cushioned the header, he's measured it but headed it
01:28over.
01:29The timing of the run, everything is...
01:33Morata ungraciously slams his head into the ground but it's a big role for Colombo tonight,
01:39his link-up play can be questioned at times.
01:44Ousmane Dembele, he's coming to the starting XI, he's picking it out towards Mbappe,
01:50there's a suspicion of handball and that's a brilliant start for France, come on Mourinho!
01:58Ali Leblanc is the toy.
02:00Goal!
02:18Well they might have to check possible handball but right now it's the first French girl from
02:24open play at this Euro.
02:27First blow to France, and you can't give this man time and space on the wing, he loves to
02:33drift that wide, he loves this area, there's no handball, and it's a wonderful cross, it's
02:39a brilliantly timed run, everything about it.
02:43You've got to get tighter from Jesus Navas, it's harsh, he's up against the best in the
02:47world but you just can't give him that space, he'll put it on the sixpence, he's done that
02:53and it's a great finish, and his first step to France.
03:02Godoy, Simon, didn't even move.
03:07Unrivaled French joy, and talking it over in the Spanish camp, and everyone waiting here
03:15for the referee, Dembele cutting in, good use of the ball, bit of an overload situation
03:23and freedom now for Mbappé, spinning and turning, trying to fire it towards goal, might
03:31still work out here but it's straight away, Nacho for Spain, the alarm bells were ringing
03:37again.
03:39The pace of the game completely changes when it gets to that man, and they're doubling
03:43up on him now, they know that Jesus Navas can't deal with him, he still manages to get
03:49inside, they have to start rethinking this soon.
03:52France, by the way, haven't lost in any of the last six major tournament semifinals,
03:58the trend is their friend.
04:01And what a goal that was, Lenin Yamal, you're looking at the youngest ever scorer at the
04:10Euros, it has happened.
04:19Welcome to the world, Sage, it's just brilliant, France have got so many players in the way,
04:48they say, fine, okay, have a go, and it is perfect, one of the world goalkeepers, one
04:57of the top stoppers in the world, cannot get near it, and it is perfect, what a response.
05:09Lenin Yamal doesn't turn 17 until Saturday, suffice it to say he's celebrating early.
05:19Not what Mbappe and France had in mind, number 19, a special number, at Euro 2024.
05:30Now he has lit up this tour.
05:31Fox, it's the other European Championship semifinal, the Netherlands against England
05:37in Dortmund.
05:39Average starting at 2pm Eastern, 11am Pacific on Fox.
05:44A Dutch earlier, one or two problems with the Deutsche Bahn, German railway system.
05:51Danny Ormo for Jesus Navas, wants to get forwards, Danny Ormo, instant control,
05:57can he put it away, it's gone in, off Jean Tenday, it's been turned on his head, Spade
06:05hit the front.
06:30And you cannot take your eyes off this, even for a fleeting moment.
06:35France are stunned, Spain are electric, the football they're playing is insulating,
06:40the movement of the ball, and this is Ormo, what he's been doing since the start of tournament,
06:46making an impact, what a touch, around too many, and I'm just going to get my shots away,
06:52get it on target, he's going in, Tenday can do nothing about it, and he's brilliant
06:58individual football, in two instances, one from the winger and now from the man of the tournament,
07:07Danny Ormo, what a half we're having. Muscular this, for Spain, what a response, after falling
07:20behind, footballing family, his brother Alex, with Cadiz for the last few years,
07:29and in Yamal for Fabian Ruiz, and a deflection there, from over, but managed to recover.
07:37Now maybe scope for France to attack, Corte, Dembele, and reacting was Uday Simon,
07:46he's raising his glove, well the alterations have the desired effect, for Didier Deschamps and France.
07:58Dembele, waiting, curling this one in, and for Mercado, he got it horribly wrong.
08:04That's a big chance, a big chance for Mercado, he gets half a yard, he's just got to guide it
08:15back across the goal, and this time, this time's a jump, he's coming back down again.
08:20Now he knew it didn't, on Vox,
08:26Griezmann, trying to do a prompting, and it was Dembele, got there just ahead of
08:33Cuporea, Camavinga, showing bite, oh it's to Hernandez, it's a moment he would love to have back.
08:41Oh what a waste, it's a glorious chance, and it's a clever ball from Griezmann,
08:52Dembele doesn't get it right, and then Fabian Ruiz doesn't get it right either,
08:56and he's on the wrong foot, Hernandez, he's thinking if he comes to him on his left,
09:01on his preferred foot, he's burying that, there's no control over it, it's just a swing of a leg.
09:12Rodri, midfield, Fulcrum, Merino,
09:20Lamin Yamal, not afraid to shoot here, Lamin Yamal, he thought he had a chance,
09:30well they were off the bench, as soon as they stepped inside, he knew what was coming,
09:35Tejon Hernandez is tiring, the French defence is tiring,
09:42first Spanish straight,
09:46and Rodri went in for that one, they're going to have to cover up defensively,
09:49Danny Vivian and company against Camavinga, couldn't make a catch,
09:56wasted opportunity, the French fans know it.
09:59Well the hands on the head behind the goal, some of the story, you just can't quite believe that
10:08he's done that, it's where he wants to be, it's in the position he wants to be, he's got the
10:12defenders backtracking, this is his moment, this is what he's waiting for, and he's blazed it over,
10:18it's not even close, just unagreeable in the sheer depth of available ingredients and flavours,
10:25but now it's all about digging deep defensively,
10:29Correa's man there, and he wants the corner, Correa for company.