PREVIEWING Spain vs. France Euro 2024 👀 'MBAPPE HASN'T BEEN GOOD ENOUGH' - Steve McManaman | ESPN FC

Amazing how they say Griezmann owes his career to Deschamps. France is trophyless without Griezmann the last 10 years. Griezmann saved all of France in 2016 and Didier would not even be coach without him.

If Justice is served Spain win this Euros BY farrrr the best team But I am afraid football doesnt work like that

If Griezmann doesn't start... France could kiss their chances goodbye. His understanding of the game, workrate and technical abilities is needed for France. That team is unlucky when Griezmann is not playing, they need to believe in him he's 33 and carried this France team for a long time.

"Spaniords are quite tired" cmon man, they acting like the spaniords dont have a plan lol

I think De La Fuente must consider playing Nacho at right back, with Vivian next to Laporte. I’m just not sure how Navas would fare against Mbappe

Dembele is going to be the different maker. He played against pretty much all of the Spain players at his times at Barcelona and played with some of them. It is like what he did against Barcelona

Wdf did Jules did to his Hairs!!

Robbie is a Spain hater. He is almost gone against them every game.

Spain vs France tomorrow in the semifinals of the EUROs, 2 teams that’ve had opposite tournaments up to this point and one of them can make it to the final. A lot of people are backing Spain to win this game and that’s because they’ve been the best team of the tournament as they’ve been absolutely dominant they’re on fire they have gotten results with ease and the football they’ve been playing has been breathtaking. Right now, they’re seen as the favorites to win the EURO because despite being drawn in a very challenging group, they’ve managed to win all of their games without conceding a goal and after easing Georgia beating them 4-1 in the RD of 16, they beat Germany 2-1 in extra time proving that against better teams they’re up for the task and are ready for a big test. This has been a team that’s been known for dominating possession and completing 1,000 passes a game and of course they still have quality midfielders, but what they have in Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams, is something that previous Spanish teams have never had which is 2 direct and exciting wingers on either side of the same team meaning that opposing teams have to try to find a way to keep both of them quiet. I have a feeling that if they score first, they’ll beat France because as great as their defense is, they have been lucky at times and they don’t know how to score an actual goal and on paper, they should be able to beat them tomorrow. It’s really amazing to me how France have managed to make it to the semifinals without scoring a single goal from open play and they’re on the brink of reaching another final in a major tournament. As much as people like to talk about their lack of goals, they haven’t conceded a goal from open play meaning that they’re defending well and in football attack wins you games, defense wins you titles. Their solidarity at the back has made up for them not scoring enough goals in attack and I wonder how sustainable this will be especially if they go behind 1-0 against Spain who are the much better team than them right now. As we’ve seen with them in the past, there have been times where they manage to still win games without even being the better team because assuming that France gets it right and they continue to defend well as a unit they’re capable of knocking them out if everyone shows up. This is a team who regardless of how they play, you don’t want to count them out I mean just a team that has made it to 3 finals in the last 4 major tournaments you have to still take them seriously because either their luck could run out or they produce another defensive masterclass. Spain have been playing the much better football and they’ve been more convincing than France, but part of major tournaments no matter how boring a team plays is being able to grind out results and then move on to the next game because what if a penalty and an own goal is enough for them to win tomorrow meaning they have a chance to win the EUROs without a goal from open play as own goals is their top scorer.

It’ll depend if Deschamps starts Camavinga That trio of Cama Tchoua and Kante can control a game

Never seen another team so disinterested in scoring goals!!!

Play giroud

This may end like the semi-finals France vs Germany in 2016... just a nasty snatch by France.

Looking at the names on the French roster I saw only one French name! 😂

Fun fact.. Mbappe has the 2nd most shots on goal in the entire tournament thus far.. Yes he hasn't scored but .. given his condition for him to still look this threatening.. I don't think he's been "underperforming" tbh.

The entire podcast want Spain to lose. They talk about a team that has scored 3 goals up to semi final and none of them are open play. Whereas Spain scored 11 goals conceded 2 goals one of them own goal Spain best team in the tournament. They beat Germany second best team. Which Espn thought will go through. Spain are much better as a team And they have a mysterious couch Let's see

Unfortunately the rest of their attack has been equally blunt and lackluster. It's not just a Mbappe problem.

Oii I'm not gonna lie Ousmane Dembele is absolute filth when it comes to dribbling but his finishing and final decision is woeful. Which is why i think after this tournament Olise will come to the fold, ESPECIALLY with his move to Bayern. Given he has both dribbling ability and a decent left foot.

Of course he plays and scores

When you factor Kylian Mbappe’s form and him not being fully fit and is uncomfortable wearing a mask and his supporting cast in attack misfiring, you wonder why France hasn’t scored a single goal from open play at the EUROs. It’s true that he has a better record at the World Cup than the EUROs which is a much harder competition, 12 goals in 14 games at the World Cup, 1 goal in 8 games at the EUROs. For god sake, own goals is leading the race to be the Golden Boot winner and we have a team who are on the brink of getting to the final without scoring an actual goal. Going into the semifinals against Spain, they’ve been elite at defending as a unit and their midfield has been key to how well they’ve been defending in this tournament, but the only concerning thing about that this team that everyone is talking about is how they’ve managed to make it this far without scoring a goal from open play. After producing yet another underwhelming performance against Portugal where he was subbed off with 15 minutes to go, there’s a feeling that for the game against Spain tomorrow, Mbappe needs to be dropped and it’s difficult for them to do that because they need him, you can see that he’s not 100% fit and he doesn’t look like himself on the pitch and in any other situation, you shouldn’t play him at all, because it’s a semifinal, you have to play your best players regardless of how they’re playing and how fit they are. In games like this against the best team of the tournament where your entire attack is struggling to score goals, this is where Mbappe is supposed to step up and put the team on your back especially since he’s supposed to be the face of football and other players have been able to perform while carrying an injury or having to use face protection, France as a whole have to get him in the game more and utilize him in areas where he best thrives as you got away with his lackluster performances in other games due to how good the defense was, but so they have a chance of winning this game if he remains off form and if that happens others have to step up and maybe they need another own goal to win.