Spain gave up a huge lead against France, but held up to win an exciting 5-4 victory on the Didier Deschamps side to reach the Nations League final on Thursday.
Spain's title defense continues and will set up a showpiece against Portugal in Munich on Sunday, while France will come across Germany in the play-off in third place.
Les Bleus started clearly, with Theo Hernandez who hit the bar on the parslack with a curly shot outside the balance, but Spain soon came forward.
Mikel Oyarzabal set two goals in three minutes halfway through the first half. He kept his defender to impose it on Nico Williams, who emphatically shot in the roof of the net for 22 minutes before he fed Mikel Merino around the corner at the bottom right.
Dean Huijsen was then refused a Maiden Spain goal just before half-time. He volleyed the pillows of Martin Zubimendi along Mike Maignan, but the goal was not allowed for offside.
¡¡𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗔𝗔𝗔𝗔𝗟 𝗗𝗘𝗟 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗭𝗢𝗢𝗢𝗢𝗢𝗢 !!
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Spain hit another Quickfire clap in the second half. Adrien Rabiot slid late in Yamal, who confidently converted the spot kick he won in the 54th minute and sent Meldan in the wrong way.
Pedri then added a little more than a minute later to La Roja and ended a nice one-two with Williams to thicken his efforts about Maignan and in the bottom corner.
Kylian Mbappe was then dragged down by Pedro Porro by Pedro Porro five minutes later, where the captain of France sent Unai Simon on the wrong side from 12 meters, but Yamal recovered the pillow of four goals in the 67th minute with a low shot.
Ousmane Dembele hit the foot of the post from an acute angle, but it was Rayan Cherki who scored the choice of the goals with 11 minutes.
Mbappe did brilliant to choose him on the edge of the D, and he lifted it in the air before he brought his laces through a stunning volley to mark his debut in France with a goal.
Les Bleus launched almost an unlikely late comeback, because Dani Vivian's dangerous delivery was converted into his own net by Dani Vivian, before Randal Kolo Muani Demolition of Spain Demolition to lead Cherki's cross along Simon in stop, but Spain held.
Spain 1-0 France (22 ') Spain 2-0 France (25') Spain 3-0 France (54 ') Spain 4-0 France (55') Spain 4-1 France (59 ') Spain 5-1 France (67') Spain 5-2 France (79 ') Spain 5-3 France (84') Spain 5-4 France (90 '+3)
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Data Debrief: Spain chases France again
Only twice did France admitted two goals in the opening of half an hour of matches under Deschamps, and Spain has been responsible for both occasions, also in their semi -final of the Euro 2024.
And it is the first time that Les Bleus has admitted five goals in one match in one match since 12 March 1969 against England (5-0).
In the meantime, Spain has scored at least three goals against France for the first time in the official competition and it is the first time they have scored five since June 1949 in a friendly in Paris (5-1).
France bravely fought back and almost forced extra time, but they could not end the winning series of La Roja. The side of Luis de la Fuente has not been lost since March 2023 when they were beaten 2-0 by Scotland in qualifying for Euro 2024.