Spain coach Luis de la Fuente said his team is ready to play and win after
Lamine Yamal and Dani Olmo got the goals for La Roja to book a place in the final of the Euro 2024 Championship.
Yamal, 16, became the youngest to score in the Euro and Spain emerged the only team to win six games in a row becoming the first team ever to win six in a row.
“We are very happy, the happiness was already great to get here but now it is much greater,” said de la Fuente.
“I feel a lot of pride for these players, they are exceptional, they know how to play and read the games in an extraordinary way.
“We have returned Spanish football to where it belongs. We have to value what these players are doing. We want to continue making history, we don’t want to relax, we have to stay focused to face the final in Berlin.”
England and Netherlands will play the second semi-final on Wednesday and de la Fuente added: “It doesn’t matter who the opponent is, we’ve already seen the journey we’ve had in this European Championship.
“They are two great rivals and we are waiting for them with open arms. We want to win the final.”
France had scored first through Kolo Muani from a Kylian Mbappe cross in the ninth minute. Spain turned the match around in a four-minute period, scoring twice against a side who had only conceded once in five previous games in this tournament. Yamal, who turns 17 a day before Sunday’s final equalised with a superb strike from outside the box, curling a long-range effort into the top corner and past the fingertips of an airborne Mike Maignan.
Spain took the lead on 25 minutes, Dani Olmo expertly gathering a loose ball and firing a low shot into the net with the aid of a deflection off Jules Kounde.
Masters of midfield game management, Spain shut up shop after taking the lead, frequently holding possession rather than attack on the counter, controlling the match and claiming the win.
France’s best chance to force extra time fell to their captain with five minutes remaining, but Mbappe blasted well over with only goalkeeper Unai Simon to beat. With agency reports
