Spain's national team eliminated its rival France from the semi-final of the 2026 World Cup.
The Matadors succeeded in knocking out the Roosters after winning with two clean goals in the match held between them at Dallas Stadium.
Spain's goals were scored by Mikel Oyarzabal in the 22nd minute from a penalty kick, and Pedro Porro in the 58th minute.
Oyarzabal the goalscorer
Oyarzabal became Spain's highest scorer in a single edition with 5 goals, after equaling the records of Emilio Butragueño in the 1986 World Cup and David Villa in 2010.
Oyarzabal also became Spain's top scorer in the current edition with 5 goals, followed by Mikel Merino and Pedro Porro with two goals each.
The second final
This is Spain's second final in history in the World Cup.
Spain has never lost a semi-final match before.
The Matadors won the 2010 World Cup title, held in South Africa, after defeating the Netherlands in the final with a goal by Andrés Iniesta.
Spain's national team awaits the winner of Argentina and England in the other semi-final scheduled for Wednesday evening.
Yamal, Mbappé's nemesis
Lamine Yamal, Spain's star, also confirmed his superiority over France's striker Kylian Mbappé.
Yamal succeeded in achieving victory for the ninth time against Mbappé, in their matches with the national teams "Spain against France", or the clubs "Barcelona against Paris Saint-Germain or Real Madrid."
Meanwhile, Kylian Mbappé achieved victory twice, the first with Paris Saint-Germain and the second with Real Madrid.
Spain the most victorious
Spain's national team confirmed its superiority over France during the past twenty years.
The two teams have met 11 times since 2006.
Spain's national team won in 8 matches, while France won twice, and they drew once.
France has not achieved a victory against Spain for 5 years, when the Roosters won the UEFA Nations League title against Spain.
The two teams met 3 times after that, the first in the semi-final of Euro 2024 and Spain won 2-1, the second in the semi-final of the UEFA Nations League and Spain won 5-4, before today's match.
Spain's national team succeeded in equalizing the head-to-head record against France in the World Cup matches that brought them together.
The two teams met once before today's match, in the round of 16 of the 2006 World Cup, and France's national team won 3-1.
France reached the final in that edition before losing on penalties to Italy.
Spain's national team also confirmed its superiority by winning against France in all tournaments over the past two years, in the semi-final of the Euro tournament, the Olympic final, and the semi-final of the UEFA Nations League, before eliminating the Roosters in the semi-final of the World Cup.
First loss in 40 years
France's national team lost a World Cup semi-final match for the fourth time in its history out of a total of 8 matches.
This is the first time that France's national team has lost in the semi-final since the 1986 edition.
France's national team lost in the semi-final 4 times: 1958 against Brazil - 1982 against Germany - 1986 against Germany - 2026 against Spain
While it won 4 matches in the editions of 1998 against Croatia - 2006 against Portugal - 2018 against Belgium - 2022 against Morocco
