🎥 5 legendary goals from France v Spain 🔥

There have been some bangers.
This Thursday evening, France takes on Spain in the semi-finals of the Nations League. Over the years, this matchup has become a classic of international football and has often given us memorable goals.
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To mark the occasion, OneFootball takes you back to the most striking goals from this confrontation.
5️⃣ - Zinédine Zidane (2000)
We start with a gentle one with this magnificent free kick from Zinédine Zidane against Spain in the quarterfinals of Euro 2000.
4️⃣ - Franck Ribéry (2006)
Franck Ribéry's birth certificate was issued on a June evening in 2006 in Hanover. Perfectly launched by Patrick Vieira, the winger went on to score a goal at least as cult as the comments of Thierry Gilardi that accompanied it.
3️⃣ - Zinédine Zidane (2006)
Look, Zizou is back. While the Spanish had sworn to send him into retirement in the round of 16 of the 2006 World Cup, the French maestro delighted throughout the match.
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ZZ even afforded the luxury of definitively killing off Spanish hopes by scoring the 3-1 goal, putting Carles Puyol in the wind.
2️⃣ - Karim Benzema (2021)
As France is being roughed up by Spain and has just conceded the first goal in the Nations League final, the Blues react just two minutes after the opening goal thanks to an anthology goal from Karim Benzema.
Decisive passer for Kylian Mbappé a little later, the Nueve will have allowed his own to snatch their first Nations League.
1️⃣ - Lamine Yamal (2024)
It could hardly be anyone else at the top spot. At just 16 years old, in the semi-finals of the Euro, the Spanish prodigy will allow his team to come back to the score against the French team thanks to a memorable achievement.
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A sublime strike that will also be elected the most beautiful goal of Euro 2024.
Tell us which one is your favorite in the comments!
Also read:
- Spain - France: the mixed XI
- Lamine Yamal, Kylian Mbappé's black cat
- The 10 most expensive players in the world currently (CIES)
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.
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