Didier Deschamps pays the price for breaking free from the shackles that led him to glory | Joanthan Wilson
FIFA WC26
0-2
Finished
Key moments
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8'
Yellow card Adrien RABIOT (France) is booked by
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31'
Yellow card Marc CUCURELLA (Spain) is booked by
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58'
Goal Pedro PORRO (Spain) scores!!
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86'
Yellow card Kylian MBAPPE (France) is booked by
Squads
France squad
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3 Lucas Digne Defender
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4 Dayot UPAMECANO Defender
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5 Jules KOUNDE Defender
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7 Ousmane DEMBELE Forward
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8 Aurelien TCHOUAMENI Midfielder
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10 Kylian MBAPPE C Forward
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11 Michael OLISE Forward
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12 Bradley BARCOLA Forward
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14 Adrien RABIOT Midfielder
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16 Mike MAIGNAN Goalkeeper
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17 William SALIBA Defender
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1 Brice SAMBA Goalkeeper
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2 Malo GUSTO Defender
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6 Manu KONE Midfielder
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9 Marcus THURAM Forward
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13 Ngolo KANTE Midfielder
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15 Ibrahima KONATE Defender
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18 Warren ZAIRE-EMERY Midfielder
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19 Theo HERNANDEZ Defender
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20 Desire DOUE Forward
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21 Lucas HERNANDEZ Defender
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22 Jean-Philippe MATETA Forward
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23 Robin RISSER Goalkeeper
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24 Rayan CHERKI Midfielder
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25 Maghnes AKLIOUCHE Midfielder
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26 Maxence Lacroix Defender
Spain squad
- Selected
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8 Fabian RUIZ Midfielder
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10 Dani OLMO Forward
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12 Pedro PORRO Defender
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14 Aymeric LAPORTE Defender
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15 Alex BAENA Midfielder
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16 RODRI C Midfielder
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19 Lamine YAMAL Forward
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21 Mikel OYARZABAL Forward
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22 Pau CUBARSI Defender
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23 Unai SIMON Goalkeeper
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24 Marc CUCURELLA Defender
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1 David RAYA Goalkeeper
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2 Marc PUBILL Defender
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3 Alex GRIMALDO Defender
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4 Eric GARCIA Defender
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5 Marcos LLORENTE Defender
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6 Mikel MERINO Midfielder
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7 Ferran TORRES Forward
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9 GAVI Midfielder
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11 Yeremy PINO Forward
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13 Joan GARCIA Goalkeeper
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17 Nico WILLIAMS Forward
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18 Martin ZUBIMENDI Midfielder
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20 PEDRI Midfielder
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25 Victor MUNOZ Forward
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26 Borja IGLESIAS Forward
France finally let loose all their attacking power in this tournament and yet when the big test came against Spain they were too open Maybe Didier Deschamps was right all along. He has been criticised over his 14 years in the France job for being too cautious, for prioritising control, for not unleashing his great…