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Follow live text commentary as Spain face France in the Nations League semi-final Spain 2-0 France - Williams fires in opener before Merino second The winner of this game will play Portugal in the final on the 8th June Emlyn Begley I'm an Ireland fan so I suspect we'll give it a skip anyway. #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301 231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) With the way it's going, this Spanish team will easily win the next World Cup. There's simply no need to travel to USA. Victor, Nigeria I don't think you have to be a statto to check how many goals a Premier League player scored this season to be fair. #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301 231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) How many goals has Mikel Merino scored this season? Several for Arsenal as an emergency striker, plus however many for Spain. There'll be a stato out there somewhere who knows. Colin Mikel Merino has scored 12 goals during the 2024-25 campaign. 10 goals for Arsenal and two goals for Spain. You obviously didn't see Oxford last season when defenders were scoring from Will Vaulks' long throw-ins left, right and centre. #bbcfootball, via Whats App on 03301 231826 or text 81111 (UK only, standard message rates apply) Spain are the best team in the world at moment and it's not even close. Robbie, Edinburgh HT: Spain 2-0 France If only all football matches could be like this. Spain 2-0 France And the half-time whistle goes. Spain 2-0 France France forward Kylian Mbappe shoots from about 25 yards out. It's blocked. Spain 2-0 France Two minutes added on. Spain 2-0 France France forward Ousmane Dembele somehow wriggles his way free on the edge of the box but his powerful shot is saved by Unai Simon. Spain's turn to attack but Mikel Merino can't beat Mike Maignan. Spain 2-0 France Karen Bardsley Former England goalkeeper on Amazon Prime That belongs in a musuem. A little dink over the top and unfortunately Dean Huijsen was offside. Spain 2-0 France Spain have an unbelievable goal disallowed. A free-kick is rolled to Lamine Yamal, who dinks a ball over the top to Mikel Oyarzabal. He nods it across to Dean Huijsen, who hooks in a fine volley. But it was offside. Spain 2-0 France Ousmane Dembele is offside as he runs onto Manu Kone's reverse ball before having a shot saved anyway. Spain 2-0 France Two France players both go to Lamine Yamal and instead of taking them on he almost takes advanage of the space left with a clever ball over the top to Mikel Oyarzabal but Mike Maignan rushes to the edge of his box to deal with it. Spain 2-0 France Nico Williams almost in one on one but the ball just goes beyond him. Then Lamine Yamal beats Clement Lenglet twice before whipping a low effort in, saved by Mike Maignan. Spain 2-0 France Karen Bardsley Former England goalkeeper on Amazon Prime Tremendous save. Unai Simon does really well to sweep his right foot out the way and get his right hand down to it. Spain 2-0 France France winger Ousmane Dembele beats a man on the right and hits a shot which is saved down low one handed by Unai Simon. The Spain keeper has had to make a few stops now. Spain 2-0 France France can't properly clear a free-kick into the box and Nico Williams has a shot blocked. Then Pedro Porro almost finds a team-mate but the ball just won't land properly. Spain 2-0 France Spain winger Lamine Yamal picks up a deserved yellow card as he hacks down fellow wonderkid Desire Doue from behind. Manager: Luis de la Fuente Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Didier Deschamps Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Luis de la Fuente Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Didier Deschamps Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 UEFA Nations League All competitions All competitions All competitions Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.