Brilliant comeback; France beat Belgium in the final of the League of Nations Spain will face France in the final

 

Turin (Italy): World champions France reached the UEFA Nations Cup final by defeating world number one Belgium 3-2 in a brilliant comeback.  France's opponent in the final is Spain, who blocked Italy's unbeaten run in the Euros.

Karim Benzema, Killian Mbabane and Theo Hernandez were the top scorers for France.  For Belgium, Yannick Carasco and Romelu Lukak found the target.

Belgium led 2-0 in the first half of the semifinals in the Italian city of Turin.  Belgium scored their first goal in the 37th minute.  Carrasco netted from an assist by Kevin de Bruyne.  After getting on the ball, the player's shot hit the Frenchman's leg and deflected into the net.

Theo Hernandez won it for France with his first-ever international goal in the 90th minute, and his teammates were 𝒑𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒅 for him 🤗 pic.twitter.com/b34JEhzNRF

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 Belgium dominated the first half and broke the deadlock again three minutes later.  The goal was scored by De Bruyne-Lukaku.

🇧🇪 Romelu Lukaku latches on to Kevin De Bruyne's through ball to finish off a well-crafted Belgium team move 🔥#UNLlinkups | @Alipay | #NationsLeague pic.twitter.com/Ah3TJbtMAR

— UEFA Nations League (@EURO2024) October 7, 2021

 As the second half began, France struggled.  Benzema opened the scoring for France in the 62nd minute.  The pass was Mbabane.  France's second goal came from a penalty.  In the 69th minute, Mbabane got the kick for a fall to Antoine Griezmann.

With the tie, the teams were on the hunt for the winning goal.  Finally, in the 90th minute, Theo Hernandez became the savior of the French army.

Spain reached the final with a 2-1 victory over Italy last night.  The final will take place on October 11 at 12.30pm at the San Siro Stadium in Milan.  Italy and Belgium will meet in the Losers' final on Sunday at 6.30 pm.