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Spain book place in World Cup final after Oyarzabal and Porro goals knock out France
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Consider this a spectacular telling-off for anyone tempted to cast Spain as underdogs. How they enjoyed dishing the lesson out here, booking a showdown in New Jersey on Sunday and reducing France to passengers. Didier Deschamps’ team had been billed as champions elect but their feted attack was never in the game. For Kylian Mbappé it will be another four-year wait to conquer the globe; he was an isolated figure, snuffed out by opponents who completely dictated after going ahead.Spain could partly thank Lucas Digne for terrible defending that conceded…
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