France was struggling a bit in the first half to keep upto the pace of the Spanish internationals and Kylian Mbappe despite scorring the winner had an especially poor game. The other Barcelona player for the La Rojas, Eric Garcia had Kylian Mbappe on check out pacing him at times, and Mbappe is considered to be one of the fastest players in the world.

The second half was what we expected when the reigning world champions face off Spain in a major European final. Sergio Busquets set up the Real Sociedad forward Mikel Oyarzabal for the opening goal of the game in the 64^th minute. But it didn’t take even 2 minutes for the in-form Karim Benzema to curl in a beauty past Unai Simon’s fingertips. The game turned into a battlefield as both teams fighting for that winner. But Kylian Mbappe who was playing really weak finally sought redemption in style with his cool finish to place Theo Hernandez’s through ball inside the French goal. The goal had much controversy as Mbappe was clearly offside at the moment the ball leaves Theo’s feet. But the decisive touch from the attempted block of the unlucky Eric Garcia saw the goal count as the winner. In the final few minutes the French captain Hugo Lloris’s heroics stopped Spain from finding their equalizer. But it was a stunning performance from the Spanish to make it a close call against the world champions and Luis Enrique’s side sure is looking really good for their dance in Qatar.

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