Yamal Warns France: ‘We’ve Already Beaten T…

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Spain star Lamine Yamal has sent a warning to France ahead of their mouth-watering FIFA World Cup semi-finlal on Tuesday.

La Roja advanced to their first World Cup semi-final since 2010 after defeating Belgium 2-1 in the quarter-finals on Friday.

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Spain will now come up against France, who are considered the favourites for the title, however Yamal is not afraid of the match-up.

“We came to the semi-finals for this, to play these matches and win them,” he said, as quoted by Cope.

“Now, it’s time to rest and think about the match against France. The last two times we played France, we beat them. We’re not afraid.”

“There are two options: either they reach three consecutive World Cup finals, or we beat them three times. I don’t know what might happen, but we’re not afraid.”

Yamal also spoke about his lack of goals at the World Cup, scoring just one goal so far.

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“If we win the World Cup, I think nobody will remember how many goals I scored or how many I didn’t,” Yamal insists. “If we win, we’ll all be happy, that’s all I want,” he added.

“I know that with my movement I draw a lot of opponents away; I can create space for a teammate. Anything I can do to help, even if I don’t touch the ball in a play, will be a positive. I think everyone’s obsessed with scoring goals, and we won the European Championship with me scoring a single goal.”

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