How Spain Outclassed France 

Morata stood out for me, the movement to create space for others, "winning" fouls to give the team time, pressing, etc... A really unselfish performance for the team where he had little involvement with the ball.

Lamine not only was a constant danger, but also did a remarkable defensive work, often supporting Navas and Nacho, when Mbappe' was trying to create something.

Shit, Spain used an actual left winger! We should definitely try that.

Pray for Spain to save football from negative play 🇪🇸

Spain has the attacking players to strike fear in the heart of any team. Don’t think there’s anyone who could beat them right now. Yamal is a sensation

Kounde stop the over lapping because Spain started to feed Nico more and more over the top, it kept Kounde honest with his defensive responsibilities. Nico was more so the outlet on the breaks and France had to keep playing man to man with him. De la Fuente had the perfect game plan and the players executed to perfection. Other than Navas giving too much space to Mbappe that first goal/cross, he played very well dragging everyone to come inside and face the double teams more. Vamos España! 🇪🇸🇪🇸

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Germany the only team that had a chance against Spain, they’ll be winning the euros on sunday, and deservedly so

i think this just puts into context how good the german fullbacks were. Yamal and Williams had very little moments against germany. Yet they made the french defense look like amateurs for most of the game

Great analysis as usuall , I wanted also to higlight the way Spain defended with the ball itself in the last 15-20 mins , possessing the ball for long periods of time, exhausting France , and they managed to do it perfectly in my opinion

Their movement and rotations are very impressive, constant constant runs off the ball makes it a nightmare for teams. Uruguay are similar.

A vid to prepare us for the England v Netherlands snorefest 😂

Spain is so good. Those wingers and midfielders are freakishly good

Pure masterclass from Spain! Must say that France was good the first half, for img backward passes but just Spain being more consistent!🎉

I realise that formations are always an approximation and shouldn't be taken too seriously but all tournament you and several other analysts have been describing Spain as playing in a 433 when, to me, they have been much closer to a 4231. Pedri and particularly Olmo have been positioned much higher than Ruiz, pressing alongside the CF and generally looking to play in the 10 space whilst Ruiz was positioned deeper initially with the freedom to push up when appropriate. Not the biggest thing but its pretty clearly been the case for the vast majority of the tournament.

The fact that Navas is 38yo and just cancelled almost every Mbappe's attemps to do something is pure gold. Mi capitán, Sevillista de pura cepa❤

I have been anticipating your video all day... Thanks bruv

Spain also seemed to transition their defensive strategy after Mbappe's goal from a compressed high press to a mid block, which gave France's wingers less space to receive the ball 1 v 1 on the counter. Also agree with a previous comment that Kounde and Williams were battling it out, making it harder for Kounde to consistently join the attack

Olmo definitely started as a 10.

The final was Spain vs Germany. The’ve already won.

Nico Williams reminded me of Di Maria when he tortured the French defense in the wc final

I was waiting for the video! However you can't believe how much I shouted after my dear Yamine scored!

I never miss a vid from your channel! ❤

I absolutely agree, in Spain tactical work is not analysed and not valued in the mainstream media, the important thing is that the player is attractive to them and if possible Real Madrid...Morata's movements have brought an enormous richness to team play.

Nice video as always

phenomenal, could you do a live analysis of england vs netherlands, spain are gonna win the euros, yamal is a great inverted winger

What app are you using to seamless explain the idea

According to player stats Rodri and Laporte keep the team entirely solid in positioning and passing plus France focus to disable William + Cucurella that Create space for Yamal+Navas side to bright shine. For the France side, only Kounde Kante and Tchounami actually playing the game lol.

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Lamine dropped to more defensive position and that's why French left flank didn't work as good as the beginning. Only Nico Williams stayed on top to have the option to counterattack

A big part of the Spanish success is due to how good the centre backs are with the ball, especially Laporte. This allows Rodri to play in a more advanced position than most of other teams' centre midfielders, who use to sit between their CBs to start the game, and then everything goes in cascade, with Olmo and Fabian being able to roam around in more offensive spots near their fullbacks and wingers. Laporte always finds a way to connect with one of their 3 midfielders rather quickly and then these guys just turn around and take advantage of those spaces and numerical advantage on the flanks. And even when the rivals pressure Spain deeper, Laporte and Nacho (and even LeNormand, to a lesse extent) have enough quality to make runs with the ball to break that first line of pressing, getting the ball to their attackers in good positions. Now, England also has Stones who could do the same, but for some reason Walker almost always stays back near their CBs instead of going forward as Spain's fullbacks do all the time, so this numerical advantage in the midfield is lost. Honestly, the only way a team could do actual harm to Spain (as Germany showed) is simply overcharging their attack to put Spain in their own box, where they are rather weak in duels. If I were a coach, I'd play with 2 strikers and basically tell my team to keep pushing and sending balls forward. If you choose to sit on the back and let them play, waiting for a counter, you may find one lucky break, but you'll be outplayed for sure because these players konw how to find spaces even on the tightest defense.

Thank you for your tactical analysis's

Great analysis; however, I only partially agree with how you have France lined up at the start. For me, it was a base 433 with Rabiot, Kante, and Tchouaméni in the middle, Tchouaméni being the 6. Rabiot was not playing as an 11. But spot on by the end. It was essentially a 343 in the attack, with Tchouaméni dropping between the CBs. Deschamp's intent was to be more attacking, which ultimately worked for the first goal, but France was different from their usual shutdown through the middle of the field. WAYYYYYY TOO OPEN. Camavanga would have been a better option than Rabiot for me, but again, we see from the start that Deschamps wanted to attack from the gun. Camavinga is not letting Yamal take that long-distance shot. Rabiot didn't close him down. The second half was nutty, and France lost its composure. Kante ended up above the 9 and was pressing the GK. He didn't even make it back on a couple of counterattacks. I'm unsure if that was direction or Kante doing his own thing, but Kante always strikes me as a team player, and I don't see him going rogue. This leads me to believe that Deschamps was out of options and making a kitchen sink approach. At the end of the day, Spain took the lead and locked it down. France then missed their chances to put the ball on target (Mbappe and Hernandez both shot over the goal). Credit to Spain for strangling the game after they had the lead.

excellent stuff

England is so lucky to have a easier route in Euro 2024. I wish CR7 portugual could play the route that was played by England

What app do you use to show those formations and to explain the strategies

May I know what software do you use in your presentation?

Very interesting. I would add the individual marking of Kanté on Rodri which completely disorganized the french defense and allowed Yamal to easily take the inside, like on the 1st spanish goal.

wow, great video

Shots inside the box: France 8 - 2 Spain. Yamal scored a belter. Simple as that.

Football Meta, what do you think of Cucurella position as the weak link? cos all the goals they've conceded have come from that area.

Vamos España a la final 😍💪🇪🇦

so france lost because of kunde? surely there has to be more to it right? any reason why he stopped attacking?

Kounde + Dembele is similar to Walker and Saka combining for England. When both respective fullbacks push up and give support deep in the opposition half, it just makes everything better for the team. They create more chances, and have the field possession that keeps the opposition out of their half... I don't know why they don't do this more. 🤷

I think keeping Yamal tucked at right hand side was not the solution Great work by him inverting in the right half space

Germany could’ve also beat france had they gone through

How the frogs played awfully more like. Spain had weaknesses. I witnessed it.

Would you agree that these overlaps and concentrating so many players in the same area is sth similar to relationism football we know from eg Fluminese?

España campeón de la Eurocopa 2024!!

Spain played well, but both of their goals came from a random flash of individual brilliance. French defensive structure kept them at bay all game. It was a much closer game than peopel claim. (I rooted for Spain)

Happy to see that Navas still got it in him

English or spanish ahh final

I felt France made major mistakes subbing Dembélé and Kanté. Also Hernandez was very unlucky, losing so many balls in possession.

For every goal france or germany struggle to get spain gets many more. Spain plays like barcelona. I see them as barcelona but even better because the players are fitting that style more then for example raphinha. I also noticed poland played a lil bit like barcelona or spain but only for a half as they are not strong enough to keep this flow

Nice

Outclass my finger 3 4 chance 2 goals we had 100 center going nowhere from mbappe and dembele....

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I would say France and England are the best on paper, but they didn’t have the chemistry Spain had.

Sounds like France should have played Pavard over Kounde and Giroud over Kolo Muani

Kounde threw the game

Italy best against Spain they even scored a goal for Spain

Spain mugged france. I'm not that convinced by spain tbh

Why FIFA makes sure to let spain win the euro this year

Germany got robbed

I feel spain isn’t winning the euros i can back both dutch and english to beat them. What do you think?