Bradley Barcola, preferred to Desire Doue in Deschamps’ starting line-up, served warning of his intent with an early surge down the left wing, but it was the Spaniards who threatened when, after Alex Baena had drilled a free-kick harmlessly into the defensive wall, Lamine Yamal latched on to the rebound to send in a deft 11th-minute cross which was ultimately smuggled away.
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