Spain ended France's historic World Cup streak, inflicting a resounding defeat that denied them a third consecutive World Cup final appearance, after a match that saw pure Spanish tactical superiority that succeeded in taming the Roosters' attack, bringing France's unbeaten run to an end and allowing Spain to write a new chapter of their World Cup glory.

Spain booked their place in the 2026 World Cup final after a deserved 2-0 victory over France in the semi-final match played on Tuesday, and now await the winner of tomorrow's highly anticipated clash between England and Argentina.

France's defeat to Spain ended their historic World Cup unbeaten streak of 10 consecutive matches, which had stood since Tunisia's historic win over the Roosters in the third round of the group stage of the 2022 World Cup.

Since then, the French had not tasted defeat in the World Cup, as their loss on penalties in the final of the previous edition is considered a draw since both regular and extra time ended in a draw.

In the previous World Cup, France had 3 wins in the knockout stages: a 3-1 win over Poland in the round of 16, a 2-1 win over England in the quarter-finals, and a 2-0 win over Morocco in the semi-finals, before losing on penalties to Argentina in the final. In the current World Cup, they had 6 consecutive wins against Senegal, Iraq, Norway, Sweden, Paraguay.