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The negative number haunts Mbappé against Yamal
Football fans are waiting for the France-Spain semi-final match of the 2026 World Cup to be held on Tuesday evening.
France qualified for the semi-finals after a 2-0 win over Morocco, while Spain qualified after a 2-1 win over Belgium.
“I mentioned”L’Equipe newspaper“Roosters captain Kylian Mbappe will try to get rid of the negative number that haunts him. At club and national team level, he had 5 qualifying matches with Lamine Yamal and lost all of them.
Yamal has outscored Mbappe in every straight qualifier they have combined in one game, whether for club or national teams.
Mbappe from the Spanish national team suffered two consecutive defeats in the semi-finals, the first in Euro-2024 with a score of 1-2, and the second in the UEFA Nations League last year with a score of 4-5.
At the club level, the Real Madrid star did not achieve more success, as he lost in 3 finals to Barcelona led by Lamine Yamal.
Kylian Mbappe lost the 2025 Copa del Rey final 2–3 and then the Spanish Super Cup finals in 2025 and 2026 2–5 and 2–3 respectively.
L’Equipe notes: “The only time Mbappe beat Yamal in a qualifying match was back in the Champions League quarter-finals in the 2023-2024 season, which was played on a home-and-away basis. At that time, PSG lost the first leg 3-2 at home, after winning the second leg 4-1. qualification”.
