{"id":372821,"date":"2026-07-14T18:13:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/372821\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T18:13:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:13:47","slug":"live-updates-france-spain-square-off-in-world-cup-semifinal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/372821\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: France, Spain square off in World Cup semifinal"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Tuesday, in one of the tournament’s most anticipated games, France and Spain<\/a> will face off with a shot at making the final in New York on the line.\u00a0<\/p>\n

From\u00a0Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 to Lamine Yamal, the stars will be out both on and off the field, and we will be there to cover it all.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Follow along below with our writers and photographers on the scene at the home of the Dallas Cowboys in Arlington and keep up with all of the action:<\/p>\n

How to watch France vs. Spain<\/p>\n

Kickoff is set for 2:00 p.m. on Fox and Telemundo. The game can also be streamed on Fox Sports and Peacock.\u00a0<\/p>\n

France<\/a> and Spain<\/a> fans streamed into Texas Live! hours before kickoff at Dallas Stadium. Some had tickets secured, others hoped to buy some last minute or watch from screens around the stadium.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrance happens to be one of my favorite countries in the world,\u201d Dallas-area resident Anthony Wesson<\/a> said, a French flag draped over his shoulders. \u201cNaturally, when France came here, I had to take a day off of work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wesson sported a French jersey underneath the flag. He paid $70 to watch the game at Texas Live!, but the semifinal wasn\u2019t in reach for the fan who paid $500 to watch the Ecuador-Cura\u00e7ao game in Kansas City.<\/p>\n

Ticket prices for this semifinal dropped 60%<\/a> after Team USA left the World Cup, but that drop went from astronomically high to only slightly more affordable. Tickets on the secondary market cost more than $1,600.<\/p>\n

More updates to follow.\u00a0<\/p>\n

France defeated Morocco 2-0 in a quarterfinal matchup Thursday<\/a>, securing a spot in the semifinal.\u00a0Mbapp\u00e9, the 2022 Golden Boot winner, netted his eighth goal of the tournament to open the scoring, tying him with Lionel Messi in the race for this year\u2019s Golden Boot. He is now one away from tying the Argentine atop the all-time World Cup goals list (Messi has 21 goals in 31 World Cup games).\u00a0<\/p>\n

After entering this tournament as FIFA\u2019s top-ranked team, France has outscored its opponents 14-2.<\/p>\n

Mikel Merino\u00a0scored in the 88th minute<\/a>\u00a0on a rebound yielded by backup Belgium goalkeeper Senne Lammens, and Spain advanced to the World Cup semifinals with a 2-1 victory on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While Spain has outscored opponents 10-1 since a stunning scoreless draw against surprising Cape Verde to open group play, La Roja is still alive after Merino had late decisive goals after subbing into each of the last two games.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Tuesday, in one of the tournament’s most anticipated games, France and Spain will face off with a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,2058,88346,87906],"class_list":["post-372821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-live-updates","tag-tp-att-stadium","tag-tp-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}