France/Spain – likely line-ups for the World Cup semi-final | OneFootball

This Tuesday, the France national team will play in the 2026 World Cup semi-finals against Spain at 9pm at Dallas Stadium. On the eve of the match, Le Parisien and L’Equipe tried to predict the lineups that will be selected by France head coach Didier Deschamps and his counterpart Luis de la Fuente. A match involving 6 Paris Saint-Germain players. 5 on the French side: Lucas Hernandez, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Désiré Doué, Bradley Barcola and Ousmane Dembélé. 1 on the Spanish side: Fabian Ruiz. 3 are expected to start.

France (4-2-3-1) –

Mbappé

Doué – Olise – Dembélé

Rabiot – Tchouaméni

Digne – Saliba – Upamecano – Koundé

Maignan.

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Spain (4-2-3-1) –

Oyarzabal

Baena – Olmo – Yamal

Rodri – Ruiz

Cucurella – Laporte – Cubarsi – Porro

Simon

These are entirely plausible lineups, as a typical starting XI is beginning to take shape on both sides. But there are also a few other options available for both teams within very deep squads.

For Les Bleus, the entire World Cup has featured a choice between Barcola and Doué. It has been a mix of competition and profile selection depending on the opponent. We do not have the staff’s analysis for this match, so the suspense remains. In midfield, Manu Koné could well keep his place rather than Aurélien Tchouaméni returning after his minor injury. But that is not certain either.

On the Spanish side, the same positions are concerned: Nico Williams or Alex Baena on the left wing of the attack, Pedri or Ruiz in midfield alongside Rodri. In each case, we will have to wait for the official lineup announcement, around 1 hour and 30 minutes before kickoff, for certainty.

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