France/Spain – Press ratings for Les Bleus: huge let-down up front | OneFootball

In the 2026 World Cup semi-finals, the France national team was at Dallas Stadium this Tuesday to face Spain and lost 0-2 (France/Spain video highlights). 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. Here are the Bleus’ ratings in the press.

Le Parisien:

Mbappé (3.5)

Barcola (3) – Olise (2.5) – Dembélé (3)

Rabiot (5) /Koné (3.5) – Tchouaméni (4)

Digne (2.5) – Lacroix (5) – Upamecano (4.5) – Koundé (3.5)

Maignan (4)

L’Équipe:

Mbappé (3)

Barcola (4) – Olise (2) – Dembélé (2)

Rabiot (5) /Koné (4) – Tchouaméni (3)

Digne (2) – Lacroix (5) – Upamecano (5) – Koundé (5)

Maignan (4)

These ratings are sadly fair for a team that was outclassed both collectively and individually. No one managed to lift the group and turn around a situation clearly controlled by Spain. Dayot Upamecano still made a few crucial recovery runs, but it was not enough to claim a place in the final. France were controlled and leave with the feeling that they simply were not at the level required to compete.

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