France is the new champion of the Nations League

France, the current World Champion, turned the result around, beat Spain 2-1 and won the second edition of the European Nations League of football, in the final held at the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy, host country of the final phase of the continental competition. The world champions recovered from the goal scored by Spain, through Mikel Oyarzábal in the 19th minute of the final half, and thanks to the goals of Karim Benzema, at 21 of the second half, and Kylian Mbappé, at 35 of the same period, reversed the result and achieved another title.

In an even match, exciting and with some controversies, France managed to demonstrate the hierarchy of their individualities, who knew how to define in the key moments of the meeting to celebrate after three years, after the conquest in the World Cup in Russia in 2018, when they beat Croatia in the final of the ecumenical contest by 4 to 2.The selection of Spain, driven by a new generation of talent, he pressed on the end and looked for the equalizer, but collided with the security of the French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.Under the direction of the Asturian Luis Enrique, who led Lionel Messi in the conquest of his last Champions League with Barcelona in 2015, Spain reached this year the semifinals of the European Championship and the definition of the Nations League after finishing with a long unbeaten run of Italy, continental holder. On the other hand, coach Didier Deschamps added his second title as coach at the helm of “France”, after the one achieved in the World Cup played in the Russian Federation in 2018.Earlier, Italy, current European champion, defeated Belgium today by 2 to 1, in the city of Turin, and took third place in the UEFA Nations League. The first champion of the European Nations League was Portugal, which in the previous edition of the brand new contest beat the Netherlands 1-0 in the final in 2018.

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