Player ratings<\/h2>\nUnai Simon \u2013 8<\/h3>\n
The Athletic Club goalkeeper may have conceded four times, but he was excellent. He kept Spain in control with a string of important saves throughout the 90 minutes in Germany.<\/p>\n
Pedro Porro \u2013 5<\/h3>\n
It\u2019s another underwhelming performance in a Spain jersey for Porro. He gave away the penalty that sparked France\u2019s late resurgence.<\/p>\n
Robin Le Normand \u2013 6<\/h3>\n
Unspectacular performance from Le Normand, whose substitution in the 77th minute was followed by France scoring three times.<\/p>\n
Dean Huijsen \u2013 7<\/h3>\n
Very good first half performance from the new Real Madrid man, but he loses marks for being part of the defence that conceded four times.<\/p>\n
Marc Cucurella \u2013 7<\/h3>\n
Cucurella continues to establish himself as Spain\u2019s best left-back. He faced off against Ousmane Dembele, and for the most part, he handled him well.<\/p>\n
Martin Zubimendi \u2013 7<\/h3>\n
He was excellent in helping Spain control the first 65\/70 minutes, proving once again that he is a more than capable backup to Rodri Hernandez.<\/p>\n Good performance from Merino, who scored Spain\u2019s second of the evening. He was not afraid to break forward, and that is how he got his goal.<\/p>\n There is no doubt that Pedri is better in a deeper role, but it was still an accomplished performance from the 22-year-old, who was Spain\u2019s most advanced midfielder. He scored a fine goal after good link-up play with Nico Williams.<\/p>\n What more can be said about Lamine Yamal? He produced another world class performance on the biggest stage, as he scored twice and also won a penalty. Once again, he walked the walk after talking the talk.<\/p>\n Nico was once again a big threat for Spain, and he scored a fine opener in Stuttgart.<\/p>\n The Real Sociedad captain looks to have established himself as Spain\u2019s starting striker, which is deserved. He was excellent, setting up La Roja\u2019s opening two goals for Nico and Merino.<\/p>\n Struggled to make an impact during his 30-minute cameo.<\/p>\n Did well enough after coming on, although he struggled to have the same impact as Pedri.<\/p>\n Luis de la Fuente\u2019s decision to bring on Vivian almost cost Spain, as it unsettled the defence. He scored an own goal that brought the game back to 5-3.<\/p>\n Missed a big chance to score Spain\u2019s sixth. Aside from that, he was hardly involved.<\/p>\n Came on in the 90th minute and picked up a yellow card for dissent.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The post Spain 5-4 France player ratings: Lamine Yamal stands out again for European champions<\/a> appeared first on Football Espa\u00f1a<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Spain made it into Sunday\u2019s UEFA Nations League final after a remarkable 5-4 victory over France on Thursday. It was not straightforward at times for Luis de la Fuente\u2019s side, but all that matters is the win. Here\u2019s how the European champions fared in Stuttgart. Player ratings Unai Simon \u2013 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1912"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1915,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1912\/revisions\/1915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![](\"http:\/\/www.albluesguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Zubimendi-scaled.jpeg\")
Mikel Merino \u2013 7<\/h3>\n
Pedri \u2013 7<\/h3>\n
Lamine Yamal \u2013 9<\/h3>\n
Nico Williams \u2013 8<\/h3>\n
Mikel Oyarzabal \u2013 8<\/h3>\n
Substitutes<\/h3>\n
Dani Olmo \u2013 6<\/h3>\n
Fabian Ruiz \u2013 6<\/h3>\n
Dani Vivian \u2013 5<\/h3>\n
Samu Aghehowa \u2013 6<\/h3>\n
Gavi \u2013 6<\/h3>\n