Tottenham’s Pedro Porro scored the second goal to seal a 2-0 win and send Spain through to the World Cup final with a convincing semi-final victory over favourites France at Dallas Stadium.Luis de la Fuente’s side blunted a France team brimming with attacking talent, controlled a game of few chances and will deservedly take their place in Sunday’s showpiece thanks to goals from Mikel Oyarzabal and Pedro Porro.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementOyarzabal opened the scoring from the penalty spot midway through the first half after a lapse from France left-back Lucas Digne resulted in him giving forward Lamine Yamal an unceremonious wallop as he tried to clear the ball.The spot-kick was confidently thumped into the corner by Oyarzabal and with a lead to defend, Spain’s control of the match only grew.After a below-par first-half, France were expected to come out fighting but it was an increasingly confident Spain who seized the upper hand once more as Porro played a lovely one-two with Dani Olmo before slotting in the second at the near post.It was the Tottenham right-back’s second goal of this World Cup after finding the net against Austria in the group stages.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementPorro is now just the second Spanish defender to score multiple goals in a single Fifa World Cup after Fernando Hierro, who scored two in both 2002 and 1998.In June, Porro signed a new, long-term contract with Spurs, understood to run until 2031.
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