Day 30 of the World Cup saw Spain set up an appealing semi-final clash with France, a meeting of arguably the two outstanding teams of the tournament so far.Spain’s teenage winger Lamine Yamal feels he and his team can approach that game “without any fear” having beaten France in the past two meetings — and having overcome Portugal and Belgium in the past two rounds, with Mikel Merino coming off the bench to score the winner on both occasions.For a second successive game, extra time was looming when Spain coach Luis de la Fuente sent on Merino. Against Portugal, the Arsenal midfielder struck in stoppage time. This time he made it three minutes earlier, pouncing on a mistake by Belgium’s substitute goalkeeper Senne Lammens to secure a 2-1 win in Inglewood, Calif.Elsewhere, the Colombian Football Federation strongly condemned death threats directed at their forward Jaminton Campaz after its defeat by Switzerland, while Portugal introduced its new coach Jorge Jesus, who has taken over from Roberto Martinez as coach of Cristiano Ronaldo and Co following their elimination at the quarter-final stage.And before today’s quarterfinals, England captain Harry Kane spoke about the ‘surreal’ experience of playing golf with U.S. President Donald Trump.Here’s what you need to know.Matchday 30 results
Is Yamal right to be confident about knocking France out of the World Cup? Day 30 recap
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