Spain beats France in first World Cup semifinal: Fans react

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France taking center stage in the World Cup today, but it was Spain stealing the show.
Yeah, Spain advancing to the final after taking down France in a thrilling semifinal just
a short time ago here on Fox 5.
And Fox says Kendall Green is live at Socceria in Greenpoint, where fans are still feeling
every moment of it.
Take it away, Kendall.
Sasha, we spoke with Alexis Gales with Fox Sports, and he said this game was France's
to lose, and quite frankly, folks were surprised that that was the case here at Socceria.
We saw this crowd go crazy when Spain not only had their first goal, but had their second,
taking the advantage, and France had no other way to respond.
So I'm going to bring in a fan from Spain right now.
You've been rooting on Spain this entire FIFA World Cup.
This has been nice for you to take down France.
What was your expectation coming into this versus reality?
What happened?
I know we had it.
When they took that first goal, did that surprise you that France did not respond with Kylian
Mbappé?
What was going through your mind?
It did, because Kylian Mbappé is an amazing player.
He's proven it time and time again.
But Spain's defense is amazing.
Coming up for you guys Sunday, who do you hope you guys end up playing?
Honestly, I hope it's Spain and Argentina.
Good luck Sunday.
We appreciate you.
And so, I mean, there has to be somebody who goes home, and we're speaking to a French
fan right now.
Mia, it wasn't easy, but just talk to me about what went through your mind during this match.
Yeah, I was really disappointed the entire tournament.
We played so offensively with Mbappé, Alise, and Mbappé.
Our defense was a representation of how France plays.
You said you had an expectation as far as the score was concerned, which you thought
it was going to be.
I thought it was going to be 2-0.
Yeah.
But it wasn't.
I got you.
You're keeping your head up on that, so I appreciate you.
Thank you for making time.
Well, Steve and Natasha, Spain is moving on.
We're going to see who they're going to play tomorrow with their next team and final matchup,
and I'll send things back to you.
All right.
We appreciate it.
Thanks, Kendall.
