HEARTBREAK FOR BELGIUM AS HERNANDEZ SENDS FRANCE TO THE FINALS WITH A 90' MINUTE GOAL.




Turin, Italy.

A dramatic game ended with heartbreak for Belgium but pushed France into ecstasy as the World Champions emerged overturned a two-goal deficit against the World's No.1 ranked side to win the second semi-final and qualify for the UEFA Nations League final on Sunday.

Didier Deschamp's men were at the ropes as Yannick Carasco broke the deadlock with a sublime right-footed goal and three minutes later, Romeleu Lukaku got Belgium to a two-goal lead by turning in Hernandez and finding the accurate angle to fire it in. 

The second half started with Belgium launching small attacks and came close to tripling their lead but it was France's Captain Hugo Lloris, who managed to collect a Romeleu Lukaku shot. France opened their account as Kylian Mbappe set Karim Benzema a low left-footed goal. Later, Antoine Griezmann went down in the penalty box and the awarded penalty was bagged brilliantly by Kylian Mbappe.

 Frantic attempts were stopped by heroic efforts by the goalkeepers on both sides. Lukaku had a second goal denied for offside. But in the end, it was Theo Hernandez who came to France's rescue and scored his first goal in national colors and it was nothing short of a screamer.

Les Bleus will travel to Milan as they look for their first Nations league title however they will have to tame a red-hot La Roja side first in order to lift the title. 



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