It was a reckless play but not trying to strike him.

Mbappe was trying to make a desperation play to steal it from the keeper and you can see in the replay that he try to pull up with his feet to not land on him and he even pulled up with his upper body. The goalie definitely sold it and I doubt the contact is what made him go down.

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Should have been a yellow for embellishment.

What a pussy play by the goalie. You'd think he was shot instead of grazed.

Yeah, there wasn't a lot in that

Simon did his best 'Suarez has been shot by a sniper!' impression.

That dive by Simon is almost as bad as Embolo.

At least he was actually touched but the turn and pause before clearly making a decision to go down isn’t exactly tough guy stuff.

Unai Simon knows what he did there

Mbappe gave him an elbow for his trouble. That’s soccer and I am good with it.

As a long life Spain fan I could not be happier.. They played a near flawless game and dominated the proceedings. On to the final.

They were VERY good today

In *just about* complete control the whole way. I like their chances, no matter who comes out of the other semi.

Btw, I also will take my lumps. A couple weeks ago, I replied to BI's thread about who he should root for. I called out Spain for poor play early in the tournament, and suggested that they were reverting to their underachieving mean. Boy was I wrong. They've grown into the tournament remarkably, and I hope they have one more left in the tank.