France v Spain LIVE: Score and latest World Cup quarter-final updates from Dallas

47 mins: Kounde finds himself in acres of space on the right wing and puts it a fizzing ball across the goal but Mbappe, the only man in the box, can’t get to it.

Frances front four have not quite been at the races in this first half, the best of them has been Barcola.

43 mins: Cubarsi is judged to have committed an offence on the edge of his area, giving the French an enticing free kick.

VAR, however, informs the referee of his mistake.

37 mins: A loose pass from Maignan finds its way to a Spanish boot and Yamal and Olmo exchange a couple of exquisite passes. Yamal opts to square it one more time when surely the shot was on.

Spain have the lead and if things remain as they are there will be plenty of conversation of the penalty decision during the half-time break.

ITV pundit Gary Neville criticised Lucas Digne’s awareness or lack thereof.

“Yes, particularly when somebody so brilliant on the outside, you have to be aware of where he is,” Neville said.

“He’s closed his body off initially, he has to be aware of where Yamal is, Modric and Kane did it, but he [Digne] has to be more aware around him.

“He’s not even aware he’s there, he hasn’t got a clue.”

33 mins: Spain now looking on the ascendancy with some of their trademark sustained possession.

Olmo pulls up from 30 yards and sends it into row Z.

30 mins: Cucurella receives the first yellow card of the game for smashing into Olise, not once, but twice.

28 mins: France are looking a bit too desperate to make headway and Spain are making easy work of picking them off.

William Saliba has gone off the pitch with an injury, Lacroix comes on as his replacement.

After France probably looking the more likely to score in the first quarter of this game, a slip up from Digne leads to the French finding themselves behind for the first time in this tournament.

Spain have been the best at keeping teams out thus far, but can they repel a vengeful France?