Lamine Yamal, 18, dropped the line on El Partidazo de COPE: France hasn’t beaten Spain since the Euros, so how can they be better? 🎙️ He left it hanging right before the 2026 World Cup.
From Waltham, near Boston, Jules Koundé didn’t play dumb. The Barcelona defender and France international admitted that the last matches against Spain didn’t go the way they wanted, and delivered the line that’s already a headline: “I’ll keep that phrase in a corner of my mind”. No complaint, no shouting. Just the silent promise of a teammate who also competes for his country.
Yamal later toned it down in Chattanooga, Tennessee, reminding everyone that the group stage doesn’t decide anything, as happened to Germany. But the spice has already been added: if Spain and France meet in the semifinals, that corner of Koundé’s mind will have a lot to say. 🇪🇸🇫🇷⚽