Tottenham news: Porro scores as Spain reach World Cup final

Tottenham's Pedro Porro scored the second goal to seal a 2-0 win and send Spain through to the World Cup final with a convincing semi-final victory over favourites France at Dallas Stadium.

Luis de la Fuente's side blunted a France team brimming with attacking talent, controlled a game of few chances and will deservedly take their place in Sunday's showpiece thanks to goals from Mikel Oyarzabal and Pedro Porro.

Oyarzabal opened the scoring from the penalty spot midway through the first half after a lapse from France left-back Lucas Digne resulted in him giving forward Lamine Yamal an unceremonious wallop as he tried to clear the ball.

The spot-kick was confidently thumped into the corner by Oyarzabal and with a lead to defend, Spain's control of the match only grew.

After a below-par first-half, France were expected to come out fighting but it was an increasingly confident Spain who seized the upper hand once more as Porro played a lovely one-two with Dani Olmo before slotting in the second at the near post.

It was the Tottenham right-back's second goal of this World Cup after finding the net against Austria in the group stages.

Porro is now just the second Spanish defender to score multiple goals in a single Fifa World Cup after Fernando Hierro, who scored two in both 2002 and 1998.

In June, Porro signed a new, long-term contract with Spurs, understood to run until 2031.