Zidane's son is France's shootout hero

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Zinedine Zidane's son, Luca, saved three penalties and missed one as France beat Belgium in an European Under-17 Championships semi-final.

Luca Zidane, son of Real Madrid legend Zinedine, played a starring role with three penalty saves in France's 2-1 shootout victory over Belgium in the UEFA European Under-17 Championships semi-finals, but almost paid the price with a missed spot-kick of his own.

Odsonne Edouard scored his fifth goal of the tournament to put France into a 1-0 first-half lead in Tuesday's contest, only for Rubin Seigers to level after the break in Burgas.

That meant penalties was needed and Zidane - a youth team keeper for Real - saved two of Belgium's first three efforts and, when Alper Ademoglu hit the post with Belgium's fourth, the 16-year-old had the chance to hand France the initiative.

Zidane quickly made amends, though, by keeping out Ismail Azzaoui's penalty, allowing Edouard to score the winner for a 2-1 shootout win.