Semi-Final: Germany v France

:00:08. > :00:10.# Je revois la ville en fete et en delire

:00:11. > :00:13.# Suffoquant sous le soleil et sous la joie

:00:14. > :00:17.# Et j'entends dans la musique les cris, les rires

:00:18. > :00:21.# Qui eclatent et rebondissent autour de moi

:00:22. > :00:26.# Emportes par la foule qui nous traine

:00:27. > :00:29.# Nous entraine # L'un contre l'autre

:00:30. > :00:33.# Emportes par la foule qui nous traine

:00:34. > :00:41.# Nous entraine # L'un contre l'autre

:00:42. > :00:43.# Et perdue parmi ces gens qui me bousculent

:00:44. > :00:48.# Quand soudain, je me retourne, il se recule,

:00:49. > :00:58.# Et la foule vient me jeter entre ses bras...

:00:59. > :01:05.It is the host nation against the world champions, France meet Germany

:01:06. > :01:09.for the first time in the history of the European Championships, with a

:01:10. > :01:13.place in the final against Portugal at stake. The French are chasing a

:01:14. > :01:18.hat-trick of tournament wins on home soil, Germany are hoping to become

:01:19. > :01:22.only the fourth team in history to hold the world and European crowns

:01:23. > :01:27.at the same time. Good evening, we are really looking forward to this.

:01:28. > :01:34.Alan Shearer, Rio Ferdinand and Terry Henry died after night. Let's

:01:35. > :01:42.reflect on the events of last night, Wales's run is over, but they return

:01:43. > :01:53.home as heroes. It has been an agonising long wait.

:01:54. > :02:09.Gareth Bale Paul Wales, it is in! 58 years they have waited.

:02:10. > :02:24.It is a win for St George and a defeat for the Dragon. Aaron Ramsey!

:02:25. > :02:35.Gareth Bale with another wicked delivery. It is another Wales win.

:02:36. > :02:40.What a turn, what a goal, something special is happening tonight. What a

:02:41. > :02:46.performance from the team overall in the tournament as a country we have

:02:47. > :02:49.added the tournament. Back home it has been incredible, it is the sort

:02:50. > :03:00.of stuff you dream of is a little boy. Already further than any Wales

:03:01. > :03:04.team that has gone before. It is a proud moment for us, we have

:03:05. > :03:09.achieved a lot as a group, nobody expected us to, but we had the

:03:10. > :03:14.belief, the pride and passion. Gareth Bale court Portugal out. We

:03:15. > :03:20.are super proud of the players and the way they have come back, on

:03:21. > :03:32.every level it has been first class. It is a serious shot on target.

:03:33. > :03:38.Ronaldo has got it. When you give so much and you cannot give no more...

:03:39. > :03:45.It looks as though Wales are sliding out. This is not the end of the

:03:46. > :03:49.journey. I do not think it is, I think our players have got more

:03:50. > :03:55.success in them. We have to make sure we go and get it. This is only

:03:56. > :03:57.the end of one story. In years to come thousands will be able to

:03:58. > :04:13.fondly say, I was there. A terrific effort and Wales left

:04:14. > :04:17.this morning from their home base and they will travel home tomorrow

:04:18. > :04:21.for an open top bus tour around Cardiff, which will end at the

:04:22. > :04:27.Cardiff City Stadium where more than 30,000 fans are expected to attend,

:04:28. > :04:32.with the celebration is being led by the Manic Street Preachers. It

:04:33. > :04:38.should be quite a party. Alan, you were there, and they could not give

:04:39. > :04:42.more. There was nothing in that game until that towering header, a piece

:04:43. > :04:48.of brilliance from Ronaldo. It was pretty obvious that they missed the

:04:49. > :04:53.quality of Aaron Ramsey in that team, he has been one of their star

:04:54. > :04:57.performance in this tournament. But if you need any convincing to see

:04:58. > :05:01.what a staggering achievement it has been for Wales, when Chris Coleman

:05:02. > :05:05.was looking at his bench to try and change things, he looked at his

:05:06. > :05:09.outfield players and there was one guy who played in the Premier League

:05:10. > :05:17.last season, 11 minutes, Johnny Williams. Of all the credit that

:05:18. > :05:21.they have had, they deserve it. They gave the tournament so much and they

:05:22. > :05:26.have given their country so much. They have to be so proud of this

:05:27. > :05:32.team, they are going to have an open top bus tour and they deserve it. I

:05:33. > :05:35.know a lot of guys in that squad and every time I speak to them the word

:05:36. > :05:40.brotherhood comes up and they were having the time of their lives. None

:05:41. > :05:48.of them had experienced anything like this and to be a part of it and

:05:49. > :05:52.to see it at close quarters, I have seen them crying, and that is what

:05:53. > :06:00.it means for these guys and they will remember it for the rest of

:06:01. > :06:07.their lives and rightly so. Is it just the British public who feel

:06:08. > :06:11.this way? I think whether you are French or German or Belgian, you

:06:12. > :06:17.have to respect what the team did. You have to ask, how did they manage

:06:18. > :06:20.to do that? It is simple, when you have an identity and a plan and the

:06:21. > :06:25.togetherness that they have, you can achieve a lot of things. The guy you

:06:26. > :06:32.thought who would make a difference was Aaron Ramsey and also Gareth

:06:33. > :06:36.Bale. When they lost against England people were thinking, be careful,

:06:37. > :06:40.let's see how they will react, and they reacted well. They have a

:06:41. > :06:44.togetherness and you have to give them a lot of credit. That was an

:06:45. > :06:49.example for everyone to see what you can achieve when you play as a team.

:06:50. > :06:54.Talking about the team, the work ethic and identity, when you have

:06:55. > :06:59.got that to fall back on as an individual, you can go out and

:07:00. > :07:03.express yourself. Without the creativity of a team, you cannot

:07:04. > :07:09.express yourself. Despite all that it was an individual, a talented

:07:10. > :07:15.individual, that was the difference. This is what he will be remembered

:07:16. > :07:19.for. Up until then that was a ploy from Portugal, to keep on putting

:07:20. > :07:27.balls into the box and they defended them pretty well up until this

:07:28. > :07:31.moment. Yes, it is a brilliant header, the way he hangs in the air,

:07:32. > :07:37.just watch this, how clever it is. He steps in front of Williams and he

:07:38. > :07:41.has got a yard away from his marker. But to get himself in that position

:07:42. > :07:49.and to hang like he did and to get the power and the accuracy, it was

:07:50. > :07:52.stunning. That is the way he is, he jumps up, he hangs and he has the

:07:53. > :08:01.strength and ability to put the ball where he wants to. He flies like a

:08:02. > :08:05.hummingbird. It is brilliant. Despite that, the Welsh are still

:08:06. > :08:14.enjoying themselves. We have got some interesting shots. I am not

:08:15. > :08:19.quite sure why they are doing this. Look at the colour of them! They

:08:20. > :08:25.have been working very hard. Maybe they had a beer. I cannot understand

:08:26. > :08:31.why anyone would want to do anything on TV in their underpants. The

:08:32. > :08:33.French brushed aside Iceland, but it is the Germans who have the

:08:34. > :09:30.blueprint for success. The real clash of styles. Here is

:09:31. > :09:35.how the two teams line up. Manuel Neuer has been beaten only once in

:09:36. > :09:43.five matches. They revert to four at the back after playing three against

:09:44. > :09:46.Italy. Liverpool's Emre Can makes his first appearance of the

:09:47. > :09:51.tournament in the reshuffle midfield, alongside Schweinsteiger.

:09:52. > :10:01.Cruise is expected to play slightly further forward. Draxler comes back

:10:02. > :10:04.in Thomas Muller moves into the false number nine position and is

:10:05. > :10:11.still without a goal in ten European Championship matches. France are

:10:12. > :10:23.unchanged from the side that beat Iceland 2-0. N'Golo Kante is left

:10:24. > :10:29.out. Sissoko is again included on the right side. Griezmann is top of

:10:30. > :10:34.the standings in the race for the Golden Boot. Olivier Giroud has

:10:35. > :10:42.three goals himself, just one behind Griezmann. This is the first night

:10:43. > :10:48.these two teams have met the night of the terrible terrorist attacks.

:10:49. > :10:54.As it meant so much to the nation since then? Is it important for

:10:55. > :11:00.them? It is beyond that. We are not going to talk about what happened in

:11:01. > :11:05.November, but not only in France, it has been happening around the world

:11:06. > :11:09.and that is the main point, trying to bring that happiness to the

:11:10. > :11:15.country through the tournament. But the other side is we have two again

:11:16. > :11:21.popularity on the football side with the fans because of what happened in

:11:22. > :11:26.2010. We will not go back to that. Now there is a togetherness and you

:11:27. > :11:31.can sense it every single time. In November you had that relationship

:11:32. > :11:34.with the fans and the fact that we have never beaten them in big

:11:35. > :11:40.tournaments and that is important to night. There is one standout thing,

:11:41. > :11:46.no place for N'Golo Kante. Since the beginning of the tournament Didier

:11:47. > :11:53.Deschamps is not fazed about who he leaves on the bench. It is about the

:11:54. > :11:56.team and the performance. They got a good performance against Iceland so

:11:57. > :12:02.he does not want to change the team. Griezmann had to go on the bench,

:12:03. > :12:07.Paul Pogba had to go on the bench, everyone almost, that is how it is.

:12:08. > :12:12.If they win, they will all take the cup and celebrate, so it is a team

:12:13. > :12:18.effort. The match is being played at the Stade Velodrome, and Chris

:12:19. > :12:21.Waddle is pitch side. It is his old stomping ground, he is with Dan

:12:22. > :12:25.Walker. Welcome to one of the great stadium

:12:26. > :12:33.in the world with a man who was a bit of a hero in these parts. There

:12:34. > :12:38.is a man called Claude who is looking for a photo of you. Many are

:12:39. > :12:45.surprised that France are unchanged, but not you, why? I think Sissoko

:12:46. > :12:52.did well and got good balance on the right-hand side. Giroud has got a

:12:53. > :12:56.partner to link up with. They are playing a bit deeper and I think it

:12:57. > :13:01.suits their game. We met a few German fans on the Metro, all of

:13:02. > :13:06.them feeling their team will make the final, despite missing key

:13:07. > :13:12.players. And Muller is in the number nine role. He might disappear from

:13:13. > :13:17.that number nine spot and drift around a bit. I think Schweinsteiger

:13:18. > :13:23.might play slightly right. He is not the fittest guy at the minute. Emre

:13:24. > :13:27.Can coming in, he is a strong boy. They are always confident and they

:13:28. > :13:33.look out for the ball. People say they are arrogant, but they are not,

:13:34. > :13:36.they are confident. The noise here is incredible. To give you an

:13:37. > :13:43.indication of how important this man is, we were not allowed pitch side

:13:44. > :13:48.because the French president was in town, I mentioned the name Chris

:13:49. > :13:54.Waddle and the door open! We all know football is a simple

:13:55. > :13:59.game, 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes, or even 120. And at the end

:14:00. > :14:07.the Germans always win. I am sure they have got as saying for that,

:14:08. > :14:32.they always do. Only the hard come into the garden. A bit of afters.

:14:33. > :15:01.The game has finished all tied, penalties coming.

:15:02. > :15:10.And he has blazed it, the ball has not come down yet. Here is Muller,

:15:11. > :15:29.and he is the first person to miss for Germany since 1982.

:15:30. > :15:58.Germany are nearly there once more. Hector steps up.

:15:59. > :16:07.The sausage obsession is quite something in Germany! Key area, you

:16:08. > :16:11.have a slight concern about the fact they conceded chances against

:16:12. > :16:15.Iceland, even though they were cruising. They started ever so well.

:16:16. > :16:20.I don't remember a French team playing like that in one half,

:16:21. > :16:24.especially in a big tournament, but they left too many chances for

:16:25. > :16:31.Iceland. Umtiti and Koscielny. Don by a flick against Iceland. So many

:16:32. > :16:36.times they allowed the Iceland midfielders or defenders to run in

:16:37. > :16:40.the box and just have a go on target, or off target. This one, if

:16:41. > :16:46.it was in force Hugo Lloris, we would have been in trouble. I don't

:16:47. > :16:51.know if Germany would have had that many players in the box, but it

:16:52. > :16:56.doesn't matter. If you let them do that, you will have the same

:16:57. > :17:01.problem. This is why I'm interested to see Umtiti, it's his debut. 4-2

:17:02. > :17:09.of the goals, he was at fault. It was his debut. Now he's playing in

:17:10. > :17:14.the semifinals of the Euros and great confidence from the manager to

:17:15. > :17:20.put him in. I was watching the game, 4-0, OK, we're going to make them

:17:21. > :17:25.pay in the second half. We ran more than them and they won the

:17:26. > :17:31.second-half 2-1. If you let that happen against Germany, be careful.

:17:32. > :17:36.If you get four up against Germany, you'd take that! Any weaknesses in

:17:37. > :17:41.the Germans they could possibly exploit? Yes. With crosses into the

:17:42. > :17:46.box. I know they've only conceded one goal and that was a penalty, but

:17:47. > :17:51.if it wasn't for poor finishing and some good goalkeeping, they have at

:17:52. > :17:56.times struggled with crosses into the box. Picking meant up, deciding

:17:57. > :18:01.who to go to, all is coming into the box. Good header, very, very good

:18:02. > :18:05.save from the top goalkeeper and this is what they'll faced a night

:18:06. > :18:11.with Giroud in the team. France won't be afraid to put balls in.

:18:12. > :18:17.Centre of the pitch, demanding the cross. Another very good header.

:18:18. > :18:23.They will be tested tonight and with that delivery from Payet, that could

:18:24. > :18:27.be one of the ways they can exploit the German back four. Today both

:18:28. > :18:32.teams weaknesses are there defences. They want to be on the front foot,

:18:33. > :18:37.attacking with their best players. It bodes well for goals in this

:18:38. > :18:43.game. We are due a game with loads of goals! Gomez's injury means

:18:44. > :18:48.there's back at added pressure on Muller to break this strange duck in

:18:49. > :18:52.this tournament. He hasn't scored in this tournament, but if you want

:18:53. > :18:57.anyone to fill the boots of Gomez, this is the man. He scores goals.

:18:58. > :19:03.Top goal-scorer in the last World Cup. What are like about him, he

:19:04. > :19:09.said it in a press conference this week, goals aren't his fuel, winning

:19:10. > :19:12.is. Every time you watching, even if he doesn't score, he brings

:19:13. > :19:18.something to the game. He's a nuisance to play against. The ball

:19:19. > :19:22.always seems to fall to him. In every game this tournament he's had

:19:23. > :19:26.an opportunity to score and I'm backing him to score tonight. He

:19:27. > :19:33.doesn't normally go this long without scoring. It's inexplicable

:19:34. > :19:37.how this happens. We've all had teams we couldn't score against.

:19:38. > :19:44.It's one of those things. If he keeps getting those sessions, one

:19:45. > :19:49.will have to come. France, perhaps surprisingly, have the advantage in

:19:50. > :19:56.the head-to-head record. They lead 12-9. But Germany have the edge in

:19:57. > :20:01.tournament football. Remember the 1982 semifinal? More on that at

:20:02. > :20:06.half-time. If France do progress, expected big performance from their

:20:07. > :20:10.little prince, Antoine Griezmann, the leading scorer with four goals

:20:11. > :20:13.and he's become the home nation's poster boy despite having never

:20:14. > :20:18.played professionally in his home country.

:20:19. > :20:24.The story of Antoine Griezmann is amazing. As a younger player he was

:20:25. > :20:28.born not far from Lyon and he tried to go to every big French club and

:20:29. > :20:30.everywhere he went it was always the same thing. You're too small, too

:20:31. > :21:03.short, you won't make it. One day someone in Spain saw him and

:21:04. > :21:10.thought maybe it would be better for him to come to Spain. He went to

:21:11. > :21:14.Real Sociedad. He was crying the whole way. He was only 13, but he

:21:15. > :21:18.knew it was the thing he had to do to make a career in football. He

:21:19. > :21:20.says now he feels as much Spanish as French and you can't blame him. He's

:21:21. > :21:43.lived more there than in France. Griezmann! He plays very much like a

:21:44. > :21:50.Spanish player, which the French national team is benefiting from. To

:21:51. > :21:58.me he's part of the best players the world. He's technically above many

:21:59. > :22:04.players. He's skilful and in front of goal he's a killer. He's proving

:22:05. > :22:05.to everyone you don't need to be strong or tall to realise your

:22:06. > :22:22.dream. He's a family guy who worked hard to

:22:23. > :22:28.make it. He will never forget where he came from. 2015 was a tough year

:22:29. > :22:33.for him. His sister was in the terrorist attacks in Paris while he

:22:34. > :22:38.was playing against Germany. She got really lucky and that's spurred him

:22:39. > :22:45.on for this tournament. Quite a story. He is a delightful

:22:46. > :22:49.footballer. I like him. I like him more in the number 10 role, in the

:22:50. > :22:55.middle, playing where he has the space to run into. The early part of

:22:56. > :23:01.the competition he played to the right-hand side. He's good in the

:23:02. > :23:06.air. If you leave him space, like that, and in this game against the

:23:07. > :23:10.Republic, he's enough and cute enough to find the space and put

:23:11. > :23:16.headers away like that. Intelligent, linkup play, he knows the ball will

:23:17. > :23:22.fall from Giroud and he is quicker than anyone else, he picks it up and

:23:23. > :23:26.he's a very, very good player. That's where he was at the beginning

:23:27. > :23:30.of the tournament, on the side, very difficult for Giroud to link up with

:23:31. > :23:35.him because he wasn't close to him. Now he's where we can see him. He

:23:36. > :23:40.knows already what is going to happen. If he wasn't there, Giroud

:23:41. > :23:45.can only hold the ball and he's surrounded by three players. It's

:23:46. > :23:49.too slow. But because Griezmann is clever and wants to run beyond

:23:50. > :23:56.Giroud, Giroud wanted to flick it, the ball goes through, so with one

:23:57. > :24:02.pass from Bognor Griezmann is one against one. -- one pass from Pogba.

:24:03. > :24:07.When you've got someone who is prepared to run past you as a

:24:08. > :24:10.forward, it doesn't half make your job easier. All of a sudden the

:24:11. > :24:14.other centre-half has got something else to think about, and so do the

:24:15. > :24:20.full-backs. Tricky for central defender. I used to look Giroud and

:24:21. > :24:24.think he's not going to pose many problems, he's not going to run

:24:25. > :24:29.behind. When you have somebody around him who will run behind, I

:24:30. > :24:36.think I have to go back and Giroud gets space. Bringing him into the

:24:37. > :24:39.ten role has enhanced two players. Having Griezmann around Giroud has

:24:40. > :24:43.improved Giroud and he's looking like a top player. It's made them a

:24:44. > :24:48.better team. What will be the deciding factor in this game? It

:24:49. > :24:52.could be him. If he performs tonight like he has done for the vast

:24:53. > :24:58.majority of this tournament, I think he'll be a key player. Listen, Pogba

:24:59. > :25:04.has to play well, Payet has to play well, but our go to guide, our extra

:25:05. > :25:10.guy, while Ronaldo is Griezmann. If he's on June, you know what can

:25:11. > :25:13.happen. I agree. As said before the tournament Griezmann was the man who

:25:14. > :25:18.could change fortunes for French football in a moment. He is living

:25:19. > :25:22.up to that. Special times will come to the French team. Germany will

:25:23. > :25:28.play as a team. Individually France can win it with individual moments.

:25:29. > :25:33.Griezmann played over 60 games for Atletico Madrid. Boxed, defending,

:25:34. > :25:43.sprinting, and he still performing at the end of the season. He's doing

:25:44. > :25:49.it. Confident or nervous? Or both? I'm nervous because I want to win

:25:50. > :25:53.it. I will go 1-0. The three players through the middle of the German

:25:54. > :26:00.team, Hummels, could era and Gomez makes France the favourites. --

:26:01. > :26:04.Khedira. France, I said it before the tournament and I'm not changing.

:26:05. > :26:08.I've sat here for many years and I've never had three people go

:26:09. > :26:12.against Germany! Germany against France playing for a place in the

:26:13. > :26:16.final of the European Championship. Your commentators, Martin Keown and

:26:17. > :26:21.Steve Wilson. Thank you, Gary. Good evening,

:26:22. > :26:27.everybody. Germany, on the right, face their hosts, France, on the

:26:28. > :26:32.left. Their nemesis. This is a fixture so laden in footballing

:26:33. > :26:36.history, so stuck in the groove of German victory when it really

:26:37. > :26:41.matters, so fixed in the French psyche that they are calling it

:26:42. > :26:46.their Everest. Two years ago at the World Cup quarterfinal in Rio,

:26:47. > :26:51.Germany beat France. 20 years ago in the World Cup semi in Quad Le Hara,

:26:52. > :26:55.West Germany beat France. 24 years ago tomorrow in Seville, another

:26:56. > :27:00.World Cup semi and another West German win over France. But this is

:27:01. > :27:05.not just France. Here it is the intensity and the majesty of

:27:06. > :27:08.Marseille. Unmatched in any other Euro venue and in Marseille, La

:27:09. > :27:19.Marseillaise. # Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit

:27:20. > :27:21.Fur das deutsche Vaterland # Danach lasst uns alle streben

:27:22. > :27:27.Bruderlich mit Herz und Hand # Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit

:27:28. > :27:44.Sind des Gluckes Unterpfand # Bluh' im Glanze dieses Gluckes

:27:45. > :28:21.Bluhe, deutsches Vaterland. # The Germans threw down the gauntlet

:28:22. > :28:25.with their anthem. Special, yes. But stand-by for this.

:28:26. > :28:30.# Allons enfants de la Patrie Le jour de gloire est arrive

:28:31. > :28:38.# Contre nous de la tyrannie, L'etendard sanglant est leve

:28:39. > :28:50.# Entendez-vous dans les campagnes Mugir ces feroces soldats

:28:51. > :28:58.# Aux armes, citoyens Formez vos bataillons

:28:59. > :29:08.# Qu'un sang impur Abreuve nos sillons

:29:09. > :29:51.President Francois Hollande there amongst the crowd in Marseille.

:29:52. > :29:59.Well, this is Germany's 20th semifinal in the last 26 major

:30:00. > :30:05.tournaments. Stretching back to 1966. They are without Hummels

:30:06. > :30:11.suspended, Kadir and Gomez injured. Income Emre Can, Draxler and

:30:12. > :30:17.Howedes. Bastian Schweinsteiger is fit and places 38th game of World

:30:18. > :30:25.Cup and European champions football. A record high for any player from

:30:26. > :30:31.any country. The referee is Italian. Nicola Rizzoli, Europa League and

:30:32. > :30:36.Champions League finals on his CV. He also took charge of Germany in

:30:37. > :30:40.the World Cup final itself two years ago. Also France's win over the

:30:41. > :30:56.Republic of Ireland 11 days ago. Germany's first taste of Marseille

:30:57. > :31:01.in this tournament. France, the formation has been the topic that's

:31:02. > :31:11.filled 1000 column inches in the build-up. 4-3-3 or 4-3-3 -- 4-3-3 or

:31:12. > :31:16.not 4-3-3 was the question. But not, it's 4-2-3-1. No return for Kante,

:31:17. > :31:21.Sissoko continues. Samuel Umtiti, with only his second cap, preferred

:31:22. > :31:30.to Ramey, who was suspended for the quarterfinal against Iceland.

:31:31. > :31:36.ritually in the last semifinal two years ago, Germany inflicted the

:31:37. > :31:45.then host nation's heaviest ever defeat. That was Brazil, 7-1.

:31:46. > :31:50.Franz's record of home defeat is 15- 02 and England amateur 11. I suspect

:31:51. > :32:02.that is not under threat! What a stage and an atmosphere. It is an

:32:03. > :32:09.amazing atmosphere. Lots of free flowing football, let's hope that is

:32:10. > :32:15.what we are in for. Germany are in the white and black, France are in

:32:16. > :32:19.bloom. This is for the right to go and face the Portuguese in the

:32:20. > :32:38.final. Griezmann trying to make a nuisance of himself.

:32:39. > :32:52.Emre Can had an early touch and a good run.

:32:53. > :32:59.Muller just lost his bearings. Racks are coming in for the injured Gomes.

:33:00. > :33:14.That is a feature of his game, he likes to run with the ball.

:33:15. > :33:47.Hector did not keep it in play, it is a French throne. Throne.

:33:48. > :33:58.Great ability. Just a little shimmy and straight into the box. That was

:33:59. > :34:09.the back of his arm, but it was not deliberate. Just look out for a pie

:34:10. > :34:27.at's delivery. It is special, the way he delivers this ball.

:34:28. > :34:51.Olivier Giroud was hoping that would reach him. It did not.

:34:52. > :35:03.Emre Can looked very nervous before this game. Schweinsteiger is playing

:35:04. > :35:10.a more central role. He will be pulling the strings. Some nervy

:35:11. > :35:22.moments early on here. A word about Schweinsteiger, 38 matches. Here he

:35:23. > :35:35.is on the bond now will stop in Championships and world finals.

:35:36. > :35:47.What great experience to have alongside you.

:35:48. > :36:11.Germany felt that was a foul, the referee did not.

:36:12. > :36:16.The French have started well, there is a real freedom in their play.

:36:17. > :36:20.There is an incredible atmosphere here. They will play without any

:36:21. > :36:56.fear. Cue Mitch with the foul. It is already very evident that

:36:57. > :37:02.Griezmann is coming into those little pockets and linking very

:37:03. > :37:15.successfully. It has been a powerful start for the French. They want to

:37:16. > :37:24.use that momentum from the crowd. Didier Deschamps was a tiny giant as

:37:25. > :37:25.a player, having lifted both the World Cup and the European

:37:26. > :38:02.Championships as a player. They called Didier Deschamps the

:38:03. > :38:07.water carrier. Kofi carrier more alike. Griezmann got to the

:38:08. > :38:25.follow-up himself! Antoine Griezmann carved them open.

:38:26. > :38:36.Great work down the left. He tried to place it. It takes a very agile

:38:37. > :38:45.keeper to make that one. Germany here are facing the full force of

:38:46. > :38:54.their own possession. He should have gone for a bit more power in his

:38:55. > :38:57.shot. This is not a stadium, it is a cauldron, and it is bubbling over at

:38:58. > :39:03.the moment, it is absolutely deafening. Germany are happy to take

:39:04. > :39:22.the sting out of it and keep the ball for a little bit.

:39:23. > :39:33.That was a valiant effort. Griezmann could not get the power on it,

:39:34. > :39:50.although it had the direction. He is that extra little bit of spice

:39:51. > :39:51.in the team, the glue almost, that makes everything come together for

:39:52. > :40:43.France. Interesting that France are not

:40:44. > :40:52.pressing the ball, just stay in contact. Muller was lurking inside

:40:53. > :41:11.the box, hoping that Boateng might look for him.

:41:12. > :41:20.That was too high. He will keep getting down that right-hand side.

:41:21. > :41:43.They were two difficult balls to deal with.

:41:44. > :41:54.Popper was caught. Drax low with the foul. He was coming in all the way

:41:55. > :42:00.from the left-hand touchline. There is a definite plan to win the ball

:42:01. > :42:07.back quickly from Germany. The first ten minutes have been quick and

:42:08. > :42:15.competitive. Everything you could ask for.

:42:16. > :42:19.What an introduction to international football for Umtiti. A

:42:20. > :42:51.quarterfinal and a semifinal. There were three white shirts in the

:42:52. > :43:12.box, Patrice Evra was in the way. Germany look a little more settled

:43:13. > :43:17.now after that sort of noise and pace from France in the first few

:43:18. > :43:22.minutes of the game. They are OK with these short passes, as soon as

:43:23. > :44:10.they tried to play it a bit longer the ball goes astray a little bit.

:44:11. > :44:17.They are using all of their experience here. It is mostly be

:44:18. > :44:26.experienced players. I have not seen Emre Can touch the ball much. That

:44:27. > :44:30.was Muller. Still not quite happening for Thomas Muller in this

:44:31. > :44:38.tournament. A good ball into the box. He did not seem to plant his

:44:39. > :44:45.foot alongside the ball. He lost his confidence in front of goal. Five

:44:46. > :44:51.goals in the 2010 World Cup final and five more in the 2014 World Cup

:44:52. > :45:02.finals, but he has yet to break his duck in European Championship

:45:03. > :45:06.football. It is funny that. Miroslav close escort bags of goals in

:45:07. > :45:29.European Championships. It is one of those things.

:45:30. > :45:38.Germany owning the ball at the moment. Emre Can, a good save by

:45:39. > :45:50.Hugo Lloris. The danger has not gone yet.

:45:51. > :45:57.Koscielny and Bacary Sagna between them kept it out. They are riding

:45:58. > :46:06.their luck. Germany had six players in that attack. Umtiti, just a

:46:07. > :46:13.little bit of panic about that overhead.

:46:14. > :46:21.Draxler pressing the ball high as well. A good effort into the corner,

:46:22. > :46:29.Lloris swiftly across the goal, he reads it well.

:46:30. > :46:55.Both goalkeepers are cats like, so quick. Exceptional.

:46:56. > :47:06.Meat and drink for due:. Three passes before it came to Muller. --

:47:07. > :47:08.meat and drink for Hugo Lloris. So accurate with some of their passes.

:47:09. > :47:26.Kroos is very good on the ball. France seemed to take the game in

:47:27. > :47:35.their grasp in the opening minutes, but it's slipped through their

:47:36. > :47:36.fingers in the last few moments. Germany look confident and bright

:47:37. > :48:20.and comfortable. Kimmich pushed to the ground by

:48:21. > :48:24.Dmitri Payet. He stayed on his feet this time. Payet got past him

:48:25. > :48:32.earlier in the game, but not this time. Interesting how Boateng is

:48:33. > :48:39.playing these diagonal balls right out to the Wing-back or full-back

:48:40. > :48:46.tonight in Hector. He really plays high. He's seen loads of the ball,

:48:47. > :49:17.Jonas Hector, on the left-hand side. France getting overrun in that

:49:18. > :49:18.midfield. Ozil has so much space when he comes off to receive the

:49:19. > :49:34.ball. Good play by Muller. The pass from

:49:35. > :49:41.Draxler was a little bit wasteful behind Emre Can.

:49:42. > :49:51.We know how good Low is as a tactician. Tactically they are out

:49:52. > :49:55.playing the French at the moment. They look great in possession, but

:49:56. > :50:07.I'm worried about the French out of possession.

:50:08. > :50:56.Schweinsteiger in that quarterback role.

:50:57. > :51:08.France have hardly smelt the ball in the last five minutes. A change of

:51:09. > :51:16.pace from Kroos and put behind for the corner. Punishing for the

:51:17. > :51:20.French. Hector on the left-hand side goes wide, Draxler comes into the

:51:21. > :51:25.middle and they outnumber the French in central positions.

:51:26. > :51:49.Headed out by Laurent Koscielny. Two white shirts went for the same ball,

:51:50. > :51:58.Kimmich and Boateng. Lovely first touch from Griezmann. Now France can

:51:59. > :52:01.break. Sissoko couldn't find Griezmann, well covered by

:52:02. > :52:17.Schweinsteiger. He read the danger and snuffed it out.

:52:18. > :52:24.Lovely from Kroos, is he threw? He's gone down and he is appealing long

:52:25. > :52:31.and hard. The Italian referee doesn't want to know. This is a

:52:32. > :52:36.change of pace from Kroos. I think the referee got that right. But if

:52:37. > :52:41.it was a foul, it was just outside. Pogba might just have caught his

:52:42. > :52:45.feel very close to the edge of the penalty area. Interesting to see

:52:46. > :52:52.whether that was on the line or not. The referee had a good view of it.

:52:53. > :53:02.Payet having to show a bit of invention. France need the ball.

:53:03. > :53:22.First and foremost. Germany don't appear to be in the mood to share.

:53:23. > :53:33.Real danger... Blocked by Umtiti. The French are getting worked again,

:53:34. > :53:47.Ozil again in space. France are being unpicked here. Beautiful from

:53:48. > :53:53.Kroos. Sissoko just, Evra away. Now they might break. Good tackle by

:53:54. > :54:15.Schweinsteiger. At the moment, Martin, France just

:54:16. > :54:19.about clinging on. They are, and you just can't take your eyes off it.

:54:20. > :54:22.Tactically, I'd like to see Griezmann go a bit deeper into the

:54:23. > :54:28.midfield when they are out of possession. The full-backs for

:54:29. > :54:33.Germany really do cause problems because they are prepared to push

:54:34. > :54:45.on. The ball, at last, for the home side.

:54:46. > :54:59.Howedes with a rather wayward clearance. Did Schweinsteiger

:55:00. > :55:03.catching? Yes, he did. -- catch him. Payet moving into a central position

:55:04. > :55:12.and he gets caught. This is Payet territory. If he beats Manuel Neuer

:55:13. > :55:17.from 30 yards, he deserves all the credit he'll get! It's going to have

:55:18. > :55:19.to be some free kick to do so, but he is arguably their best at this in

:55:20. > :55:48.a generation. As the German wall lines up, the

:55:49. > :55:55.French discussions go on. Paul Pogba and Antoine Griezmann are standing

:55:56. > :55:58.over the ball, but I can't help feeling they are just red Sox

:55:59. > :56:10.herrings and this is going to be Dmitri Payet.

:56:11. > :56:33.Keeper just keeps his eye on it nicely and makes it look easy after

:56:34. > :56:37.all that drama. Just a little hand signal from lawyer, maybe to his

:56:38. > :56:59.wall, that he couldn't see it. -- Nia.

:57:00. > :57:07.He's looked at home, Emre Can. Clever, isn't it, the backheel.

:57:08. > :57:24.Catches out Matuidi and has to give the corner away.

:57:25. > :57:39.Driven in by Kroos. Headed down by Emre Can.

:57:40. > :57:59.France being tested and stretched all over the pitch. Ozil! It hit

:58:00. > :58:04.Umtiti. I'm not sure it was going in, but neither was Lloris. Such

:58:05. > :58:20.variation to the German play here. Simple for the keeper.

:58:21. > :58:49.I think Lloris is right to attack. They've got to get after the German

:58:50. > :58:53.team and push back the full-backs. Matuidi finding the pitch gave way

:58:54. > :59:20.underneath him a bit as he tried to change direction.

:59:21. > :59:35.Beautifully flighted from Ozil. Strange from Payet. Kroos onto it.

:59:36. > :59:39.Koscielny to safety, but only for a moment. Very simple what Germany are

:59:40. > :59:44.doing. They're full-backs push on and the wide players come inside.

:59:45. > :59:54.Just two fit -- midfield players for the French and they are being

:59:55. > :00:00.outnumbered. Only 27 minutes played, but there may already be a case for

:00:01. > :00:04.N'Golo Kante. It saps your confidence when you can't get hold

:00:05. > :00:34.of the ball and when you do you give it straightaway again.

:00:35. > :00:42.Looking for some individual magic, France, on the counterattack. That's

:00:43. > :00:46.what ten minutes without the ball can do to you. Yeah. Griezmann does

:00:47. > :01:07.really well to begin with, but just a simple pass.

:01:08. > :01:13.The thing Germany do so well is to close you down once they give the

:01:14. > :01:15.ball away. They win it back very quickly. They are smothering the

:01:16. > :01:46.French team. The last 25 minutes have been an

:01:47. > :01:52.exhibition of power from the Germans. Only lacking the goal. It

:01:53. > :01:54.is all those little triangular passes and they are moving around

:01:55. > :02:18.one another beautifully. The pocket was well and truly picked

:02:19. > :02:44.by Schweinsteiger. Look how deep all France's danger

:02:45. > :03:07.men are. They have been pulled deep. They are having to work so hard

:03:08. > :03:11.because they keep playing diagonal balls, varying their play. So many

:03:12. > :03:28.options on the ball. France have to find some way of

:03:29. > :03:54.shaking Germany out of their stride. There was real danger. Umtiti was

:03:55. > :04:02.there. Umtiti was important. Had to concentrate too clear that one.

:04:03. > :04:09.Pushing up to 70% possession at the moment, Germany.

:04:10. > :04:29.That was the clearance from the young man. Very important.

:04:30. > :04:39.Umtiti's debut in the quarterfinal was a baptism of eyes and this is a

:04:40. > :04:42.baptism of fire. I am looking at the French team and wondering where the

:04:43. > :04:45.true leaders are. They really could do with some help from the

:04:46. > :04:58.touchline. But when it is 0-0, you always have

:04:59. > :05:16.a chance. Foul by Umtiti. The French team have

:05:17. > :05:19.to push higher. They have given so much possession away it is just a

:05:20. > :05:34.matter of time before Germany score one.

:05:35. > :06:04.The German fans recreating the Icelandic clap.

:06:05. > :06:15.Good goalkeeping by Hugo Lloris. That was better, the French team

:06:16. > :06:20.were a bit more compact. The distance between the lines is really

:06:21. > :06:26.important, how close that midfield is from the back line. On Sunday

:06:27. > :06:30.their Wimbledon men's final from one o'clock on BBC One, hopefully with

:06:31. > :06:37.Andy Murray involved in that, and then the final of Euro 2016 from

:06:38. > :06:42.seven o'clock. BBC is the only place you can watch both, the climax of

:06:43. > :06:50.the Wimbledon men's singles and the climax of Euro 2016. Popper did

:06:51. > :06:54.well. He was put under a great deal of pressure. He tried to play his

:06:55. > :07:14.way out nice and calm. He gets the free kick.

:07:15. > :07:24.Griezmann concedes the free kick. You do not want to give Payet to

:07:25. > :07:32.many looks at your goal from this range. Yellow card for Emre Can. He

:07:33. > :07:41.is not happy with that one, but he shuts the door on Griezmann. Look at

:07:42. > :07:58.Muller. He wants him to be calm. He does not want to see him sent off.

:07:59. > :08:19.Are they going to try and do something a little more unexpected

:08:20. > :08:25.here or will Payet have another go? Griezmann is leaving the scene,

:08:26. > :08:47.Payet is leaving the scene. Paul Pogba is on it.

:08:48. > :08:53.It was Paul Pogba. Same side, same result. A different player this

:08:54. > :09:09.time, but very similar. Emre Can was making the point that

:09:10. > :09:17.he felt that Griezmann was falling into him. This is where they get

:09:18. > :09:21.killed a little bit, in the build-up, Schweinsteiger coming in

:09:22. > :09:23.deep and building from the back. The French team are happy to let them

:09:24. > :10:03.have it. Now they will try and break. But

:10:04. > :10:07.shirts are back quickly. They get back exceptionally quickly. That is

:10:08. > :10:08.what you want in transition, you want your defence to get back

:10:09. > :10:25.quickly. That was straight to Mullen. Again

:10:26. > :10:36.Muller's shot was not really troublesome for Hugo Lloris.

:10:37. > :10:43.France seemed to enter this game with such belief and they now look

:10:44. > :11:16.riddled with self-doubt. You could see it breaking just there.

:11:17. > :11:45.All that came from Matuidi's mistake. Can the French survived

:11:46. > :11:50.until half-time? Schweinsteiger is claiming he was being held and the

:11:51. > :11:56.officials have decided he was not. Paul Pogba was the man nearest him.

:11:57. > :12:06.The referee just about get that right. Paul Pogba was on the wrong

:12:07. > :12:11.side. He is hugging Draxler. I am not sure he found Schweinsteiger. I

:12:12. > :12:17.wonder if the French are thinking about changes at half-time to stay

:12:18. > :12:21.in this game. You changed the system, Didier Deschamps at

:12:22. > :12:29.half-time when they were a goal down against Northern Ireland. It has

:12:30. > :12:30.suited them well in this tournament up to this point, maybe it is time

:12:31. > :13:04.to change back. Patrice Evra into Griezmann. It is

:13:05. > :13:09.great play down the left-hand side. Griezmann takes it really early and

:13:10. > :13:19.it is into the side netting. He chips it up to volley at. They have

:13:20. > :13:25.got quality and they have got matchwinners. They have also got

:13:26. > :13:31.N'Golo Kante sitting on the bench. They could do with his energy in

:13:32. > :13:36.midfield. But if 90% of your focus and energy is being spent just

:13:37. > :13:55.keeping the opposition out, then you have got a problem.

:13:56. > :14:02.He is celebrating like he has scored a goal. That is what it means when

:14:03. > :14:15.you make a great tackle, outstanding defending. Not quick enough to

:14:16. > :14:16.accelerate away from her bread, and not aware enough to pick out

:14:17. > :14:39.Griezmann. That I would suggest is a yellow

:14:40. > :14:43.card for Patrice Evra. Just look at that, that was brilliant play from

:14:44. > :14:50.Germany, the way they've played out of trouble. Also composed in

:14:51. > :14:52.possession. It was a good foul as well to stop them breaking, by the

:14:53. > :15:11.way. Patrice Evra played in 2008 and the

:15:12. > :15:15.2012 European Championships and the 2010 World Cup before he actually

:15:16. > :15:27.won a game with France in a tournament.

:15:28. > :15:37.That was a really important header from Koscielny.

:15:38. > :15:47.Here they come again, stretching, teasing, twisting... And falling

:15:48. > :15:55.over. And with punishing runs. This was Olivier Giroud. Look at that for

:15:56. > :16:00.defending. He has come from nowhere to make that challenge. That is

:16:01. > :16:14.brilliant. They might have had very little of

:16:15. > :16:20.the ball, France, and been second best by a distance, but they have

:16:21. > :16:26.had opportunities. That is why it is so captivating.

:16:27. > :16:35.Griezmann with the best of them early on, you would say. The two

:16:36. > :16:48.from Griezmann and that one from Giroud. Payet, nicely done. It was

:16:49. > :16:54.turning awkwardly for Hector, who took no chances. Evra elected to get

:16:55. > :17:03.forward, we haven't seen much from him in the first half. Moving into a

:17:04. > :17:12.minimum of two added minutes at the end of this first half. If France

:17:13. > :17:19.get this right, they may go in the tunnel in front.

:17:20. > :17:36.A clash of heads... The referee... What's he given? Has he given France

:17:37. > :17:45.a penalty? He's given France a penalty!

:17:46. > :17:58.Bastian Schweinsteiger is in the referee's notebook and France have a

:17:59. > :18:06.penalty. For that. His arm is up and he's headed it onto his arm. There's

:18:07. > :18:12.no doubt. That's harsh. It is harsh and surely the referee can't see

:18:13. > :18:21.from there, he's behind it. Well, the Germans are distraught. Antoine

:18:22. > :18:31.Griezmann has the chance to fire France in front in Marseille.

:18:32. > :18:34.This could be his fifth of the tournament. It could be France in

:18:35. > :19:04.front. He's facing Neuer. He scores! Incredible. France lead. The stat

:19:05. > :19:12.velodrome celebrates and Germany wonder how they are going in behind.

:19:13. > :19:19.Griezmann can't believe it himself. This is the handball. The referee,

:19:20. > :19:26.did he really say that? How cool was he when he put that one away? The

:19:27. > :19:30.man who missed from the spot in the Champions League final, remember,

:19:31. > :19:42.has tucked this one away. At half-time in Marseille, the hosts

:19:43. > :19:46.lead the world champions. (STUDIO) just behind us, they've

:19:47. > :19:52.been going absolutely bonkers. The noise nearly shattered the glass!

:19:53. > :19:56.We'll show you how that went down in a while. Overall it looks like

:19:57. > :19:59.Germany were very dominant and comfortable in possession, but

:20:00. > :20:03.France have the lead. You can listen to stats and possession, but the

:20:04. > :20:08.stat that matters is goals. Germany have had a lot of possession, but

:20:09. > :20:12.they haven't put the chances they had away. France have had one or two

:20:13. > :20:18.opportunities on the break, which they didn't punish them for with

:20:19. > :20:25.Giroud and his lack of pace... The amount of pressure they've put on

:20:26. > :20:30.the back 11, not just the back four, because France have been pushed so

:20:31. > :20:32.far back. They have to get ten yards further up the pitch. It's not like

:20:33. > :20:38.Germany are blessed with great pace in the forward line. They have to

:20:39. > :20:43.get ten year is further up the pitch. Dare I suggest you been a tad

:20:44. > :20:46.fortunate in the first half? Well, more than fortunate. We were

:20:47. > :20:51.watching the game and it's what we said before the game. I was

:20:52. > :20:55.expecting Germany to dominate and they did. Like Alan said, we're 1-0

:20:56. > :20:59.up, we've been a couple of times in their box, Griezmann had a great

:21:00. > :21:03.opportunity at the beginning of the game. It looks like we would have a

:21:04. > :21:10.go and then we sat back more and more. We weren't able to counter, we

:21:11. > :21:15.had two corners. I think it's a penalty. It's twice now Germany have

:21:16. > :21:20.put themselves in a situation where they've had the game in their hands

:21:21. > :21:24.and now they are behind. That's the problem with Germany, they've always

:21:25. > :21:28.lacked discipline! Boateng in the last game and now Schweinsteiger.

:21:29. > :21:34.The experiences got, you'd expect in to deal with it much better. But at

:21:35. > :21:40.the end of the day, these chances they had... Do you two seriously

:21:41. > :21:45.think it's ability? You can't go up with your hand like that. The law is

:21:46. > :21:53.deliberate handball. He's not going to get there. I think he's gone to

:21:54. > :21:59.protect his face from the elbow of Patrice It's a great penalty, great

:22:00. > :22:03.composure. You have to give Griezmann great credit because he

:22:04. > :22:09.missed against Real Madrid in the Champions League final. Look at

:22:10. > :22:13.that. I don't think it's a penalty, it's a very, very harsh decision.

:22:14. > :22:20.Straightaway we shouted, was it handball? Then he gave it. If

:22:21. > :22:24.someone lost me in the box at set piece, panic straightaway and you

:22:25. > :22:30.think, let me do something to put him off. He's put up his arm to put

:22:31. > :22:34.him off. I think it's definitely a penalty. You'll have to agree to

:22:35. > :22:38.disagree. We highlighted Griezmann before kick-off as the danger. There

:22:39. > :22:43.was a wonderful bit of football earlier in the game by France. You

:22:44. > :22:50.can see here with Sissoko looking confident and moving forward. France

:22:51. > :22:55.got the ball back. They were playing in their half, trying to be brave.

:22:56. > :23:02.Pass forward, flick, and again. Griezmann again. Matuidi gives him

:23:03. > :23:06.the ball back. Now if he was on his left foot I think it would have been

:23:07. > :23:12.a goal. He could have passed to Sissoko, but you'd rather he have a

:23:13. > :23:16.go. He just didn't find the corner. If it goes in, it's the goal of the

:23:17. > :23:20.tournament. It didn't have enough bend on it. At the beginning of the

:23:21. > :23:25.clip, that was France in the first five or ten minutes, on the front

:23:26. > :23:29.foot, higher up the pitch, having the composure and believed to go up

:23:30. > :23:35.against Germany. They've sat back since. That lasted only three

:23:36. > :23:40.minutes. Five almost. Bags of possession for Germany. A couple of

:23:41. > :23:45.chances. Let's look at those. Two decent chances. We were sat here

:23:46. > :23:51.talking and thinking that Germany are finding a way through the middle

:23:52. > :23:55.of that team too much. They are sitting deep and they are not

:23:56. > :24:00.smelling the danger enough, particularly Pogba. Yes, he might be

:24:01. > :24:04.a very good player when he's getting the ball forward... That's a good

:24:05. > :24:09.chance for Muller. Defensively, Pogba has to smell danger a little

:24:10. > :24:13.bit more. I know he's not a naturally sitting midfielder to

:24:14. > :24:17.protect in front of the back four, but straight through the middle of

:24:18. > :24:21.the team. That is too easy. You have to smell the danger better. It's a

:24:22. > :24:25.brilliance save from Lloris in the end. That's the difference. It's a

:24:26. > :24:29.great save from Lloris. That's the difference with Kante in the team,

:24:30. > :24:34.someone who can smell danger and plays off the other midfielder.

:24:35. > :24:37.Kante will never be in the same line as the other midfielder, he'll be

:24:38. > :24:42.smelling the danger with the ball behind. I wouldn't be overly

:24:43. > :24:45.surprised to see him appear, especially now given the lead from

:24:46. > :24:51.South. I think he will definitely come on. He's been missing in

:24:52. > :24:59.midfield. And Mario Gomez has been missing. They don't close the ball

:25:00. > :25:02.to early. It becomes at times, although they pass the ball well and

:25:03. > :25:09.they bully you in terms of how they push you back, but if you don't have

:25:10. > :25:15.the man in the box, it becomes more easy. France have had a penalty,

:25:16. > :25:19.should Germany have had one? Maybe a foul on Kroos? I think it was a

:25:20. > :25:25.freak look after Pogba caught him. Fantastic play from Kroos, the way

:25:26. > :25:32.he changes the pace. Maybe Pogba should be covering. That's where

:25:33. > :25:38.Kante would be. The way in which Kroos just ups the levels. It's just

:25:39. > :25:45.outside. I think it's a free kick. It's a free kick. Schweinsteiger has

:25:46. > :25:51.controlled this game. He's been great. He didn't play last year for

:25:52. > :25:56.Man United. You talked about the way the German full-backs play so high,

:25:57. > :26:01.they forced the French team back. That is what's happening. Because

:26:02. > :26:06.both Hector and Kimmich in the first half... They are virtually playing

:26:07. > :26:09.as out and out wingers because of the pressure that Germany are

:26:10. > :26:16.putting on them, which in turn is forcing Sissoko back, but not so

:26:17. > :26:20.much Payet, because Everett is covering. Look how wide both

:26:21. > :26:28.full-backs are. At the minute they are stretching France and they

:26:29. > :26:35.couldn't cope with it. If they were better in the final third with their

:26:36. > :26:39.last ball,... It's proving difficult for France to cope. You have to give

:26:40. > :26:46.credit to Germany for the way they've played. Surely if a team

:26:47. > :26:48.plays that high with their full-backs, there's an opportunity

:26:49. > :26:53.to counter attack if you know what you're doing. It's not that easy.

:26:54. > :26:57.They force you to go behind. Although it doesn't look like they

:26:58. > :27:01.are running, they are running a lot, covering space. The French team at

:27:02. > :27:06.the moment is a bit unbalanced because Evra is matching Kimmich,

:27:07. > :27:10.Sissoko is following Hector. You have Payet tucking in, but on the

:27:11. > :27:15.other side he's following. They need to be a bit more brave, let Sagna

:27:16. > :27:21.deal with Hector on the side and make sure Sissoko and help Matuidi

:27:22. > :27:25.and Pogba inside. The German full-backs ask you the question. The

:27:26. > :27:30.wide players, Payet and Sissoko, they say to them, do you want to

:27:31. > :27:37.come with me not? If you don't, I'm in. It's whether you go up and say

:27:38. > :27:41.we are going to cheat and hit you on the counterattack, or if you defend.

:27:42. > :27:48.If you're going to counterattack, it's good to have some pace up

:27:49. > :27:58.front. If Jerry is playing, this is a goal. -- tee area Omri. It's the

:27:59. > :28:03.ability to get your head up and have a look at Griezmann inside. He is

:28:04. > :28:09.not quick enough anyway to get past him. A lame effort in the box. Look

:28:10. > :28:14.to his right, he never looks once. You need to have great composure,

:28:15. > :28:18.cut back and let Howedes go and tackle away and then you finish it

:28:19. > :28:25.easy. But it's not that easy. I stood up and I thought it was going

:28:26. > :28:28.to be a goal. OK. As we mentioned earlier, this is in the first time

:28:29. > :28:34.these sides have met in the semifinal of a major tournament.

:28:35. > :28:38.That came in the 1982 World Cup. A fairly tepid affair. Just six goals,

:28:39. > :28:59.a penalty shoot out and one of the worst fouls of all time.

:29:00. > :29:07.It must be... Got it through the crowd to give West Germany the lead.

:29:08. > :29:16.Harald Schumacher to face Michel Platini. 1-1! Battiston is obviously

:29:17. > :29:25.going to come on and the referee allowing him to do so. Platini,

:29:26. > :29:31.great ball. Battiston... Wide. Schumacher came out and thumped in

:29:32. > :29:41.pretty hard, I must say. Battiston retires on a stretcher. The referee

:29:42. > :29:53.blows the full-time. There will now be an extra period of 30 minutes. A

:29:54. > :30:01.lot of movement in the area. Tresor! Giresse. Yes! What a cracking goal.

:30:02. > :30:19.The French believe they've made it to the final. Rummenigge! He's made

:30:20. > :30:27.its 3-2. 3-3! For the first time, a World Cup has a match to be decided

:30:28. > :30:37.in a penalty competition. It will now be a question of sudden death.

:30:38. > :30:46.West Germany have won! How cruel. The French can only look in

:30:47. > :30:52.disbelief. And apparently without complaint in a match which will be

:30:53. > :30:59.remembered for many and many a day. Quite a game. A reminder that our

:31:00. > :31:06.coverage of the final begins at 7pm on Sunday. You can pick your team of

:31:07. > :31:17.the tournament at the BBC sport website.

:31:18. > :31:23.Let's return to Marseille and join Dan Walker.

:31:24. > :31:29.Welcome once again to the side of the pitch. We have heard from the

:31:30. > :31:34.pundits, let's hear from the press. You are a well-known European

:31:35. > :31:39.football expert. Nobody in the studio knew that the penalty had

:31:40. > :31:43.been given, but the French fans celebrated. They started well, they

:31:44. > :31:50.finished well, but in between it was complete German dominance. I think

:31:51. > :31:55.Germany were a bit nervous and they took time to settle, but once they

:31:56. > :31:58.got their passing game going and their position, France were on the

:31:59. > :32:03.back foot and they were very deep. We felt Germany slowly but surely

:32:04. > :32:10.were going to eke out some taxes, but they were only half chances. The

:32:11. > :32:15.German side had a different tactical line-up against Italy and they have

:32:16. > :32:19.a different tactical line-up the night as well. Most of the half has

:32:20. > :32:24.worked well, do you think they will come out in the second half and

:32:25. > :32:28.think they can play France of the pitch again? Now France can play

:32:29. > :32:32.even more on the counterattack. Germany have to be careful, they

:32:33. > :32:38.have got extra men in the middle to deal with the direct play, but at

:32:39. > :32:42.the same time any options up front. Mullah looks a bit isolated and

:32:43. > :32:46.Mesut Ozil is floating about and they have not been able to get

:32:47. > :32:51.behind this French team. The noise down here at pitch level, with the

:32:52. > :32:57.Marseille as before the game, it makes a difference. When we arrived

:32:58. > :33:03.earlier, the first guy on securities said, in Paris we want France to

:33:04. > :33:09.win, and in my say they have to win. At the moment they are 1-0 up.

:33:10. > :33:17.France faced their nemesis. For this.

:33:18. > :33:26.Griezmann. A good save by Manuel Neuer. Emre Can. A good save by

:33:27. > :33:32.lorries. Great ball in, real danger. The keeper was there. He has given

:33:33. > :33:38.France a penalty! It could be France in front. He scores!

:33:39. > :33:46.The last time Germany won again after being 1-0 down at half-time it

:33:47. > :33:50.was Germany against France. I am not doing that deliberately to make you

:33:51. > :33:55.even more nervous. What do they have to do in the second half to maintain

:33:56. > :34:00.that advantage? They have to make sure they run on the counter, they

:34:01. > :34:05.cannot sit and defend. I do not know if we are able to defend for 45

:34:06. > :34:10.minutes. You also need to make them work. France have got to get ten

:34:11. > :34:15.yards further up the pitch and when they win the ball back, at least

:34:16. > :34:19.they can get into that German back four a bit quicker than they are at

:34:20. > :34:25.the moment. They have to stop the Germans taking chances and sit and

:34:26. > :34:29.defend resolutely, that the threat on the counterattack. In the last 15

:34:30. > :34:32.minutes they looked like they were a threat to score. It does not look

:34:33. > :34:44.like there have been any changes. No changes from I don't manager, but

:34:45. > :34:48.Mesut Ozil was booked in the melee that followed the award of the

:34:49. > :34:53.penalty for kicking the ball away. So he, Wye and Bastian

:34:54. > :35:02.Schweinsteiger are all on yellow cards for Germany. The French are 45

:35:03. > :35:10.minutes away from the final of Euro 2016. They won the final in this

:35:11. > :35:14.stadium in another classic semifinal against the Portuguese, but there is

:35:15. > :35:52.a lot of work to do before they can see off Germany.

:35:53. > :36:09.Good defending by Boateng. Again Olivier Giroud delaying the defender

:36:10. > :36:11.with a chance to get back. It was a good chance. Yes, it was a good

:36:12. > :36:30.chance. It is a corner kick. Look how fired

:36:31. > :36:38.up Griezmann is. That came off the defender.

:36:39. > :36:47.Starting the second half like they started the first. The sheer desire

:36:48. > :36:48.and noise can carry a team to a final. 60,000 French fans in

:36:49. > :37:00.Marseille will do so. But France might well need a second

:37:01. > :37:14.goal. France are asking the questions at

:37:15. > :37:19.the start of the second half. That is better, good pressure from the

:37:20. > :37:26.French. Mesut Ozil was forced to put that one out of play.

:37:27. > :37:33.It would be very interesting to know what he said to his side at

:37:34. > :37:54.half-time. I do not think there would have been a lot of panic.

:37:55. > :38:04.There was a tussle involving Umtiti and Thomas Muller. Muller is going

:38:05. > :38:10.to the referee to have a little word. Listening to the atmosphere

:38:11. > :38:11.there is an incredible unity with the players here and the French

:38:12. > :38:32.public. Almost a lovely ball, well defended,

:38:33. > :38:36.Umtiti had to get something on that. Umtiti is demonstrating why he is in

:38:37. > :39:12.this team, he gets the all-important clearance.

:39:13. > :39:26.There is that ball again, Boateng, brilliantly delivered.

:39:27. > :39:36.That was a good battle, one by Sissoko. That is great play from

:39:37. > :39:40.Moussa Sissoko. Draxler gets a yellow card. Sissoko being asked to

:39:41. > :39:54.play almost as a right back. A definite booking, he has gone with

:39:55. > :40:01.two feet. It was a scissor challenge.

:40:02. > :41:08.The game has gone very scrappy and it is suiting the French.

:41:09. > :41:19.There were three in the middle. Umtiti again, he just keeps his eye

:41:20. > :41:27.on the ball, good positioning. This time it is a German verb. There was

:41:28. > :41:33.a great town from Mesut Ozil. You have got to stay patient if you are

:41:34. > :41:48.going to defend so deep. It was a terrific turn from Mesut Ozil.

:41:49. > :41:56.Germany is looking for a corner. A goal kick is given. There was no way

:41:57. > :41:59.past their, Patrice Evra was really strong. Just prising him out of the

:42:00. > :42:18.way. So, Antoine Griezmann's penalty kick

:42:19. > :42:24.in stoppage time in the first half is the difference between the two

:42:25. > :42:26.sides, as the Germans continued to press and probe and test the French

:42:27. > :42:59.backline. A blanket of blue between Germany

:43:00. > :43:35.and their aim, which is the goal of Hugo Lloris.

:43:36. > :43:47.No foul. I think the German actually acknowledged as much as he got up.

:43:48. > :43:54.It looked like a dive. There was a handshake between MA can and the

:43:55. > :43:56.referee just out of your picture there. I think he acknowledged it

:43:57. > :44:27.was not a foul, it was a stumble. Winners generally find their way and

:44:28. > :44:32.Germany are used to winning. That was a great ball and, Umtiti is

:44:33. > :44:40.coming into his own in this second half. Koscielny keeps coming out and

:44:41. > :44:46.breaking the line, stayed there together, do not leave holes for the

:44:47. > :44:51.German team to run into. Germany were semifinalists four years ago

:44:52. > :45:00.with Italy. The flag is up, it will be a French

:45:01. > :45:12.free kick. A good decision. Just about offside.

:45:13. > :45:40.The linesman did well. I am struggling to remember ever

:45:41. > :45:45.having been in a more partisan atmosphere than this. It is

:45:46. > :46:05.remarkable, isn't it? It cost a lot of money, this roof, I

:46:06. > :46:09.hope it survives the night. There is no letup from Germany as well, they

:46:10. > :46:17.keep coming in droves with laser-like passes.

:46:18. > :46:29.He Mitch appreciated the intention. He is losing his patience.

:46:30. > :47:11.Just too much on it. Hector, again, the full-back, pushing right on.

:47:12. > :47:19.It's like Munch's scream from Joachim Loew. He's got a look on its

:47:20. > :48:00.face that says it's not going to be his night. -- his face.

:48:01. > :48:20.Great leap for a little one. I thought he was in. Great recovery

:48:21. > :48:24.from the defender. Boateng is down for Germany, he has a problem. That

:48:25. > :48:28.would be a cause of concern for Germany, not least because they are

:48:29. > :48:35.already without Mats Hummels through suspension.

:48:36. > :48:45.Well, I think that might be the end of the road for him, that signal. It

:48:46. > :48:46.certainly looks that way. Signalling for the stretcher. Is it the

:48:47. > :49:02.hamstring? That's huge. Yeah. Ping went the

:49:03. > :49:13.ball and his hamstring might have done the same.

:49:14. > :49:23.Shkodran Mustafi will come on, who played in Germany's first match in

:49:24. > :49:27.this tournament, the 2-0 victory over Ukraine, when he scored. He

:49:28. > :49:42.hasn't featured since. He's going to feature now. Not sure

:49:43. > :49:49.he will have had long to warm up. It's not ideal for him. Whilst

:49:50. > :49:57.Boateng gets treatment off the pitch, Mustafi is waiting to come on

:49:58. > :50:16.and Germany are momentarily down to ten. Griezmann... Germany free kick.

:50:17. > :50:23.Still not got Mustafi on. They are delaying this free kick I think in

:50:24. > :50:28.order to make the change. Boateng is clearly not going to be coming back.

:50:29. > :50:33.If Germany do go through, I would doubt very much whether he would be

:50:34. > :50:41.involved in Paris on Sunday. A very sad end for him. Shkodran Mustafi,

:50:42. > :50:43.who actually came through Everton's youth system at one time. He comes

:50:44. > :50:53.on. Half an hour for Germany to find a

:50:54. > :51:10.way back into this semifinal. Ahead on points, behind on goals.

:51:11. > :51:15.Yes. They haven't really had any momentum in the second half.

:51:16. > :51:28.Stoppages. The French team started the second half well. Offside. It's

:51:29. > :51:35.a good line, though. The French defence knows what it's doing.

:51:36. > :51:47.If you're together as a back four, even good players will run offside.

:51:48. > :51:56.Despair. A picture of despair. Looks like a boxer who's been counted out.

:51:57. > :52:14.Towel over his head. The fans -- France have got a corner.

:52:15. > :52:24.A new defensive partnership here, Mustafi and Howedes.

:52:25. > :52:36.Griezmann's corner. Koscielny! Neuer new. He's got to be heading that

:52:37. > :52:51.back across the goal. Antoine Griezmann is now on five

:52:52. > :52:55.goals in these finals. No player other than Michel Platini has ever

:52:56. > :53:02.scored more than five in a European Championship finals. Platini scored

:53:03. > :53:09.an astonishing nine in 1984. Good ball. But there was a player at the

:53:10. > :53:15.far post just waiting for that to be played on the diagonal. Kroos

:53:16. > :53:22.wriggling through dangerously. A good block from Koscielny.

:53:23. > :53:26.Germany looking for the momentum which has eluded them a bit in this

:53:27. > :53:43.second half. Anxiety is beginning to replace

:53:44. > :53:48.certainty. On those fans faces. A lot of shaking of the head. They've

:53:49. > :53:49.got to remain patient and keep testing the France team, but France

:53:50. > :54:27.are quite comfortable at the moment. Hyatt has gone down. -- Payet.

:54:28. > :54:30.Whether the referee has instructed Germany to stop play... They've

:54:31. > :54:34.rather charitably done so if he didn't. Extremely sporting. He gets

:54:35. > :55:19.one right in the kippah! Gotze is going to be on soon.

:55:20. > :55:27.Joachim Loew has seen enough of the second half and he hasn't liked what

:55:28. > :55:39.he's seen. Being a midfield player Hill probably sacrifice. -- he will.

:55:40. > :55:49.Can't get Gotze on quickly enough. Emre Can makes way. He's done OK.

:55:50. > :55:59.But Gotze is potentially a matchwinner.

:56:00. > :56:04.He's come on and had a quick word with Ozil. I think he's going to go

:56:05. > :56:33.up and play alongside Muller. Matuidi continuing his run, Sissoko

:56:34. > :56:47.looking for Payet. Well dealt with by Kimmich. Dimitri Payet... When he

:56:48. > :57:08.wanted a rip-roaring good contact, instead it was a dribbler.

:57:09. > :57:22.Suddenly Ozil is playing very, very central. That's a good ball. Space

:57:23. > :57:27.for Kimmich. Draxler! Everybody claiming this. Umtiti claiming

:57:28. > :57:31.goalkick, but a corner kick has been given to Germany. Well, TG here

:57:32. > :57:43.keeps his eye on the ball and gets across to make the clearance. --

:57:44. > :57:50.Umtiti. The referee isn't happy, he's blown his whistle. A few shouts

:57:51. > :57:55.from the German crowd, who couldn't hear the whistle, understandably.

:57:56. > :57:56.They wanted a penalty. Giroud came and punched it knowing the whistle

:57:57. > :58:10.had gone. The whistle goes again. And it's a

:58:11. > :58:22.French free kick. I think it's Muller who catches

:58:23. > :58:38.Koscielny. Just pushes him over. Koscielny certainly made it look

:58:39. > :59:22.that way. Free kick. Against Sissoko. Starting

:59:23. > :59:37.to get very stretched again in that midfield for France.

:59:38. > :59:49.France edging ever nearer. It would be another final on home style.

:59:50. > :59:56.Winner of the European Championship on home style -- home soil in 19 84.

:59:57. > :00:12.Winner of the World Cup on home soil in 1998. 20 minutes. Offside anyway.

:00:13. > :00:23.Mustafi offside and France will bring on N'Golo Kante now.

:00:24. > :00:50.You'd never know that was his boy, would you!?

:00:51. > :00:59.Kante coming on, this season he's at, it's almost like bringing on two

:01:00. > :01:09.players. As good a player as Payet is, he won't defend like Kante can.

:01:10. > :01:25.Pogba... He stayed on his feet when he might not have done. Great chance

:01:26. > :01:34.for Griezmann! That may very well do it.

:01:35. > :01:49.A little bit of Marseille magic. A German error, first by Kimmich,

:01:50. > :01:59.Neuer couldn't clear, and Antoine Griezmann has six in this tournament

:02:00. > :02:04.and two tonight. He's a goal machine, isn't he? Look at Pogba

:02:05. > :02:11.here, the quality he has. Skip Spar is the defender, great bit of skill,

:02:12. > :02:16.imagination. -- skips past. Griezmann stabs it in with his left

:02:17. > :02:24.foot. It's a quality finish to improvise that way.

:02:25. > :02:33.France 2-0 Germany. It's what top strikers do, they just sniff a

:02:34. > :03:11.chance. Danger here. Germany need a goal and

:03:12. > :03:19.they need it now. Lloris... Unbelievable. It's a quality finish,

:03:20. > :03:25.look at that. That's the full-back, by the way, on his wrong-foot. Yes.

:03:26. > :03:30.He has the presence of mind as well to bend that. He gets done on this

:03:31. > :03:32.one, though. A bit of trickery, head up, picks out the pass off his left

:03:33. > :03:47.foot. The second goal started on the

:03:48. > :03:57.Kimmich mistake, he almost made amends straightaway. Unbelievable

:03:58. > :03:59.confidence in the young man. That would have been a goal and a half

:04:00. > :04:39.from Paul Pogba. Draxler fell. It is a yellow card.

:04:40. > :04:41.Is it N'Golo Kante or Griezmann? N'Golo Kante. He just ripped in

:04:42. > :05:07.County Court him. -- and he caught him. 15 minutes to

:05:08. > :05:08.play. This free kick is going to be the French wall and the wall of

:05:09. > :05:31.sound. Draxler hit it! What an F for that

:05:32. > :05:35.is, from where we work it looks like it was in. Just wide of the post.

:05:36. > :06:13.Set it out too far. -- effort. Draxler cannot beat Bacary Sagna, it

:06:14. > :06:16.is a goal kick. He got caught on the follow-through, but great defending

:06:17. > :06:20.again. Look how strong he is. Resolute. Cannot beat the French

:06:21. > :06:47.resistance. Olivier Giroud is going. You can see

:06:48. > :06:51.the applause that he is getting, what they think of him. Offer not

:06:52. > :06:54.appreciated in the English Premier League. He is certainly appreciated

:06:55. > :07:17.here. Gignac is coming on. Germany are

:07:18. > :07:23.going to make a change as well. Leroy Sane is going to be on. A very

:07:24. > :07:31.interesting prospect on his international debut. He will be on

:07:32. > :07:44.shortly, but it is asking a lot with 13 minutes to go and two goals down.

:07:45. > :07:56.Crews claiming a foul and getting a foul. I wonder if Draxler is coming

:07:57. > :08:00.off. Schweinsteiger. Well, they are going for it. They haven't got a

:08:01. > :08:09.choice. Leroy Sane is on. Cruise with the

:08:10. > :08:30.free kick. He has been on the pitch for about a

:08:31. > :08:43.second and he nearly scored. I think some of the Germans thought that was

:08:44. > :08:55.a goal kick. Composure required. Mustafi snatched at it.

:08:56. > :09:25.Sissoko has done well. Relegated with Newcastle this season. He has

:09:26. > :09:31.not taken that into this competition. All the first-half

:09:32. > :09:37.momentum really was with Germany. Now there appears to be an

:09:38. > :09:45.inexorable tide carrying France to the final. The crowd have been like

:09:46. > :10:05.the 12th man here tonight, it is an incredible noise.

:10:06. > :10:14.The second Griezmann goal is only the first in open play which Germany

:10:15. > :10:20.have conceded in this tournament. With ten minutes to go it has all

:10:21. > :10:21.but knocked him out. Even Mesut Ozil is making the wrong decisions on the

:10:22. > :10:52.ball. Kimmich and Gignac. The decision

:10:53. > :11:16.goes against the Frenchman. Kurtzer gets a free. Germany only

:11:17. > :11:20.know one way to play, they just keep going for it. It is not going to

:11:21. > :11:37.happen. That was a fantastic ball end, great

:11:38. > :12:10.movement, it was a powerful header. But he could not get it down.

:12:11. > :12:16.Germany will keep playing, they will keep going, they will keep trying to

:12:17. > :12:21.find a foothold in this semifinal. But at the moment it looks like a

:12:22. > :12:27.force of nature and France are going to keep them out. Without the

:12:28. > :12:33.goal-scorer or a recognised one, we thought Thomas Muller would score

:12:34. > :12:49.the goals, they thought he was the solution.

:12:50. > :13:07.Kimmich and able to pick out Draxler.

:13:08. > :13:16.Sissoko was not quite able to get on the end of it. The final from Paris

:13:17. > :13:22.on Sunday, live on BBC One at seven o'clock, is preceded at one o'clock,

:13:23. > :13:34.also on BBC One by the Wimbledon men's final. It is going to be a

:13:35. > :14:06.long day in front of the television, isn't it? It sure is.

:14:07. > :14:10.Good centre halves cover each other's backs. They have been

:14:11. > :14:31.outstanding tonight. Sissoko has put in a tremendous

:14:32. > :14:34.shift. There were a few eyebrows when he kept his place, but he has

:14:35. > :14:59.done exceptionally well tonight. Could he win it? Didier Deschamps?

:15:00. > :15:06.He won this as a player, he won this as their captain, he won this on a

:15:07. > :15:28.Golden Goal. He won the World Cup as well.

:15:29. > :15:38.Griezmann would have been on a hat-trick. I do not know if there is

:15:39. > :15:53.time for him to live to regret it. We saw all of his quality there.

:15:54. > :15:59.Gignac tried to draw a foul out of Mustafi, but did not manage it. That

:16:00. > :16:23.was a great tackle. Game management now. I think they

:16:24. > :16:24.have done that magnificently well throughout the match. They were

:16:25. > :16:36.hanging on for long periods. It's the hour for Oles. France are

:16:37. > :17:21.almost in the final. He's done well since he's come on,

:17:22. > :17:28.Gignac, very similar to Giroud. Holds it up for his team. Griezmann

:17:29. > :17:31.is the man, though, in that team, the way he holds onto the ball,

:17:32. > :17:56.silky skills. Germany have run out of ideas. And

:17:57. > :18:11.they've almost run out of time. I think the French have broken their

:18:12. > :18:46.hearts. No foul on Griezmann. The 90th minute of the semifinal.

:18:47. > :19:12.And there's nothing Germany can do. It's just been impossible to find a

:19:13. > :19:20.way through this French defence. Seconds remain and then the party.

:19:21. > :19:30.France are heading to Paris. Their own final. A final on French soil.

:19:31. > :19:38.Looking to repeat the Triumph of 1984, the joy of 1980 -- 1998.

:19:39. > :19:42.France are unbeaten in their last ten games against Portugal since a

:19:43. > :19:46.friendly in 1975. They will be red-hot favourites. As soon as the

:19:47. > :20:10.Italian blows his whistle. Tired limbs, Martin. Big source did,

:20:11. > :20:16.tired French limbs. Yohan Cabaye is going to come on. Pogba, who's been

:20:17. > :20:22.exceptional, I think is going to have to be persuaded to make way.

:20:23. > :20:29.Lovely little interception, maybe he gets cramped at the same time. It's

:20:30. > :20:38.Griezmann coming off. Now just listen to this for innovation. --

:20:39. > :20:47.for an overlay should. -- over Asian.

:20:48. > :21:03.Antoine Griezmann, the man for France tonight. No words are needed.

:21:04. > :21:13.The crowd said it all. That's what it means to them.

:21:14. > :21:34.Their Euros is going to end in semifinal defeat against.

:21:35. > :21:47.Another header from Laurent Koscielny.

:21:48. > :21:55.The game is up and they know it. The header... Brilliant save! Fantastic

:21:56. > :22:09.save by Hugo Lloris. Towards the back post again and

:22:10. > :22:14.across the goal and wide. They still cannot, through Gotze of this time,

:22:15. > :22:21.find a way past Hugo Lloris. Look at the keeper's reaction. This is the

:22:22. > :22:25.second one, just goes past. This is the header. What a save that is.

:22:26. > :23:07.Brilliant, brilliant save. On a hot and humid Marseille night,

:23:08. > :23:23.Didier Deschamps and his French team are marching towards the final.

:23:24. > :23:31.All eyes now on Nicola Rizzoli, the referee. The next whistle will

:23:32. > :23:41.surely be the last. Still Germany come. They appeal for

:23:42. > :24:14.a penalty. The referee has looked at his watch.

:24:15. > :24:21.Offside! Not the end. He's teasing them. You have to give Germany

:24:22. > :24:29.credit, they kept going to the end. France are in the final! Germany are

:24:30. > :24:44.out! The force is most certainly with them. Antoine Griezmann is the

:24:45. > :24:45.man on the lips of the nation. Germany, despairing, defeated.

:24:46. > :24:54.France March on. France 2-0 Germany. France against

:24:55. > :25:05.Portugal on Sunday in the final. (STUDIO) France have done it. They

:25:06. > :25:10.are through to the final. And they are the first host nation to reach

:25:11. > :25:16.the European finals on two occasions. Also in 1984, of course.

:25:17. > :25:21.What a fabulous achievement. To beat a side like Germany, although

:25:22. > :25:25.Germany have lost four of their last six semifinal appearances now at a

:25:26. > :25:35.major tournament. I must come to you to your area, congratulations. Thank

:25:36. > :25:41.you. I'm so emotional at the moment. It's nice to see the togetherness of

:25:42. > :25:48.the team, the fans. At the back they were brilliant. Evra, Sagna, Umtiti,

:25:49. > :25:54.Koscielny. We can see Paul Bob Barr, everybody. Like I said before, the

:25:55. > :25:59.main man, Griezmann. -- Paul Pogba. We all knew he had to play this type

:26:00. > :26:03.of game. Everybody will say yes, Germany made two mistakes, but I

:26:04. > :26:10.don't care, he put them in the back of the net. We have a hero. He can

:26:11. > :26:15.make us win tournaments, hopefully. You never know what will happen in

:26:16. > :26:23.the final, but we are there now. It will be tricky against Portugal. But

:26:24. > :26:27.what a player. Monsieur Griezmann. Real contrast and emotions between

:26:28. > :26:32.the sides, naturally. Very rare to see Germans with tears in their eyes

:26:33. > :26:38.that are not ones of joy but rather despair. It was a good game of

:26:39. > :26:42.football. It was a very good game of football. France did what they had

:26:43. > :26:46.to do. When they were under severe pressure without the ball in the

:26:47. > :26:50.first half, they stood firm. They came out a little bit further

:26:51. > :26:54.forward in the second half, which helped them get that second goal,

:26:55. > :26:59.which we'll look at in a second. They were the better team with the

:27:00. > :27:04.star man up front, Griezmann. He delivered when he had to, but also a

:27:05. > :27:08.special mention for the coach, Deschamps. Whatever decision he is

:27:09. > :27:12.made at any time this tournament, it's worked. Whether that was

:27:13. > :27:17.leaving out Griezmann in the second game, bringing Coman O'Donnell at

:27:18. > :27:24.half-time, leaving out Kante today, which was a surprise. Every changes

:27:25. > :27:30.made has worked perfect leaf. France thoroughly deserved to be in the

:27:31. > :27:35.final. Fabulous scenes in Marseille, the French fans enjoying the night,

:27:36. > :27:40.as well they might. The German players acknowledging their

:27:41. > :27:43.supporters. I think we'll be seeing this a lot next season, the

:27:44. > :27:48.Icelandics have given us so much in this tournament and that, I suspect,

:27:49. > :27:53.we'll see at many grounds around the world. It's catching around the

:27:54. > :27:59.world. It's a great celebration. It's great to see the change in the

:28:00. > :28:02.French. I was in the changing room with Patrice Evra after the World

:28:03. > :28:08.Cup when they had the problems, but this is a complete contrast. It

:28:09. > :28:12.shows you that football can change if you create an identity and

:28:13. > :28:15.culture they can all believe it, a structure and organisation, you can

:28:16. > :28:19.change it and you need players like that, players that can play at the

:28:20. > :28:25.top level and be consistent and make good decisions at the right times.

:28:26. > :28:29.And scored goals. Brilliant scenes, French players enjoying it in front

:28:30. > :28:37.of their supporters. We can confirm that France will play Portugal in

:28:38. > :28:45.the final of Euro two to 16. -- Euro 2016. It could be a very special

:28:46. > :28:51.Sunday indeed. He hasn't lost that this Championships yet. He's got the

:28:52. > :28:59.ball on a string. He's picked his moment and found his spot. Getting

:29:00. > :29:06.fired up, these two to. A searing shot. He is truly one of the

:29:07. > :29:13.greatest players ever. That may very well do it. They thoroughly deserved

:29:14. > :29:17.their place in the showpiece event. Epic is the word I believe they tend

:29:18. > :29:21.to use nowadays. Antoine Griezmann has now scored as many goals at the

:29:22. > :29:29.European Championships as Thierry Henry. He's joined you on that

:29:30. > :29:38.number. I'm sure you won't mind! What he's doing at the moment, he is

:29:39. > :29:45.astonishing. We could see Ronaldo and Griezmann and we were smiling. I

:29:46. > :29:52.think I'll sit like this. What a player. The first was courtesy of

:29:53. > :29:57.this penalty. Alan doesn't think it was. Difference of opinion. What

:29:58. > :30:05.were his arms doing up there? Sticking with that, Alan? Yeah. It

:30:06. > :30:09.has to be deliberate handball. Griezmann, calm as you like his

:30:10. > :30:13.fifth of the tournament. And then he scored his sixth, twice as much as

:30:14. > :30:18.any other individual in this tournament. This is what it meant to

:30:19. > :30:23.him, and to the fans outside our studio. Spectacular scenes in Paris.

:30:24. > :30:28.I said at half-time I felt France had to press a little bit higher and

:30:29. > :30:32.get everyone ten yards up the pitch. This illustrates exactly that. Look

:30:33. > :30:39.at the way they go after the ball. Look how many men they have forward,

:30:40. > :30:42.committed to be attacked, not giving up, not sitting back, and it pays

:30:43. > :30:49.off. It's a mistake by Neuer. He either has to stay or punch it. It's

:30:50. > :30:54.such a clever finish by Griezmann. He realises he doesn't have time to

:30:55. > :31:00.think about it and just with the studs, thanks very much. A clever

:31:01. > :31:06.and cute finish. We were talking about experience, Schweinsteiger,

:31:07. > :31:11.Manuel Neuer. Two big mistakes from two experienced players. But the

:31:12. > :31:17.sign of a great team is to take advantage and you punish a team and

:31:18. > :31:23.France did that. It was all most like old Italian or German sides.

:31:24. > :31:28.Two opportunities, two goals. Professional performance, very

:31:29. > :31:33.patient, sort it out. Yeah, and they had waves of attacks against them.

:31:34. > :31:36.Umtiti made two mistakes in his first game, his debut, but today

:31:37. > :31:42.showed he's a player who learns quickly. A few balls played across

:31:43. > :31:48.and he was defending at the front post. He was as good as Koscielny

:31:49. > :31:52.today. The final of the Champions League, Ronaldo against Griezmann.

:31:53. > :31:56.Final of the European Championships, Ronaldo against Griezmann. Thanks,

:31:57. > :31:58.we are out of time. Antoine Netz again, he's a French revelation.

:31:59. > :32:17.Very good night. I've got to be at the top

:32:18. > :33:13.of my game, you know. Stay focused, keep my feet

:33:14. > :33:16.on the ground, just keep grafting. Yous ready?

:33:17. > :33:19.ALL: Yeah!