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# Je revois la ville en fete et en delire

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# Suffoquant sous le soleil et sous la joie

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# Et j'entends dans la musique les cris, les rires

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# Qui eclatent et rebondissent autour de moi

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# Emportes par la foule qui nous traine

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# Nous entraine # L'un contre l'autre

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# Emportes par la foule qui nous traine

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# Nous entraine # L'un contre l'autre

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# Et perdue parmi ces gens qui me bousculent

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# Quand soudain, je me retourne, il se recule,

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# Et la foule vient me jeter entre ses bras...

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It is the host nation against the world champions, France meet Germany

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for the first time in the history of the European Championships, with a

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place in the final against Portugal at stake. The French are chasing a

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hat-trick of tournament wins on home soil, Germany are hoping to become

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only the fourth team in history to hold the world and European crowns

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at the same time. Good evening, we are really looking forward to this.

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Alan Shearer, Rio Ferdinand and Terry Henry died after night. Let's

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reflect on the events of last night, Wales's run is over, but they return

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home as heroes. It has been an agonising long wait.

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Gareth Bale Paul Wales, it is in! 58 years they have waited.

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It is a win for St George and a defeat for the Dragon. Aaron Ramsey!

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Gareth Bale with another wicked delivery. It is another Wales win.

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What a turn, what a goal, something special is happening tonight. What a

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performance from the team overall in the tournament as a country we have

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added the tournament. Back home it has been incredible, it is the sort

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of stuff you dream of is a little boy. Already further than any Wales

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team that has gone before. It is a proud moment for us, we have

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achieved a lot as a group, nobody expected us to, but we had the

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belief, the pride and passion. Gareth Bale court Portugal out. We

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are super proud of the players and the way they have come back, on

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every level it has been first class. It is a serious shot on target.

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Ronaldo has got it. When you give so much and you cannot give no more...

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It looks as though Wales are sliding out. This is not the end of the

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journey. I do not think it is, I think our players have got more

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success in them. We have to make sure we go and get it. This is only

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the end of one story. In years to come thousands will be able to

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fondly say, I was there. A terrific effort and Wales left

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this morning from their home base and they will travel home tomorrow

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for an open top bus tour around Cardiff, which will end at the

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Cardiff City Stadium where more than 30,000 fans are expected to attend,

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with the celebration is being led by the Manic Street Preachers. It

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should be quite a party. Alan, you were there, and they could not give

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more. There was nothing in that game until that towering header, a piece

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of brilliance from Ronaldo. It was pretty obvious that they missed the

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quality of Aaron Ramsey in that team, he has been one of their star

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performance in this tournament. But if you need any convincing to see

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what a staggering achievement it has been for Wales, when Chris Coleman

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was looking at his bench to try and change things, he looked at his

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outfield players and there was one guy who played in the Premier League

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last season, 11 minutes, Johnny Williams. Of all the credit that

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they have had, they deserve it. They gave the tournament so much and they

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have given their country so much. They have to be so proud of this

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team, they are going to have an open top bus tour and they deserve it. I

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know a lot of guys in that squad and every time I speak to them the word

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brotherhood comes up and they were having the time of their lives. None

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of them had experienced anything like this and to be a part of it and

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to see it at close quarters, I have seen them crying, and that is what

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it means for these guys and they will remember it for the rest of

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their lives and rightly so. Is it just the British public who feel

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this way? I think whether you are French or German or Belgian, you

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have to respect what the team did. You have to ask, how did they manage

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to do that? It is simple, when you have an identity and a plan and the

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togetherness that they have, you can achieve a lot of things. The guy you

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thought who would make a difference was Aaron Ramsey and also Gareth

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Bale. When they lost against England people were thinking, be careful,

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let's see how they will react, and they reacted well. They have a

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togetherness and you have to give them a lot of credit. That was an

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example for everyone to see what you can achieve when you play as a team.

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Talking about the team, the work ethic and identity, when you have

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got that to fall back on as an individual, you can go out and

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express yourself. Without the creativity of a team, you cannot

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express yourself. Despite all that it was an individual, a talented

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individual, that was the difference. This is what he will be remembered

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for. Up until then that was a ploy from Portugal, to keep on putting

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balls into the box and they defended them pretty well up until this

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moment. Yes, it is a brilliant header, the way he hangs in the air,

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just watch this, how clever it is. He steps in front of Williams and he

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has got a yard away from his marker. But to get himself in that position

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and to hang like he did and to get the power and the accuracy, it was

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stunning. That is the way he is, he jumps up, he hangs and he has the

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strength and ability to put the ball where he wants to. He flies like a

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hummingbird. It is brilliant. Despite that, the Welsh are still

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enjoying themselves. We have got some interesting shots. I am not

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quite sure why they are doing this. Look at the colour of them! They

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have been working very hard. Maybe they had a beer. I cannot understand

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why anyone would want to do anything on TV in their underpants. The

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French brushed aside Iceland, but it is the Germans who have the

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blueprint for success. The real clash of styles. Here is

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how the two teams line up. Manuel Neuer has been beaten only once in

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five matches. They revert to four at the back after playing three against

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Italy. Liverpool's Emre Can makes his first appearance of the

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tournament in the reshuffle midfield, alongside Schweinsteiger.

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Cruise is expected to play slightly further forward. Draxler comes back

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in Thomas Muller moves into the false number nine position and is

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still without a goal in ten European Championship matches. France are

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unchanged from the side that beat Iceland 2-0. N'Golo Kante is left

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out. Sissoko is again included on the right side. Griezmann is top of

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the standings in the race for the Golden Boot. Olivier Giroud has

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three goals himself, just one behind Griezmann. This is the first night

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these two teams have met the night of the terrible terrorist attacks.

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As it meant so much to the nation since then? Is it important for

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them? It is beyond that. We are not going to talk about what happened in

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November, but not only in France, it has been happening around the world

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and that is the main point, trying to bring that happiness to the

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country through the tournament. But the other side is we have two again

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popularity on the football side with the fans because of what happened in

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2010. We will not go back to that. Now there is a togetherness and you

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can sense it every single time. In November you had that relationship

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with the fans and the fact that we have never beaten them in big

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tournaments and that is important to night. There is one standout thing,

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no place for N'Golo Kante. Since the beginning of the tournament Didier

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Deschamps is not fazed about who he leaves on the bench. It is about the

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team and the performance. They got a good performance against Iceland so

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he does not want to change the team. Griezmann had to go on the bench,

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Paul Pogba had to go on the bench, everyone almost, that is how it is.

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If they win, they will all take the cup and celebrate, so it is a team

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effort. The match is being played at the Stade Velodrome, and Chris

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Waddle is pitch side. It is his old stomping ground, he is with Dan

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Walker. Welcome to one of the great stadium

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in the world with a man who was a bit of a hero in these parts. There

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is a man called Claude who is looking for a photo of you. Many are

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surprised that France are unchanged, but not you, why? I think Sissoko

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did well and got good balance on the right-hand side. Giroud has got a

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partner to link up with. They are playing a bit deeper and I think it

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suits their game. We met a few German fans on the Metro, all of

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them feeling their team will make the final, despite missing key

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players. And Muller is in the number nine role. He might disappear from

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that number nine spot and drift around a bit. I think Schweinsteiger

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might play slightly right. He is not the fittest guy at the minute. Emre

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Can coming in, he is a strong boy. They are always confident and they

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look out for the ball. People say they are arrogant, but they are not,

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they are confident. The noise here is incredible. To give you an

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indication of how important this man is, we were not allowed pitch side

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because the French president was in town, I mentioned the name Chris

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Waddle and the door open! We all know football is a simple

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game, 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes, or even 120. And at the end

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the Germans always win. I am sure they have got as saying for that,

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they always do. Only the hard come into the garden. A bit of afters.

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The game has finished all tied, penalties coming.

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And he has blazed it, the ball has not come down yet. Here is Muller,

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and he is the first person to miss for Germany since 1982.

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Germany are nearly there once more. Hector steps up.

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The sausage obsession is quite something in Germany! Key area, you

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have a slight concern about the fact they conceded chances against

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Iceland, even though they were cruising. They started ever so well.

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I don't remember a French team playing like that in one half,

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especially in a big tournament, but they left too many chances for

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Iceland. Umtiti and Koscielny. Don by a flick against Iceland. So many

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times they allowed the Iceland midfielders or defenders to run in

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the box and just have a go on target, or off target. This one, if

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it was in force Hugo Lloris, we would have been in trouble. I don't

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know if Germany would have had that many players in the box, but it

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doesn't matter. If you let them do that, you will have the same

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problem. This is why I'm interested to see Umtiti, it's his debut. 4-2

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of the goals, he was at fault. It was his debut. Now he's playing in

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the semifinals of the Euros and great confidence from the manager to

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

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pay in the second half. We ran more than them and they won the

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second-half 2-1. If you let that happen against Germany, be careful.

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If you get four up against Germany, you'd take that! Any weaknesses in

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the Germans they could possibly exploit? Yes. With crosses into the

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box. I know they've only conceded one goal and that was a penalty, but

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if it wasn't for poor finishing and some good goalkeeping, they have at

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times struggled with crosses into the box. Picking meant up, deciding

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who to go to, all is coming into the box. Good header, very, very good

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save from the top goalkeeper and this is what they'll faced a night

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with Giroud in the team. France won't be afraid to put balls in.

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Centre of the pitch, demanding the cross. Another very good header.

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They will be tested tonight and with that delivery from Payet, that could

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be one of the ways they can exploit the German back four. Today both

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teams weaknesses are there defences. They want to be on the front foot,

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attacking with their best players. It bodes well for goals in this

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game. We are due a game with loads of goals! Gomez's injury means

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there's back at added pressure on Muller to break this strange duck in

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this tournament. He hasn't scored in this tournament, but if you want

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anyone to fill the boots of Gomez, this is the man. He scores goals.

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Top goal-scorer in the last World Cup. What are like about him, he

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said it in a press conference this week, goals aren't his fuel, winning

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is. Every time you watching, even if he doesn't score, he brings

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something to the game. He's a nuisance to play against. The ball

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always seems to fall to him. In every game this tournament he's had

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an opportunity to score and I'm backing him to score tonight. He

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doesn't normally go this long without scoring. It's inexplicable

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how this happens. We've all had teams we couldn't score against.

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It's one of those things. If he keeps getting those sessions, one

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will have to come. France, perhaps surprisingly, have the advantage in

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the head-to-head record. They lead 12-9. But Germany have the edge in

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tournament football. Remember the 1982 semifinal? More on that at

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half-time. If France do progress, expected big performance from their

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little prince, Antoine Griezmann, the leading scorer with four goals

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and he's become the home nation's poster boy despite having never

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played professionally in his home country.

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The story of Antoine Griezmann is amazing. As a younger player he was

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born not far from Lyon and he tried to go to every big French club and

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everywhere he went it was always the same thing. You're too small, too

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short, you won't make it. One day someone in Spain saw him and

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thought maybe it would be better for him to come to Spain. He went to

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Real Sociedad. He was crying the whole way. He was only 13, but he

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knew it was the thing he had to do to make a career in football. He

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says now he feels as much Spanish as French and you can't blame him. He's

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lived more there than in France. Griezmann! He plays very much like a

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Spanish player, which the French national team is benefiting from. To

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me he's part of the best players the world. He's technically above many

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players. He's skilful and in front of goal he's a killer. He's proving

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to everyone you don't need to be strong or tall to realise your

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dream. He's a family guy who worked hard to

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make it. He will never forget where he came from. 2015 was a tough year

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for him. His sister was in the terrorist attacks in Paris while he

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was playing against Germany. She got really lucky and that's spurred him

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on for this tournament. Quite a story. He is a delightful

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footballer. I like him. I like him more in the number 10 role, in the

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middle, playing where he has the space to run into. The early part of

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the competition he played to the right-hand side. He's good in the

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air. If you leave him space, like that, and in this game against the

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Republic, he's enough and cute enough to find the space and put

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headers away like that. Intelligent, linkup play, he knows the ball will

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fall from Giroud and he is quicker than anyone else, he picks it up and

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he's a very, very good player. That's where he was at the beginning

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of the tournament, on the side, very difficult for Giroud to link up with

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him because he wasn't close to him. Now he's where we can see him. He

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knows already what is going to happen. If he wasn't there, Giroud

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can only hold the ball and he's surrounded by three players. It's

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too slow. But because Griezmann is clever and wants to run beyond

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Giroud, Giroud wanted to flick it, the ball goes through, so with one

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pass from Bognor Griezmann is one against one. -- one pass from Pogba.

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When you've got someone who is prepared to run past you as a

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forward, it doesn't half make your job easier. All of a sudden the

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other centre-half has got something else to think about, and so do the

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full-backs. Tricky for central defender. I used to look Giroud and

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think he's not going to pose many problems, he's not going to run

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behind. When you have somebody around him who will run behind, I

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think I have to go back and Giroud gets space. Bringing him into the

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ten role has enhanced two players. Having Griezmann around Giroud has

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improved Giroud and he's looking like a top player. It's made them a

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better team. What will be the deciding factor in this game? It

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could be him. If he performs tonight like he has done for the vast

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majority of this tournament, I think he'll be a key player. Listen, Pogba

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has to play well, Payet has to play well, but our go to guide, our extra

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guy, while Ronaldo is Griezmann. If he's on June, you know what can

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happen. I agree. As said before the tournament Griezmann was the man who

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could change fortunes for French football in a moment. He is living

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up to that. Special times will come to the French team. Germany will

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play as a team. Individually France can win it with individual moments.

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Griezmann played over 60 games for Atletico Madrid. Boxed, defending,

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sprinting, and he still performing at the end of the season. He's doing

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it. Confident or nervous? Or both? I'm nervous because I want to win

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it. I will go 1-0. The three players through the middle of the German

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team, Hummels, could era and Gomez makes France the favourites. --

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Khedira. France, I said it before the tournament and I'm not changing.

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I've sat here for many years and I've never had three people go

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against Germany! Germany against France playing for a place in the

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final of the European Championship. Your commentators, Martin Keown and

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Steve Wilson. Thank you, Gary. Good evening,

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everybody. Germany, on the right, face their hosts, France, on the

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left. Their nemesis. This is a fixture so laden in footballing

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history, so stuck in the groove of German victory when it really

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matters, so fixed in the French psyche that they are calling it

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their Everest. Two years ago at the World Cup quarterfinal in Rio,

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Germany beat France. 20 years ago in the World Cup semi in Quad Le Hara,

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West Germany beat France. 24 years ago tomorrow in Seville, another

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World Cup semi and another West German win over France. But this is

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not just France. Here it is the intensity and the majesty of

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Marseille. Unmatched in any other Euro venue and in Marseille, La

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Marseillaise. # Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit

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Fur das deutsche Vaterland # Danach lasst uns alle streben

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Bruderlich mit Herz und Hand # Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit

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Sind des Gluckes Unterpfand # Bluh' im Glanze dieses Gluckes

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Bluhe, deutsches Vaterland. # The Germans threw down the gauntlet

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with their anthem. Special, yes. But stand-by for this.

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# Allons enfants de la Patrie Le jour de gloire est arrive

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# Contre nous de la tyrannie, L'etendard sanglant est leve

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# Entendez-vous dans les campagnes Mugir ces feroces soldats

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# Aux armes, citoyens Formez vos bataillons

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# Qu'un sang impur Abreuve nos sillons

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President Francois Hollande there amongst the crowd in Marseille.

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Well, this is Germany's 20th semifinal in the last 26 major

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tournaments. Stretching back to 1966. They are without Hummels

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suspended, Kadir and Gomez injured. Income Emre Can, Draxler and

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Howedes. Bastian Schweinsteiger is fit and places 38th game of World

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Cup and European champions football. A record high for any player from

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any country. The referee is Italian. Nicola Rizzoli, Europa League and

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Champions League finals on his CV. He also took charge of Germany in

:30:32.:30:36.

the World Cup final itself two years ago. Also France's win over the

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Republic of Ireland 11 days ago. Germany's first taste of Marseille

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in this tournament. France, the formation has been the topic that's

:30:57.:31:01.

filled 1000 column inches in the build-up. 4-3-3 or 4-3-3 -- 4-3-3 or

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not 4-3-3 was the question. But not, it's 4-2-3-1. No return for Kante,

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Sissoko continues. Samuel Umtiti, with only his second cap, preferred

:31:17.:31:21.

to Ramey, who was suspended for the quarterfinal against Iceland.

:31:22.:31:30.

ritually in the last semifinal two years ago, Germany inflicted the

:31:31.:31:36.

then host nation's heaviest ever defeat. That was Brazil, 7-1.

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Franz's record of home defeat is 15- 02 and England amateur 11. I suspect

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that is not under threat! What a stage and an atmosphere. It is an

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amazing atmosphere. Lots of free flowing football, let's hope that is

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what we are in for. Germany are in the white and black, France are in

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bloom. This is for the right to go and face the Portuguese in the

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final. Griezmann trying to make a nuisance of himself.

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Emre Can had an early touch and a good run.

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Muller just lost his bearings. Racks are coming in for the injured Gomes.

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That is a feature of his game, he likes to run with the ball.

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Hector did not keep it in play, it is a French throne. Throne.

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Great ability. Just a little shimmy and straight into the box. That was

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the back of his arm, but it was not deliberate. Just look out for a pie

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at's delivery. It is special, the way he delivers this ball.

:34:10.:34:27.

Olivier Giroud was hoping that would reach him. It did not.

:34:28.:34:51.

Emre Can looked very nervous before this game. Schweinsteiger is playing

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a more central role. He will be pulling the strings. Some nervy

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moments early on here. A word about Schweinsteiger, 38 matches. Here he

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is on the bond now will stop in Championships and world finals.

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What great experience to have alongside you.

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Germany felt that was a foul, the referee did not.

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The French have started well, there is a real freedom in their play.

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There is an incredible atmosphere here. They will play without any

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fear. Cue Mitch with the foul. It is already very evident that

:36:21.:36:56.

Griezmann is coming into those little pockets and linking very

:36:57.:37:02.

successfully. It has been a powerful start for the French. They want to

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use that momentum from the crowd. Didier Deschamps was a tiny giant as

:37:16.:37:24.

a player, having lifted both the World Cup and the European

:37:25.:37:25.

Championships as a player. They called Didier Deschamps the

:37:26.:38:02.

water carrier. Kofi carrier more alike. Griezmann got to the

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follow-up himself! Antoine Griezmann carved them open.

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Great work down the left. He tried to place it. It takes a very agile

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keeper to make that one. Germany here are facing the full force of

:38:37.:38:45.

their own possession. He should have gone for a bit more power in his

:38:46.:38:54.

shot. This is not a stadium, it is a cauldron, and it is bubbling over at

:38:55.:38:57.

the moment, it is absolutely deafening. Germany are happy to take

:38:58.:39:03.

the sting out of it and keep the ball for a little bit.

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That was a valiant effort. Griezmann could not get the power on it,

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although it had the direction. He is that extra little bit of spice

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in the team, the glue almost, that makes everything come together for

:39:51.:39:51.

France. Interesting that France are not

:39:52.:40:43.

pressing the ball, just stay in contact. Muller was lurking inside

:40:44.:40:52.

the box, hoping that Boateng might look for him.

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That was too high. He will keep getting down that right-hand side.

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They were two difficult balls to deal with.

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Popper was caught. Drax low with the foul. He was coming in all the way

:41:44.:41:54.

from the left-hand touchline. There is a definite plan to win the ball

:41:55.:42:00.

back quickly from Germany. The first ten minutes have been quick and

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competitive. Everything you could ask for.

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What an introduction to international football for Umtiti. A

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quarterfinal and a semifinal. There were three white shirts in the

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box, Patrice Evra was in the way. Germany look a little more settled

:42:52.:43:12.

now after that sort of noise and pace from France in the first few

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minutes of the game. They are OK with these short passes, as soon as

:43:18.:43:22.

they tried to play it a bit longer the ball goes astray a little bit.

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They are using all of their experience here. It is mostly be

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experienced players. I have not seen Emre Can touch the ball much. That

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was Muller. Still not quite happening for Thomas Muller in this

:44:27.:44:30.

tournament. A good ball into the box. He did not seem to plant his

:44:31.:44:38.

foot alongside the ball. He lost his confidence in front of goal. Five

:44:39.:44:45.

goals in the 2010 World Cup final and five more in the 2014 World Cup

:44:46.:44:51.

finals, but he has yet to break his duck in European Championship

:44:52.:45:02.

football. It is funny that. Miroslav close escort bags of goals in

:45:03.:45:06.

European Championships. It is one of those things.

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Germany owning the ball at the moment. Emre Can, a good save by

:45:30.:45:38.

Hugo Lloris. The danger has not gone yet.

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Koscielny and Bacary Sagna between them kept it out. They are riding

:45:51.:45:57.

their luck. Germany had six players in that attack. Umtiti, just a

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little bit of panic about that overhead.

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Draxler pressing the ball high as well. A good effort into the corner,

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Lloris swiftly across the goal, he reads it well.

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Both goalkeepers are cats like, so quick. Exceptional.

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Meat and drink for due:. Three passes before it came to Muller. --

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meat and drink for Hugo Lloris. So accurate with some of their passes.

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Kroos is very good on the ball. France seemed to take the game in

:47:09.:47:26.

their grasp in the opening minutes, but it's slipped through their

:47:27.:47:35.

fingers in the last few moments. Germany look confident and bright

:47:36.:47:36.

and comfortable. Kimmich pushed to the ground by

:47:37.:48:20.

Dmitri Payet. He stayed on his feet this time. Payet got past him

:48:21.:48:24.

earlier in the game, but not this time. Interesting how Boateng is

:48:25.:48:32.

playing these diagonal balls right out to the Wing-back or full-back

:48:33.:48:39.

tonight in Hector. He really plays high. He's seen loads of the ball,

:48:40.:48:46.

Jonas Hector, on the left-hand side. France getting overrun in that

:48:47.:49:17.

midfield. Ozil has so much space when he comes off to receive the

:49:18.:49:18.

ball. Good play by Muller. The pass from

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Draxler was a little bit wasteful behind Emre Can.

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We know how good Low is as a tactician. Tactically they are out

:49:42.:49:51.

playing the French at the moment. They look great in possession, but

:49:52.:49:55.

I'm worried about the French out of possession.

:49:56.:50:07.

Schweinsteiger in that quarterback role.

:50:08.:50:56.

France have hardly smelt the ball in the last five minutes. A change of

:50:57.:51:08.

pace from Kroos and put behind for the corner. Punishing for the

:51:09.:51:16.

French. Hector on the left-hand side goes wide, Draxler comes into the

:51:17.:51:20.

middle and they outnumber the French in central positions.

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Headed out by Laurent Koscielny. Two white shirts went for the same ball,

:51:26.:51:49.

Kimmich and Boateng. Lovely first touch from Griezmann. Now France can

:51:50.:51:58.

break. Sissoko couldn't find Griezmann, well covered by

:51:59.:52:01.

Schweinsteiger. He read the danger and snuffed it out.

:52:02.:52:17.

Lovely from Kroos, is he threw? He's gone down and he is appealing long

:52:18.:52:24.

and hard. The Italian referee doesn't want to know. This is a

:52:25.:52:31.

change of pace from Kroos. I think the referee got that right. But if

:52:32.:52:36.

it was a foul, it was just outside. Pogba might just have caught his

:52:37.:52:41.

feel very close to the edge of the penalty area. Interesting to see

:52:42.:52:45.

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

:52:46.:52:52.

Payet having to show a bit of invention. France need the ball.

:52:53.:53:02.

First and foremost. Germany don't appear to be in the mood to share.

:53:03.:53:22.

Real danger... Blocked by Umtiti. The French are getting worked again,

:53:23.:53:33.

Ozil again in space. France are being unpicked here. Beautiful from

:53:34.:53:47.

Kroos. Sissoko just, Evra away. Now they might break. Good tackle by

:53:48.:53:53.

Schweinsteiger. At the moment, Martin, France just

:53:54.:54:15.

about clinging on. They are, and you just can't take your eyes off it.

:54:16.:54:19.

Tactically, I'd like to see Griezmann go a bit deeper into the

:54:20.:54:22.

midfield when they are out of possession. The full-backs for

:54:23.:54:28.

Germany really do cause problems because they are prepared to push

:54:29.:54:33.

on. The ball, at last, for the home side.

:54:34.:54:45.

Howedes with a rather wayward clearance. Did Schweinsteiger

:54:46.:54:59.

catching? Yes, he did. -- catch him. Payet moving into a central position

:55:00.:55:03.

and he gets caught. This is Payet territory. If he beats Manuel Neuer

:55:04.:55:12.

from 30 yards, he deserves all the credit he'll get! It's going to have

:55:13.:55:17.

to be some free kick to do so, but he is arguably their best at this in

:55:18.:55:19.

a generation. As the German wall lines up, the

:55:20.:55:48.

French discussions go on. Paul Pogba and Antoine Griezmann are standing

:55:49.:55:55.

over the ball, but I can't help feeling they are just red Sox

:55:56.:55:58.

herrings and this is going to be Dmitri Payet.

:55:59.:56:10.

Keeper just keeps his eye on it nicely and makes it look easy after

:56:11.:56:33.

all that drama. Just a little hand signal from lawyer, maybe to his

:56:34.:56:37.

wall, that he couldn't see it. -- Nia.

:56:38.:56:59.

He's looked at home, Emre Can. Clever, isn't it, the backheel.

:57:00.:57:07.

Catches out Matuidi and has to give the corner away.

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Driven in by Kroos. Headed down by Emre Can.

:57:25.:57:39.

France being tested and stretched all over the pitch. Ozil! It hit

:57:40.:57:59.

Umtiti. I'm not sure it was going in, but neither was Lloris. Such

:58:00.:58:04.

variation to the German play here. Simple for the keeper.

:58:05.:58:20.

I think Lloris is right to attack. They've got to get after the German

:58:21.:58:49.

team and push back the full-backs. Matuidi finding the pitch gave way

:58:50.:58:53.

underneath him a bit as he tried to change direction.

:58:54.:59:20.

Beautifully flighted from Ozil. Strange from Payet. Kroos onto it.

:59:21.:59:35.

Koscielny to safety, but only for a moment. Very simple what Germany are

:59:36.:59:39.

doing. They're full-backs push on and the wide players come inside.

:59:40.:59:44.

Just two fit -- midfield players for the French and they are being

:59:45.:59:54.

outnumbered. Only 27 minutes played, but there may already be a case for

:59:55.:00:00.

N'Golo Kante. It saps your confidence when you can't get hold

:00:01.:00:04.

of the ball and when you do you give it straightaway again.

:00:05.:00:34.

Looking for some individual magic, France, on the counterattack. That's

:00:35.:00:42.

what ten minutes without the ball can do to you. Yeah. Griezmann does

:00:43.:00:46.

really well to begin with, but just a simple pass.

:00:47.:01:07.

The thing Germany do so well is to close you down once they give the

:01:08.:01:13.

ball away. They win it back very quickly. They are smothering the

:01:14.:01:15.

French team. The last 25 minutes have been an

:01:16.:01:46.

exhibition of power from the Germans. Only lacking the goal. It

:01:47.:01:52.

is all those little triangular passes and they are moving around

:01:53.:01:54.

one another beautifully. The pocket was well and truly picked

:01:55.:02:18.

by Schweinsteiger. Look how deep all France's danger

:02:19.:02:44.

men are. They have been pulled deep. They are having to work so hard

:02:45.:03:07.

because they keep playing diagonal balls, varying their play. So many

:03:08.:03:11.

options on the ball. France have to find some way of

:03:12.:03:28.

shaking Germany out of their stride. There was real danger. Umtiti was

:03:29.:03:54.

there. Umtiti was important. Had to concentrate too clear that one.

:03:55.:04:02.

Pushing up to 70% possession at the moment, Germany.

:04:03.:04:09.

That was the clearance from the young man. Very important.

:04:10.:04:29.

Umtiti's debut in the quarterfinal was a baptism of eyes and this is a

:04:30.:04:39.

baptism of fire. I am looking at the French team and wondering where the

:04:40.:04:42.

true leaders are. They really could do with some help from the

:04:43.:04:45.

touchline. But when it is 0-0, you always have

:04:46.:04:58.

a chance. Foul by Umtiti. The French team have

:04:59.:05:16.

to push higher. They have given so much possession away it is just a

:05:17.:05:19.

matter of time before Germany score one.

:05:20.:05:34.

The German fans recreating the Icelandic clap.

:05:35.:06:04.

Good goalkeeping by Hugo Lloris. That was better, the French team

:06:05.:06:15.

were a bit more compact. The distance between the lines is really

:06:16.:06:20.

important, how close that midfield is from the back line. On Sunday

:06:21.:06:26.

their Wimbledon men's final from one o'clock on BBC One, hopefully with

:06:27.:06:30.

Andy Murray involved in that, and then the final of Euro 2016 from

:06:31.:06:37.

seven o'clock. BBC is the only place you can watch both, the climax of

:06:38.:06:42.

the Wimbledon men's singles and the climax of Euro 2016. Popper did

:06:43.:06:50.

well. He was put under a great deal of pressure. He tried to play his

:06:51.:06:54.

way out nice and calm. He gets the free kick.

:06:55.:07:14.

Griezmann concedes the free kick. You do not want to give Payet to

:07:15.:07:24.

many looks at your goal from this range. Yellow card for Emre Can. He

:07:25.:07:32.

is not happy with that one, but he shuts the door on Griezmann. Look at

:07:33.:07:41.

Muller. He wants him to be calm. He does not want to see him sent off.

:07:42.:07:58.

Are they going to try and do something a little more unexpected

:07:59.:08:19.

here or will Payet have another go? Griezmann is leaving the scene,

:08:20.:08:25.

Payet is leaving the scene. Paul Pogba is on it.

:08:26.:08:47.

It was Paul Pogba. Same side, same result. A different player this

:08:48.:08:53.

time, but very similar. Emre Can was making the point that

:08:54.:09:09.

he felt that Griezmann was falling into him. This is where they get

:09:10.:09:17.

killed a little bit, in the build-up, Schweinsteiger coming in

:09:18.:09:21.

deep and building from the back. The French team are happy to let them

:09:22.:09:23.

have it. Now they will try and break. But

:09:24.:10:03.

shirts are back quickly. They get back exceptionally quickly. That is

:10:04.:10:07.

what you want in transition, you want your defence to get back

:10:08.:10:08.

quickly. That was straight to Mullen. Again

:10:09.:10:25.

Muller's shot was not really troublesome for Hugo Lloris.

:10:26.:10:36.

France seemed to enter this game with such belief and they now look

:10:37.:10:43.

riddled with self-doubt. You could see it breaking just there.

:10:44.:11:16.

All that came from Matuidi's mistake. Can the French survived

:11:17.:11:45.

until half-time? Schweinsteiger is claiming he was being held and the

:11:46.:11:50.

officials have decided he was not. Paul Pogba was the man nearest him.

:11:51.:11:56.

The referee just about get that right. Paul Pogba was on the wrong

:11:57.:12:06.

side. He is hugging Draxler. I am not sure he found Schweinsteiger. I

:12:07.:12:11.

wonder if the French are thinking about changes at half-time to stay

:12:12.:12:17.

in this game. You changed the system, Didier Deschamps at

:12:18.:12:21.

half-time when they were a goal down against Northern Ireland. It has

:12:22.:12:29.

suited them well in this tournament up to this point, maybe it is time

:12:30.:12:30.

to change back. Patrice Evra into Griezmann. It is

:12:31.:13:04.

great play down the left-hand side. Griezmann takes it really early and

:13:05.:13:09.

it is into the side netting. He chips it up to volley at. They have

:13:10.:13:19.

got quality and they have got matchwinners. They have also got

:13:20.:13:25.

N'Golo Kante sitting on the bench. They could do with his energy in

:13:26.:13:31.

midfield. But if 90% of your focus and energy is being spent just

:13:32.:13:36.

keeping the opposition out, then you have got a problem.

:13:37.:13:55.

He is celebrating like he has scored a goal. That is what it means when

:13:56.:14:02.

you make a great tackle, outstanding defending. Not quick enough to

:14:03.:14:15.

accelerate away from her bread, and not aware enough to pick out

:14:16.:14:16.

Griezmann. That I would suggest is a yellow

:14:17.:14:39.

card for Patrice Evra. Just look at that, that was brilliant play from

:14:40.:14:43.

Germany, the way they've played out of trouble. Also composed in

:14:44.:14:50.

possession. It was a good foul as well to stop them breaking, by the

:14:51.:14:52.

way. Patrice Evra played in 2008 and the

:14:53.:15:11.

2012 European Championships and the 2010 World Cup before he actually

:15:12.:15:15.

won a game with France in a tournament.

:15:16.:15:27.

That was a really important header from Koscielny.

:15:28.:15:37.

Here they come again, stretching, teasing, twisting... And falling

:15:38.:15:47.

over. And with punishing runs. This was Olivier Giroud. Look at that for

:15:48.:15:55.

defending. He has come from nowhere to make that challenge. That is

:15:56.:16:00.

brilliant. They might have had very little of

:16:01.:16:14.

the ball, France, and been second best by a distance, but they have

:16:15.:16:20.

had opportunities. That is why it is so captivating.

:16:21.:16:26.

Griezmann with the best of them early on, you would say. The two

:16:27.:16:35.

from Griezmann and that one from Giroud. Payet, nicely done. It was

:16:36.:16:48.

turning awkwardly for Hector, who took no chances. Evra elected to get

:16:49.:16:54.

forward, we haven't seen much from him in the first half. Moving into a

:16:55.:17:03.

minimum of two added minutes at the end of this first half. If France

:17:04.:17:12.

get this right, they may go in the tunnel in front.

:17:13.:17:19.

A clash of heads... The referee... What's he given? Has he given France

:17:20.:17:36.

a penalty? He's given France a penalty!

:17:37.:17:45.

Bastian Schweinsteiger is in the referee's notebook and France have a

:17:46.:17:58.

penalty. For that. His arm is up and he's headed it onto his arm. There's

:17:59.:18:06.

no doubt. That's harsh. It is harsh and surely the referee can't see

:18:07.:18:12.

from there, he's behind it. Well, the Germans are distraught. Antoine

:18:13.:18:21.

Griezmann has the chance to fire France in front in Marseille.

:18:22.:18:31.

This could be his fifth of the tournament. It could be France in

:18:32.:18:34.

front. He's facing Neuer. He scores! Incredible. France lead. The stat

:18:35.:19:04.

velodrome celebrates and Germany wonder how they are going in behind.

:19:05.:19:12.

Griezmann can't believe it himself. This is the handball. The referee,

:19:13.:19:19.

did he really say that? How cool was he when he put that one away? The

:19:20.:19:26.

man who missed from the spot in the Champions League final, remember,

:19:27.:19:30.

has tucked this one away. At half-time in Marseille, the hosts

:19:31.:19:42.

lead the world champions. (STUDIO) just behind us, they've

:19:43.:19:46.

been going absolutely bonkers. The noise nearly shattered the glass!

:19:47.:19:52.

We'll show you how that went down in a while. Overall it looks like

:19:53.:19:56.

Germany were very dominant and comfortable in possession, but

:19:57.:19:59.

France have the lead. You can listen to stats and possession, but the

:20:00.:20:03.

stat that matters is goals. Germany have had a lot of possession, but

:20:04.:20:08.

they haven't put the chances they had away. France have had one or two

:20:09.:20:12.

opportunities on the break, which they didn't punish them for with

:20:13.:20:18.

Giroud and his lack of pace... The amount of pressure they've put on

:20:19.:20:25.

the back 11, not just the back four, because France have been pushed so

:20:26.:20:30.

far back. They have to get ten yards further up the pitch. It's not like

:20:31.:20:32.

Germany are blessed with great pace in the forward line. They have to

:20:33.:20:38.

get ten year is further up the pitch. Dare I suggest you been a tad

:20:39.:20:43.

fortunate in the first half? Well, more than fortunate. We were

:20:44.:20:46.

watching the game and it's what we said before the game. I was

:20:47.:20:51.

expecting Germany to dominate and they did. Like Alan said, we're 1-0

:20:52.:20:55.

up, we've been a couple of times in their box, Griezmann had a great

:20:56.:20:59.

opportunity at the beginning of the game. It looks like we would have a

:21:00.:21:03.

go and then we sat back more and more. We weren't able to counter, we

:21:04.:21:10.

had two corners. I think it's a penalty. It's twice now Germany have

:21:11.:21:15.

put themselves in a situation where they've had the game in their hands

:21:16.:21:20.

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

:21:21.:21:24.

lacked discipline! Boateng in the last game and now Schweinsteiger.

:21:25.:21:28.

The experiences got, you'd expect in to deal with it much better. But at

:21:29.:21:34.

the end of the day, these chances they had... Do you two seriously

:21:35.:21:40.

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

:21:41.:21:45.

deliberate handball. He's not going to get there. I think he's gone to

:21:46.:21:53.

protect his face from the elbow of Patrice It's a great penalty, great

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composure. You have to give Griezmann great credit because he

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missed against Real Madrid in the Champions League final. Look at

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that. I don't think it's a penalty, it's a very, very harsh decision.

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Straightaway we shouted, was it handball? Then he gave it. If

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someone lost me in the box at set piece, panic straightaway and you

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think, let me do something to put him off. He's put up his arm to put

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him off. I think it's definitely a penalty. You'll have to agree to

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disagree. We highlighted Griezmann before kick-off as the danger. There

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was a wonderful bit of football earlier in the game by France. You

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can see here with Sissoko looking confident and moving forward. France

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got the ball back. They were playing in their half, trying to be brave.

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Pass forward, flick, and again. Griezmann again. Matuidi gives him

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the ball back. Now if he was on his left foot I think it would have been

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a goal. He could have passed to Sissoko, but you'd rather he have a

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go. He just didn't find the corner. If it goes in, it's the goal of the

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tournament. It didn't have enough bend on it. At the beginning of the

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clip, that was France in the first five or ten minutes, on the front

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foot, higher up the pitch, having the composure and believed to go up

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against Germany. They've sat back since. That lasted only three

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minutes. Five almost. Bags of possession for Germany. A couple of

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chances. Let's look at those. Two decent chances. We were sat here

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talking and thinking that Germany are finding a way through the middle

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of that team too much. They are sitting deep and they are not

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smelling the danger enough, particularly Pogba. Yes, he might be

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a very good player when he's getting the ball forward... That's a good

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chance for Muller. Defensively, Pogba has to smell danger a little

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bit more. I know he's not a naturally sitting midfielder to

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protect in front of the back four, but straight through the middle of

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the team. That is too easy. You have to smell the danger better. It's a

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brilliance save from Lloris in the end. That's the difference. It's a

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great save from Lloris. That's the difference with Kante in the team,

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someone who can smell danger and plays off the other midfielder.

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Kante will never be in the same line as the other midfielder, he'll be

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smelling the danger with the ball behind. I wouldn't be overly

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surprised to see him appear, especially now given the lead from

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South. I think he will definitely come on. He's been missing in

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midfield. And Mario Gomez has been missing. They don't close the ball

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to early. It becomes at times, although they pass the ball well and

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they bully you in terms of how they push you back, but if you don't have

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the man in the box, it becomes more easy. France have had a penalty,

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should Germany have had one? Maybe a foul on Kroos? I think it was a

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freak look after Pogba caught him. Fantastic play from Kroos, the way

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he changes the pace. Maybe Pogba should be covering. That's where

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Kante would be. The way in which Kroos just ups the levels. It's just

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outside. I think it's a free kick. It's a free kick. Schweinsteiger has

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controlled this game. He's been great. He didn't play last year for

:25:46.:25:51.

Man United. You talked about the way the German full-backs play so high,

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they forced the French team back. That is what's happening. Because

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both Hector and Kimmich in the first half... They are virtually playing

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as out and out wingers because of the pressure that Germany are

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putting on them, which in turn is forcing Sissoko back, but not so

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much Payet, because Everett is covering. Look how wide both

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full-backs are. At the minute they are stretching France and they

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couldn't cope with it. If they were better in the final third with their

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last ball,... It's proving difficult for France to cope. You have to give

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credit to Germany for the way they've played. Surely if a team

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plays that high with their full-backs, there's an opportunity

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to counter attack if you know what you're doing. It's not that easy.

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They force you to go behind. Although it doesn't look like they

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are running, they are running a lot, covering space. The French team at

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the moment is a bit unbalanced because Evra is matching Kimmich,

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Sissoko is following Hector. You have Payet tucking in, but on the

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other side he's following. They need to be a bit more brave, let Sagna

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deal with Hector on the side and make sure Sissoko and help Matuidi

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and Pogba inside. The German full-backs ask you the question. The

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wide players, Payet and Sissoko, they say to them, do you want to

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

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we are going to cheat and hit you on the counterattack, or if you defend.

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If you're going to counterattack, it's good to have some pace up

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front. If Jerry is playing, this is a goal. -- tee area Omri. It's the

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ability to get your head up and have a look at Griezmann inside. He is

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not quick enough anyway to get past him. A lame effort in the box. Look

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to his right, he never looks once. You need to have great composure,

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cut back and let Howedes go and tackle away and then you finish it

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easy. But it's not that easy. I stood up and I thought it was going

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

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these sides have met in the semifinal of a major tournament.

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That came in the 1982 World Cup. A fairly tepid affair. Just six goals,

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a penalty shoot out and one of the worst fouls of all time.

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It must be... Got it through the crowd to give West Germany the lead.

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Harald Schumacher to face Michel Platini. 1-1! Battiston is obviously

:29:08.:29:16.

going to come on and the referee allowing him to do so. Platini,

:29:17.:29:25.

great ball. Battiston... Wide. Schumacher came out and thumped in

:29:26.:29:31.

pretty hard, I must say. Battiston retires on a stretcher. The referee

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blows the full-time. There will now be an extra period of 30 minutes. A

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lot of movement in the area. Tresor! Giresse. Yes! What a cracking goal.

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The French believe they've made it to the final. Rummenigge! He's made

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its 3-2. 3-3! For the first time, a World Cup has a match to be decided

:30:20.:30:27.

in a penalty competition. It will now be a question of sudden death.

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West Germany have won! How cruel. The French can only look in

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disbelief. And apparently without complaint in a match which will be

:30:47.:30:52.

remembered for many and many a day. Quite a game. A reminder that our

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coverage of the final begins at 7pm on Sunday. You can pick your team of

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the tournament at the BBC sport website.

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Let's return to Marseille and join Dan Walker.

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Welcome once again to the side of the pitch. We have heard from the

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pundits, let's hear from the press. You are a well-known European

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football expert. Nobody in the studio knew that the penalty had

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been given, but the French fans celebrated. They started well, they

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finished well, but in between it was complete German dominance. I think

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Germany were a bit nervous and they took time to settle, but once they

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got their passing game going and their position, France were on the

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back foot and they were very deep. We felt Germany slowly but surely

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were going to eke out some taxes, but they were only half chances. The

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German side had a different tactical line-up against Italy and they have

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a different tactical line-up the night as well. Most of the half has

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worked well, do you think they will come out in the second half and

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think they can play France of the pitch again? Now France can play

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even more on the counterattack. Germany have to be careful, they

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have got extra men in the middle to deal with the direct play, but at

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the same time any options up front. Mullah looks a bit isolated and

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Mesut Ozil is floating about and they have not been able to get

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behind this French team. The noise down here at pitch level, with the

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Marseille as before the game, it makes a difference. When we arrived

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earlier, the first guy on securities said, in Paris we want France to

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win, and in my say they have to win. At the moment they are 1-0 up.

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France faced their nemesis. For this.

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Griezmann. A good save by Manuel Neuer. Emre Can. A good save by

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lorries. Great ball in, real danger. The keeper was there. He has given

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France a penalty! It could be France in front. He scores!

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The last time Germany won again after being 1-0 down at half-time it

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was Germany against France. I am not doing that deliberately to make you

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even more nervous. What do they have to do in the second half to maintain

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that advantage? They have to make sure they run on the counter, they

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cannot sit and defend. I do not know if we are able to defend for 45

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minutes. You also need to make them work. France have got to get ten

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yards further up the pitch and when they win the ball back, at least

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they can get into that German back four a bit quicker than they are at

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the moment. They have to stop the Germans taking chances and sit and

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defend resolutely, that the threat on the counterattack. In the last 15

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minutes they looked like they were a threat to score. It does not look

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like there have been any changes. No changes from I don't manager, but

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Mesut Ozil was booked in the melee that followed the award of the

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penalty for kicking the ball away. So he, Wye and Bastian

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Schweinsteiger are all on yellow cards for Germany. The French are 45

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minutes away from the final of Euro 2016. They won the final in this

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stadium in another classic semifinal against the Portuguese, but there is

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a lot of work to do before they can see off Germany.

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Good defending by Boateng. Again Olivier Giroud delaying the defender

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with a chance to get back. It was a good chance. Yes, it was a good

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chance. It is a corner kick. Look how fired

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up Griezmann is. That came off the defender.

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Starting the second half like they started the first. The sheer desire

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and noise can carry a team to a final. 60,000 French fans in

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Marseille will do so. But France might well need a second

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goal. France are asking the questions at

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the start of the second half. That is better, good pressure from the

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French. Mesut Ozil was forced to put that one out of play.

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It would be very interesting to know what he said to his side at

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half-time. I do not think there would have been a lot of panic.

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There was a tussle involving Umtiti and Thomas Muller. Muller is going

:37:55.:38:04.

to the referee to have a little word. Listening to the atmosphere

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there is an incredible unity with the players here and the French

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public. Almost a lovely ball, well defended,

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Umtiti had to get something on that. Umtiti is demonstrating why he is in

:38:33.:38:36.

this team, he gets the all-important clearance.

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There is that ball again, Boateng, brilliantly delivered.

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That was a good battle, one by Sissoko. That is great play from

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Moussa Sissoko. Draxler gets a yellow card. Sissoko being asked to

:39:37.:39:40.

play almost as a right back. A definite booking, he has gone with

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two feet. It was a scissor challenge.

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The game has gone very scrappy and it is suiting the French.

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There were three in the middle. Umtiti again, he just keeps his eye

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on the ball, good positioning. This time it is a German verb. There was

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a great town from Mesut Ozil. You have got to stay patient if you are

:41:28.:41:33.

going to defend so deep. It was a terrific turn from Mesut Ozil.

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Germany is looking for a corner. A goal kick is given. There was no way

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past their, Patrice Evra was really strong. Just prising him out of the

:41:57.:41:59.

way. So, Antoine Griezmann's penalty kick

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in stoppage time in the first half is the difference between the two

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sides, as the Germans continued to press and probe and test the French

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backline. A blanket of blue between Germany

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and their aim, which is the goal of Hugo Lloris.

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No foul. I think the German actually acknowledged as much as he got up.

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It looked like a dive. There was a handshake between MA can and the

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referee just out of your picture there. I think he acknowledged it

:43:55.:43:56.

was not a foul, it was a stumble. Winners generally find their way and

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Germany are used to winning. That was a great ball and, Umtiti is

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coming into his own in this second half. Koscielny keeps coming out and

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breaking the line, stayed there together, do not leave holes for the

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German team to run into. Germany were semifinalists four years ago

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with Italy. The flag is up, it will be a French

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free kick. A good decision. Just about offside.

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The linesman did well. I am struggling to remember ever

:45:13.:45:40.

having been in a more partisan atmosphere than this. It is

:45:41.:45:45.

remarkable, isn't it? It cost a lot of money, this roof, I

:45:46.:46:05.

hope it survives the night. There is no letup from Germany as well, they

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keep coming in droves with laser-like passes.

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He Mitch appreciated the intention. He is losing his patience.

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Just too much on it. Hector, again, the full-back, pushing right on.

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It's like Munch's scream from Joachim Loew. He's got a look on its

:47:12.:47:19.

face that says it's not going to be his night. -- his face.

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Great leap for a little one. I thought he was in. Great recovery

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from the defender. Boateng is down for Germany, he has a problem. That

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would be a cause of concern for Germany, not least because they are

:48:25.:48:28.

already without Mats Hummels through suspension.

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Well, I think that might be the end of the road for him, that signal. It

:48:36.:48:45.

certainly looks that way. Signalling for the stretcher. Is it the

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hamstring? That's huge. Yeah. Ping went the

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ball and his hamstring might have done the same.

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Shkodran Mustafi will come on, who played in Germany's first match in

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this tournament, the 2-0 victory over Ukraine, when he scored. He

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hasn't featured since. He's going to feature now. Not sure

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

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Boateng gets treatment off the pitch, Mustafi is waiting to come on

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and Germany are momentarily down to ten. Griezmann... Germany free kick.

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Still not got Mustafi on. They are delaying this free kick I think in

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order to make the change. Boateng is clearly not going to be coming back.

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If Germany do go through, I would doubt very much whether he would be

:50:29.:50:33.

involved in Paris on Sunday. A very sad end for him. Shkodran Mustafi,

:50:34.:50:41.

who actually came through Everton's youth system at one time. He comes

:50:42.:50:43.

on. Half an hour for Germany to find a

:50:44.:50:53.

way back into this semifinal. Ahead on points, behind on goals.

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Yes. They haven't really had any momentum in the second half.

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Stoppages. The French team started the second half well. Offside. It's

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a good line, though. The French defence knows what it's doing.

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If you're together as a back four, even good players will run offside.

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Despair. A picture of despair. Looks like a boxer who's been counted out.

:51:48.:51:56.

Towel over his head. The fans -- France have got a corner.

:51:57.:52:14.

A new defensive partnership here, Mustafi and Howedes.

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Griezmann's corner. Koscielny! Neuer new. He's got to be heading that

:52:25.:52:36.

back across the goal. Antoine Griezmann is now on five

:52:37.:52:51.

goals in these finals. No player other than Michel Platini has ever

:52:52.:52:55.

scored more than five in a European Championship finals. Platini scored

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an astonishing nine in 1984. Good ball. But there was a player at the

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far post just waiting for that to be played on the diagonal. Kroos

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wriggling through dangerously. A good block from Koscielny.

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Germany looking for the momentum which has eluded them a bit in this

:53:23.:53:26.

second half. Anxiety is beginning to replace

:53:27.:53:43.

certainty. On those fans faces. A lot of shaking of the head. They've

:53:44.:53:48.

got to remain patient and keep testing the France team, but France

:53:49.:53:49.

are quite comfortable at the moment. Hyatt has gone down. -- Payet.

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Whether the referee has instructed Germany to stop play... They've

:54:28.:54:30.

rather charitably done so if he didn't. Extremely sporting. He gets

:54:31.:54:34.

one right in the kippah! Gotze is going to be on soon.

:54:35.:55:19.

Joachim Loew has seen enough of the second half and he hasn't liked what

:55:20.:55:27.

he's seen. Being a midfield player Hill probably sacrifice. -- he will.

:55:28.:55:39.

Can't get Gotze on quickly enough. Emre Can makes way. He's done OK.

:55:40.:55:49.

But Gotze is potentially a matchwinner.

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He's come on and had a quick word with Ozil. I think he's going to go

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up and play alongside Muller. Matuidi continuing his run, Sissoko

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looking for Payet. Well dealt with by Kimmich. Dimitri Payet... When he

:56:34.:56:47.

wanted a rip-roaring good contact, instead it was a dribbler.

:56:48.:57:08.

Suddenly Ozil is playing very, very central. That's a good ball. Space

:57:09.:57:22.

for Kimmich. Draxler! Everybody claiming this. Umtiti claiming

:57:23.:57:27.

goalkick, but a corner kick has been given to Germany. Well, TG here

:57:28.:57:31.

keeps his eye on the ball and gets across to make the clearance. --

:57:32.:57:43.

Umtiti. The referee isn't happy, he's blown his whistle. A few shouts

:57:44.:57:50.

from the German crowd, who couldn't hear the whistle, understandably.

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They wanted a penalty. Giroud came and punched it knowing the whistle

:57:56.:57:56.

had gone. The whistle goes again. And it's a

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French free kick. I think it's Muller who catches

:58:11.:58:22.

Koscielny. Just pushes him over. Koscielny certainly made it look

:58:23.:58:38.

that way. Free kick. Against Sissoko. Starting

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to get very stretched again in that midfield for France.

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France edging ever nearer. It would be another final on home style.

:59:38.:59:49.

Winner of the European Championship on home style -- home soil in 19 84.

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Winner of the World Cup on home soil in 1998. 20 minutes. Offside anyway.

:59:57.:00:12.

Mustafi offside and France will bring on N'Golo Kante now.

:00:13.:00:23.

You'd never know that was his boy, would you!?

:00:24.:00:50.

Kante coming on, this season he's at, it's almost like bringing on two

:00:51.:00:59.

players. As good a player as Payet is, he won't defend like Kante can.

:01:00.:01:09.

Pogba... He stayed on his feet when he might not have done. Great chance

:01:10.:01:25.

for Griezmann! That may very well do it.

:01:26.:01:34.

A little bit of Marseille magic. A German error, first by Kimmich,

:01:35.:01:49.

Neuer couldn't clear, and Antoine Griezmann has six in this tournament

:01:50.:01:59.

and two tonight. He's a goal machine, isn't he? Look at Pogba

:02:00.:02:04.

here, the quality he has. Skip Spar is the defender, great bit of skill,

:02:05.:02:11.

imagination. -- skips past. Griezmann stabs it in with his left

:02:12.:02:16.

foot. It's a quality finish to improvise that way.

:02:17.:02:24.

France 2-0 Germany. It's what top strikers do, they just sniff a

:02:25.:02:33.

chance. Danger here. Germany need a goal and

:02:34.:03:11.

they need it now. Lloris... Unbelievable. It's a quality finish,

:03:12.:03:19.

look at that. That's the full-back, by the way, on his wrong-foot. Yes.

:03:20.:03:25.

He has the presence of mind as well to bend that. He gets done on this

:03:26.:03:30.

one, though. A bit of trickery, head up, picks out the pass off his left

:03:31.:03:32.

foot. The second goal started on the

:03:33.:03:47.

Kimmich mistake, he almost made amends straightaway. Unbelievable

:03:48.:03:57.

confidence in the young man. That would have been a goal and a half

:03:58.:03:59.

from Paul Pogba. Draxler fell. It is a yellow card.

:04:00.:04:39.

Is it N'Golo Kante or Griezmann? N'Golo Kante. He just ripped in

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County Court him. -- and he caught him. 15 minutes to

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play. This free kick is going to be the French wall and the wall of

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sound. Draxler hit it! What an F for that

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is, from where we work it looks like it was in. Just wide of the post.

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Set it out too far. -- effort. Draxler cannot beat Bacary Sagna, it

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is a goal kick. He got caught on the follow-through, but great defending

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again. Look how strong he is. Resolute. Cannot beat the French

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resistance. Olivier Giroud is going. You can see

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the applause that he is getting, what they think of him. Offer not

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appreciated in the English Premier League. He is certainly appreciated

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here. Gignac is coming on. Germany are

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going to make a change as well. Leroy Sane is going to be on. A very

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interesting prospect on his international debut. He will be on

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shortly, but it is asking a lot with 13 minutes to go and two goals down.

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Crews claiming a foul and getting a foul. I wonder if Draxler is coming

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off. Schweinsteiger. Well, they are going for it. They haven't got a

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choice. Leroy Sane is on. Cruise with the

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free kick. He has been on the pitch for about a

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second and he nearly scored. I think some of the Germans thought that was

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a goal kick. Composure required. Mustafi snatched at it.

:08:44.:08:55.

Sissoko has done well. Relegated with Newcastle this season. He has

:08:56.:09:25.

not taken that into this competition. All the first-half

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momentum really was with Germany. Now there appears to be an

:09:32.:09:37.

inexorable tide carrying France to the final. The crowd have been like

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the 12th man here tonight, it is an incredible noise.

:09:46.:10:05.

The second Griezmann goal is only the first in open play which Germany

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have conceded in this tournament. With ten minutes to go it has all

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but knocked him out. Even Mesut Ozil is making the wrong decisions on the

:10:21.:10:21.

ball. Kimmich and Gignac. The decision

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goes against the Frenchman. Kurtzer gets a free. Germany only

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know one way to play, they just keep going for it. It is not going to

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happen. That was a fantastic ball end, great

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movement, it was a powerful header. But he could not get it down.

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Germany will keep playing, they will keep going, they will keep trying to

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find a foothold in this semifinal. But at the moment it looks like a

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force of nature and France are going to keep them out. Without the

:12:22.:12:27.

goal-scorer or a recognised one, we thought Thomas Muller would score

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the goals, they thought he was the solution.

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Kimmich and able to pick out Draxler.

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Sissoko was not quite able to get on the end of it. The final from Paris

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on Sunday, live on BBC One at seven o'clock, is preceded at one o'clock,

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also on BBC One by the Wimbledon men's final. It is going to be a

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long day in front of the television, isn't it? It sure is.

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Good centre halves cover each other's backs. They have been

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outstanding tonight. Sissoko has put in a tremendous

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shift. There were a few eyebrows when he kept his place, but he has

:14:32.:14:34.

done exceptionally well tonight. Could he win it? Didier Deschamps?

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He won this as a player, he won this as their captain, he won this on a

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Golden Goal. He won the World Cup as well.

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Griezmann would have been on a hat-trick. I do not know if there is

:15:29.:15:38.

time for him to live to regret it. We saw all of his quality there.

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Gignac tried to draw a foul out of Mustafi, but did not manage it. That

:15:54.:15:59.

was a great tackle. Game management now. I think they

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have done that magnificently well throughout the match. They were

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hanging on for long periods. It's the hour for Oles. France are

:16:25.:16:36.

almost in the final. He's done well since he's come on,

:16:37.:17:21.

Gignac, very similar to Giroud. Holds it up for his team. Griezmann

:17:22.:17:28.

is the man, though, in that team, the way he holds onto the ball,

:17:29.:17:31.

silky skills. Germany have run out of ideas. And

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they've almost run out of time. I think the French have broken their

:17:57.:18:11.

hearts. No foul on Griezmann. The 90th minute of the semifinal.

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And there's nothing Germany can do. It's just been impossible to find a

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way through this French defence. Seconds remain and then the party.

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France are heading to Paris. Their own final. A final on French soil.

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Looking to repeat the Triumph of 1984, the joy of 1980 -- 1998.

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France are unbeaten in their last ten games against Portugal since a

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friendly in 1975. They will be red-hot favourites. As soon as the

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Italian blows his whistle. Tired limbs, Martin. Big source did,

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tired French limbs. Yohan Cabaye is going to come on. Pogba, who's been

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exceptional, I think is going to have to be persuaded to make way.

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Lovely little interception, maybe he gets cramped at the same time. It's

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Griezmann coming off. Now just listen to this for innovation. --

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for an overlay should. -- over Asian.

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Antoine Griezmann, the man for France tonight. No words are needed.

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The crowd said it all. That's what it means to them.

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Their Euros is going to end in semifinal defeat against.

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Another header from Laurent Koscielny.

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The game is up and they know it. The header... Brilliant save! Fantastic

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save by Hugo Lloris. Towards the back post again and

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across the goal and wide. They still cannot, through Gotze of this time,

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find a way past Hugo Lloris. Look at the keeper's reaction. This is the

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second one, just goes past. This is the header. What a save that is.

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Brilliant, brilliant save. On a hot and humid Marseille night,

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Didier Deschamps and his French team are marching towards the final.

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All eyes now on Nicola Rizzoli, the referee. The next whistle will

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surely be the last. Still Germany come. They appeal for

:23:32.:23:41.

a penalty. The referee has looked at his watch.

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Offside! Not the end. He's teasing them. You have to give Germany

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credit, they kept going to the end. France are in the final! Germany are

:24:22.:24:29.

out! The force is most certainly with them. Antoine Griezmann is the

:24:30.:24:44.

man on the lips of the nation. Germany, despairing, defeated.

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France March on. France 2-0 Germany. France against

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Portugal on Sunday in the final. (STUDIO) France have done it. They

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are through to the final. And they are the first host nation to reach

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the European finals on two occasions. Also in 1984, of course.

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What a fabulous achievement. To beat a side like Germany, although

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Germany have lost four of their last six semifinal appearances now at a

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major tournament. I must come to you to your area, congratulations. Thank

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you. I'm so emotional at the moment. It's nice to see the togetherness of

:25:36.:25:41.

the team, the fans. At the back they were brilliant. Evra, Sagna, Umtiti,

:25:42.:25:48.

Koscielny. We can see Paul Bob Barr, everybody. Like I said before, the

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main man, Griezmann. -- Paul Pogba. We all knew he had to play this type

:25:55.:25:59.

of game. Everybody will say yes, Germany made two mistakes, but I

:26:00.:26:03.

don't care, he put them in the back of the net. We have a hero. He can

:26:04.:26:10.

make us win tournaments, hopefully. You never know what will happen in

:26:11.:26:15.

the final, but we are there now. It will be tricky against Portugal. But

:26:16.:26:23.

what a player. Monsieur Griezmann. Real contrast and emotions between

:26:24.:26:27.

the sides, naturally. Very rare to see Germans with tears in their eyes

:26:28.:26:32.

that are not ones of joy but rather despair. It was a good game of

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football. It was a very good game of football. France did what they had

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to do. When they were under severe pressure without the ball in the

:26:43.:26:46.

first half, they stood firm. They came out a little bit further

:26:47.:26:50.

forward in the second half, which helped them get that second goal,

:26:51.:26:54.

which we'll look at in a second. They were the better team with the

:26:55.:26:59.

star man up front, Griezmann. He delivered when he had to, but also a

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special mention for the coach, Deschamps. Whatever decision he is

:27:05.:27:08.

made at any time this tournament, it's worked. Whether that was

:27:09.:27:12.

leaving out Griezmann in the second game, bringing Coman O'Donnell at

:27:13.:27:17.

half-time, leaving out Kante today, which was a surprise. Every changes

:27:18.:27:24.

made has worked perfect leaf. France thoroughly deserved to be in the

:27:25.:27:30.

final. Fabulous scenes in Marseille, the French fans enjoying the night,

:27:31.:27:35.

as well they might. The German players acknowledging their

:27:36.:27:40.

supporters. I think we'll be seeing this a lot next season, the

:27:41.:27:43.

Icelandics have given us so much in this tournament and that, I suspect,

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we'll see at many grounds around the world. It's catching around the

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world. It's a great celebration. It's great to see the change in the

:27:54.:27:59.

French. I was in the changing room with Patrice Evra after the World

:28:00.:28:02.

Cup when they had the problems, but this is a complete contrast. It

:28:03.:28:08.

shows you that football can change if you create an identity and

:28:09.:28:12.

culture they can all believe it, a structure and organisation, you can

:28:13.:28:15.

change it and you need players like that, players that can play at the

:28:16.:28:19.

top level and be consistent and make good decisions at the right times.

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And scored goals. Brilliant scenes, French players enjoying it in front

:28:26.:28:29.

of their supporters. We can confirm that France will play Portugal in

:28:30.:28:37.

the final of Euro two to 16. -- Euro 2016. It could be a very special

:28:38.:28:45.

Sunday indeed. He hasn't lost that this Championships yet. He's got the

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ball on a string. He's picked his moment and found his spot. Getting

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fired up, these two to. A searing shot. He is truly one of the

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greatest players ever. That may very well do it. They thoroughly deserved

:29:07.:29:13.

their place in the showpiece event. Epic is the word I believe they tend

:29:14.:29:17.

to use nowadays. Antoine Griezmann has now scored as many goals at the

:29:18.:29:21.

European Championships as Thierry Henry. He's joined you on that

:29:22.:29:29.

number. I'm sure you won't mind! What he's doing at the moment, he is

:29:30.:29:38.

astonishing. We could see Ronaldo and Griezmann and we were smiling. I

:29:39.:29:45.

think I'll sit like this. What a player. The first was courtesy of

:29:46.:29:52.

this penalty. Alan doesn't think it was. Difference of opinion. What

:29:53.:29:57.

were his arms doing up there? Sticking with that, Alan? Yeah. It

:29:58.:30:05.

has to be deliberate handball. Griezmann, calm as you like his

:30:06.:30:09.

fifth of the tournament. And then he scored his sixth, twice as much as

:30:10.:30:13.

any other individual in this tournament. This is what it meant to

:30:14.:30:18.

him, and to the fans outside our studio. Spectacular scenes in Paris.

:30:19.:30:23.

I said at half-time I felt France had to press a little bit higher and

:30:24.:30:28.

get everyone ten yards up the pitch. This illustrates exactly that. Look

:30:29.:30:32.

at the way they go after the ball. Look how many men they have forward,

:30:33.:30:39.

committed to be attacked, not giving up, not sitting back, and it pays

:30:40.:30:42.

off. It's a mistake by Neuer. He either has to stay or punch it. It's

:30:43.:30:49.

such a clever finish by Griezmann. He realises he doesn't have time to

:30:50.:30:54.

think about it and just with the studs, thanks very much. A clever

:30:55.:31:00.

and cute finish. We were talking about experience, Schweinsteiger,

:31:01.:31:06.

Manuel Neuer. Two big mistakes from two experienced players. But the

:31:07.:31:11.

sign of a great team is to take advantage and you punish a team and

:31:12.:31:17.

France did that. It was all most like old Italian or German sides.

:31:18.:31:23.

Two opportunities, two goals. Professional performance, very

:31:24.:31:28.

patient, sort it out. Yeah, and they had waves of attacks against them.

:31:29.:31:33.

Umtiti made two mistakes in his first game, his debut, but today

:31:34.:31:36.

showed he's a player who learns quickly. A few balls played across

:31:37.:31:42.

and he was defending at the front post. He was as good as Koscielny

:31:43.:31:48.

today. The final of the Champions League, Ronaldo against Griezmann.

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Final of the European Championships, Ronaldo against Griezmann. Thanks,

:31:53.:31:56.

we are out of time. Antoine Netz again, he's a French revelation.

:31:57.:31:58.

Very good night. I've got to be at the top

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of my game, you know. Stay focused, keep my feet

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on the ground, just keep grafting. Yous ready?

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ALL: Yeah!

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