Highlights: Quarter-Final - France v Iceland Match of the Day

The last of the quarter-finals to be played at Euro 2016 saw host nation

France take on the team who ended England's hopes.

10% of Iceland's population were estimated to be in Paris tonight.

That's the equivalent to 6.6 million French fans turning up

at the Stade de France. The winners of this game already

knew they would face Germany in the final four on Thursday,

the Germans having beaten Italy on penalties last night.

Wales, of course, face Portugal in the other semi on Wednesday.

Good evening. Chris Waddle and Kevin Kilbane

are ready to unleash their inner Viking.

But first, let's get to the action. Your commentators are Mark Lawrenson

and Jonathan Pearce. COMMENTATOR: We want it to end like

it did for Leicester City, say the fairy tale believers, Iceland. For

the hosts, victory would mean a grand celebration, the pretournament

target of a minimum of the semifinal achieved. Iceland, save the -- say

the French, rapid and in the land of ice and Fire. Beyond the poetry it

would be the greatest Icelandic sporting triumph ever. The French

are very wary. The players have spoken of the pressure they felt

against Romania. They started sluggishly, not scoring in the first

half of any Euro 16 game. Iceland will work and work. Two changes,

with Rami and Kante out. Umtiti becoming the first French outfield

player in defence since the 60s. Payet and Griezmann, the men in

form. Lloris is well aware of the danger. If we go out there telling

ourselves we are the best and have more talent, we won't go through, he

said yesterday. Iceland naming the same side for the fifth game

running. Nine players on one yellow card. Space between defence and

attack. Sigurdsson has been one of the best passers in the tournament.

They will know that the last four teams to beat France in a

quarterfinal have gone on to win that tournament. Can't happen,

surely? Or can it? Sissoko, powerful in the game

against Switzerland. He started. I think if you look at the power that

Sissoko, Matuidi and Pogba in midfield, it's outstanding. Space

for Evra on the left. He'll shoot! It nearly came back off Halldorsson.

So much pressure on Didier Deschamps. He's made big, bold

changes. In his selection and in his substitutions. They effort from

Bjarnason. -- a decent effort. Iceland have started brightly. Got

the shot away. Lars Lagerback and how Grimson -- how Grimson --

Hallgrimsson. It was said that England should go on to beat Iceland

on a bad day but they lacked the match winners like Griezmann and

Payet. A reflective mood about that game all week. Here's Giroud! 1-0

France. Too much space and he exploited it. 12 minutes gone and

the hosts are ahead. The first time they've scored in the first half of

these finals. There was so much space. My first thought was whether

he was offside. He is on, no doubt about it. A pretty poor goal to

concede. A great finish as well. Very difficult to stop.

A really wretched night, I can't remember a summer tournament when a

weather has been so poor. Towards Griezmann, that's a corner kick. It

came off Arnason. First corner kick of the game.

Umtiti is up from the back. There he is, six feet tall, the 22-year-old.

Griezmann with the corner, it's in! And the long, long wait is over. His

first since October, 2014, in French colours. They are 2-0 up. And the

underdogs have it all to do now against the hosts. We said before

the game, what kind of goals would Iceland concede, you wouldn't use

the first or the second. Very simple, easy goals for France to

score. -- you wouldn't choose. No one with him. Valiant effort to keep

it out on the line. Great leap from Pogba. Way above Arnason for the

second French goal. Umtiti, so important for Lyon. Conceding less

than a goal a side when he was -- less than a goal a game when he was

in the side but without him, conceding two a game. A long throw.

Only four league starts for them. Miserable night for him tonight. The

chance of a long throw. Sigthorsson, the knock on, and over. Brilliantly

worked fro in. Everybody knows what's going to happen. Very

difficult to stop it sometimes. Should have done better.

Sigurdsson, a poor turn, gave it away.

Sagna has four to hit in the middle, Giroud is the target. 3-0. The

French are as good as in the semifinals. How simple was that

goal? This time it was a well worked goal. Nice interchange of passing.

Really well worked goal by France. Putting them 3-0 up, two minutes

before the break. That's the key, the early ball from Sagna. A good

jump from Giroud. Nice touch, Griezmann. Hitting across the goal,

very difficult for the goalkeeper. Nearly always goes through

somebody's legs. Lovely touch by Giroud, Griezmann is

in here! He scores. France finding every possible form.

They are 4-0 up against Iceland, who have simply been blown away. Two

goals in two minutes. This is real quality, great ball in. Giroud does

brilliantly. Of all the people for the chance to come to, you knew he

wasn't going to miss. Two conceded straight through the back of their

defence. France are as good as in the last four, as they lead by four.

France are playing around Iceland. How many passes in this move?

Well, what a goal that would have been. Possibly 20 touches, and one

from Iceland, which topped the charts for Payet. -- set up the

chance. Iceland throw. Gunnarsson will throw it to the near

post. Some calm defending by Evra. Sigurdsson, lovely ball in and they

have won back! Sigthorsson on the near post. A very well worked goal,

this. It came from the throw. Lovely ball, that is, for someone to attack

and it's a super finish. Crossing the marker. Just a toe in the past

Hugo Lloris. That's a poor challenge. Bjarnason. Has he really

caught him? That's the question I'd like answered. The food came over

the top of the ball and then he let it go a little bit higher, his leg.

Yes, he went to catch him. I'm not sure he actually did, but the

intention was very much there. Payet bending it in, Giroud! France have a

fifth. Brave header, this is. This is all about Giroud. Great ball in

from Payet. Brilliant delivery. Purposeful centre forward on the end

of it. The biggest scoreline of the competition so far. Well, this is

tailor-made for him. So good at attacking the ball. Much maligned in

some quarters, Giroud. Look at that, absolutely no doubt whatsoever. He

scored a similar goal against Romania in the first game of the

competition, when the Romanian goalkeeper was all over the place as

well, just like the Icelandic goalkeeper. He is much maligned but

he has 34 goals for club and country this season.

Corner ball. Threatening, wasn't it. Sagna. Has he tweaked something? No.

Just wanted some sympathy for a rank back header. First corner of the

game. Oh, brilliant save, Lloris. Outstanding goalkeeper. Outstanding

save. The Germans will be watching this with interest. Looking for in

-- Ingason once more. It is a throw but it was a terrific effort on goal

by the substitute centre-half. Gunnarsson launching it in.

He stayed in there again. That definitely get a hand. It came of

his foot, I think. His 88th cap for Iceland, and very

probably his last, Eidur Gudjohnsen. What a career this man has had, I

Gudjohnsen. -- Eidur Gudjohnsen. Another well worked goal, very

simple as well. Kept his eye on the ball. It looked for a second like it

wasn't going to reach him. A really good finish. Yet again, for the

French, another question over their defensive qualities, or lack of.

Cleared away. Just. Good play in the end by Mangala. But now Lloris's

decision-making is in question. Half a minute left of stoppage time.

Corner ball only. And that will be the end of it.

For Iceland, the bold, enticing adventure is over. France go on to

meet Germany in the semifinals of Euro 16. Two for Giroud, Pogba and

Payet, but Sigurjonsson -- Sigthorsson and Bjarnason scored for

Iceland. But, for them, the adventure comes to an end in France,

the hosts, are in the last four. Well, they had a great tournament

and their spirit has been phenomenal, but it is now over, and

here are the thoughts and within the Iceland camp. They were basically

too good, they played well. We didn't play our best game,

especially the first half, but I think in the second half we came

back and showed character and, in the end, the first half ruined the

game for us. Coming here and get into the quarterfinals in the Euros,

the players have done a marvellous job. Even if it's disappointing now,

the big picture, a fantastic journey. It's been a fantastic

tournament, something special for a small team like us. But I think we

have probably over retrieved something nobody expected us to do,

-- we have probably over achieved. It gives kids back home hope that it

is possible. It is a totally different feeling, playing in a

tournament like this where you have support like that, so it has meant

everything to us, and I think -- I thank them very much and I'm sure my

team-mates are thinking the same thing. Let's confirm the draw for

the semifinals. Never mind kids in Iceland being

inspired, it should be kids across Europe. How much do you praise

France? How much do you consider it a game too far for Iceland was to

mark definitely a game too far, but I have to praise France. They played

against a so-called lesser nation and they showed how you should play

them. They moved the ball quickly. Cryptically be three in midfield,

Griezmann, Pogba on the way they moved the ball wide and put them

under pressure. You can't be too critical of Iceland, a superb

tournament, but they came up against a better side. When they played

Portugal in their first game, they conceded 26 shots and blocked the

majority. Danny Murphy said to me, they can't do that for the whole

tournament, and tonight they didn't defend like they have done for the

rest of the tournament. Unfortunately it is difficult. They

are playing a side, the home country, it's in France, they never

really get eaten, France, so it was very difficult for them to put in a

dogged performance, like they did against other teams. Rusher never

really get beaten, France. They defended too high? I don't know if

it was a game plan or what, but they have always got a good line up about

them, they are all close together, which is what you want. France start

moving the ball and they drop off. That's what they've been doing well,

not letting anybody in behind them. They have been dropping off into

that area you can see. This time, and easy ball format to Eadie, and a

very good finish from Giroud. -- and easy ball for Blaise Matuidi. It is

a simple ball at this level of football for a player like Blaise

Matuidi. Giroud makes the run, not blessed with great pace, but a good

finish. I don't know why they wanted to play high tonight. I think they

struggled on set pieces, high balls being played in. Although the keeper

there, Halldorsson, is flapping, he gets nowhere near it. That was it

simple goal for them. It's not in keeping with how they defended in

this tournament. He is going to lack that up, Giroud, that sort of shadow

-- chance. There has been debate about Paul Pogba in this tournament,

but it shouldn't be have gotten -- it shouldn't be forgotten how young

he is. He struggled in the first couple of games. He didn't really

get into it. When he played Switzerland, the first half, you

started to see the real Pogba, getting forward from midfield,

getting strikes from distance, keeping the ball. That is what I

suppose you get from him. You do. Highline, simple runs. For these

forward, its basic stuff. This is where they get the corner from that

Highline. Zonal marking? They have marked zonal, nobody putting the

block on, and they allow the three players to run freely into the six

yard box. Three on the six yard box, the width of the goal. Pogba, with

his height and ability in the air... It's a super goal. Look at the

height he jumped to get on the end of that. But I'd be extremely

critical of Iceland, how they have lined up, marking, the zonal system.

It is a simple header in the end. Give him credit for jumping nine

feet and for doing the dance. We have seen that celebration a few

times. That brings us an... We are going to look at the Payet goal and

the Griezmann goal, but that brings us onto a dilemma for Didier

Deschamps for the semifinals, because it looked like a better

chance tonight with just two in midfield. Griezmann likes to play

around the striker. He can't dribble. He doesn't pass players, so

he is better floating around. Tonight, he caused problems. He has

to play Pogba. On the right-hand side, Griezmann was playing against

the better side. Against sides like Iceland, he is better playing as a

number ten. You can see that he will interchange with Payet, giving scope

for Payet to come in off the wing. They haven't changed a lot. This is

a great goal. -- they have interchanged a lot. A little

knock-down from Giroud. They both come quite narrow, quite centrally.

Pogba, shifting it onto his left foot. A great finish. When you have

Griezmann in the middle, it can also look like a partnership with Giroud.

The goal against Ireland in the last round, it was a knock-down from

Giroud -- from Griezmann and Giroud knocked it through the middle.

Believes it, Giroud gets to shout over. -- he leaves it. He likes to

run, he likes to spin in behind. That is his ideal position, where he

played tonight. It would be a big call to leave, take out. It is the

golden boot at the moment. The French have got the top three.

Gareth Bale can obviously still add to his three. Even though they lost,

even though they won it 5-2, rather, there will still be negative. Mark

Lawrenson said in the commentary that the Germans will be watching

this with interest, particularly how they defended. Every ball that went

into the area, and long throws, from corners... We have seen this setup.

You have to know how to defend that. If you go and attack those first

balls, the second balls they don't react to do well, I didn't feel, the

French players, and that is throughout the tournament. That is a

real vulnerability. Every time they come in box, nobody in front. The

last time was a goal against England. Great save by Lloris. Great

reaction save. At this level of football, playing a quality side in

Germany next game, you cannot allow this time on the ball. Nobody closes

them down. A wonderful ball. He has the angle to put the ball in that

gap. There folk queueing up. When he watched Italy last night, they allow

teams to cross. They like defending. France isn't comfortable with that.

Playing Italy last night, they are going to get a different sort of

team going into the semifinal. They have shuffled a bit tonight. They

have had problems. Germany will be able to take advantage. These are

the set piece goals they have scored in this tournament against Ukraine,

against Slovakia and you go back to World Cup 2014, Kevin, scored by a

player who won't be available for the semifinal because he is

suspended. The atmosphere in Marseille will be rocking.

Unbelievable. The atmosphere will be cracking. France are unbeaten in

their last 17 major tournament games on home soil, the Euros in 94 and

the World Cup. We love a good statistic! They have proved how

vulnerable they are on set pieces, how Germany put them out to years

ago. I fancy Germany. Even though they are missing important players.

They are losing Gomez and another big player. Here is what is coming

up over the next few days. You can follow Wales against Portugal across

the BBC. On Wednesday night, we will have live coverage of Germany

against France. Andy Murray's fourth-round match

against Nick Kyrgios will be the fourth-round highlight tomorrow

Wimbledon. Thank you to Chris and to Kevin. The sun has set an Iceland's

stunning campaign. Only four now remain. Good night.

Portugal have done it on penalty kicks! They are through to the

semifinals. Something special is happening here tonight.

Unbelievable! Germany are through to the semifinals of the European

Championship. Iceland have simply been blown away.

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