:00:55. > :00:56.Germany, on the right, face their hosts, France, on the
:00:57. > :01:01.This is a fixture so laden in footballing
:01:02. > :01:04.history, so stuck in the groove of German victory when it really
:01:05. > :01:08.matters, so fixed in the French psyche that they are calling it
:01:09. > :01:38.Germany's first taste of Marseille in this tournament. No return for
:01:39. > :01:40.N'Golo Kante. Cissokho continues. Samuel Umtiti wins only his second
:01:41. > :01:48.capital. -- capped. Two years ago at the World Cup
:01:49. > :02:18.quarterfinal in Rio, Martin Keown, what a stage, what an
:02:19. > :02:21.atmosphere. It is a truly amazing atmosphere. "The Game of the
:02:22. > :02:27.tournament. Lots of free-flowing football. France in blue, from right
:02:28. > :02:32.to left, against Germany in the white and black. For the right to go
:02:33. > :02:44.to the Stade de France and face the Portuguese.
:02:45. > :02:45.Griezmann trying to make a nuisance of himself.
:02:46. > :03:12.Emre Can had an early touch and a good run.
:03:13. > :03:15.Draxler coming in for the injured Gomes.
:03:16. > :03:26.That is a feature of his game, he likes to run with the ball.
:03:27. > :04:04.Hector did not keep it in play, it's a French throw.
:04:05. > :04:12.Just a little shimmy and straight into the box.
:04:13. > :04:18.That was the back of his arm, but it was not deliberate.
:04:19. > :04:35.It is special, the way he delivers this ball.
:04:36. > :04:41.White man Griezmann with the cross. -- Griezmann with the cross.
:04:42. > :04:43.Olivier Giroud was hoping that would reach him.
:04:44. > :05:12.Emre Can looked very nervous before this game.
:05:13. > :05:20.He has had a few early touches which might settle him down. Is a huge
:05:21. > :05:21.game for him to come into. He is going to play on the right hand
:05:22. > :05:22.side. Schweinsteiger is playing
:05:23. > :05:24.a more central role. A word about Schweinsteiger,
:05:25. > :05:30.38 matches. In European Championships
:05:31. > :05:49.and World Cup finals. Some people talk about like he is
:05:50. > :05:50.37, he is actually 31. It is amazing.
:05:51. > :05:56.What great experience to have alongside you.
:05:57. > :06:07.Good early delivery looking for Cissokho.
:06:08. > :06:24.Germany felt that was a foul, the referee did not.
:06:25. > :06:28.The French have started well, there is a real
:06:29. > :06:34.There is an incredible atmosphere here.
:06:35. > :07:11.It's already very evident that Griezmann is coming
:07:12. > :07:15.into those little pockets and linking very successfully.
:07:16. > :07:19.It has been a powerful start for the French.
:07:20. > :07:27.They want to use that momentum from the crowd.
:07:28. > :07:30.Didier Deschamps was a tiny giant as a player, having lifted both
:07:31. > :08:00.the World Cup and the European Championships as a player.
:08:01. > :08:18.They called Didier Deschamps the water carrier.
:08:19. > :08:20.I am sure he sees himself in Matuidi.
:08:21. > :08:31.Griezmann got to the follow-up himself!
:08:32. > :08:54.It takes a very agile keeper to make that one.
:08:55. > :09:03.Germany here are facing the full force of their own possession.
:09:04. > :09:10.He should have gone for a bit more power in his shot.
:09:11. > :09:13.This is not a stadium, it is a cauldron, and it is bubbling
:09:14. > :09:16.over at the moment, it is absolutely deafening.
:09:17. > :09:19.Germany are happy to take the sting out of it and keep
:09:20. > :09:53.This is Griezmann laying the ball off and getting it back.
:09:54. > :09:55.Griezmann could not get the power on it, although it
:09:56. > :10:05.He is that extra little bit of spice in the team, the glue almost,
:10:06. > :10:56.that makes everything come together for France.
:10:57. > :10:58.Interesting that France are not pressing the ball,
:10:59. > :11:11.Muller was lurking inside the box, hoping that Boateng
:11:12. > :11:37.He will keep getting down that right-hand side.
:11:38. > :12:01.They were two difficult balls to deal with.
:12:02. > :12:11.He was coming in all the way from the left-hand touchline.
:12:12. > :12:16.There is a definite plan to win the ball back quickly from Germany.
:12:17. > :12:22.The first ten minutes have been quick and competitive.
:12:23. > :12:29.What an introduction to international
:12:30. > :13:09.There were three white shirts in the box,
:13:10. > :13:36.Germany look a little more settled now after that assault of noise
:13:37. > :13:39.and pace from France in the first few minutes of the game.
:13:40. > :13:43.They are OK with these short passes, as soon as they try to play it
:13:44. > :14:26.a bit longer the ball goes astray a little bit.
:14:27. > :14:28.They are using all of their experience here.
:14:29. > :14:30.It is mostly the experienced players.
:14:31. > :14:38.I have not seen Emre Can touch the ball much.
:14:39. > :14:43.Still not quite happening for Thomas Muller
:14:44. > :14:54.He did not seem to plant his foot alongside the ball.
:14:55. > :15:03.He lost his confidence in front of goal.
:15:04. > :15:05.Five goals in the 2010 World Cup final and five more
:15:06. > :15:11.in the 2014 World Cup finals, but he has yet to break his duck
:15:12. > :15:51.Germany owning the ball at the moment.
:15:52. > :15:56.Emre Can, a good save by Hugo Lloris.
:15:57. > :16:10.Koscielny and Bacary Sagna between them kept it out.
:16:11. > :16:20.Germany had six players in that attack.
:16:21. > :16:31.Umtiti, just a little bit of panic about that overhead.
:16:32. > :16:34.Draxler pressing the ball high as well.
:16:35. > :16:38.A good effort into the corner, Lloris swiftly across the goal, he
:16:39. > :16:52.Both goalkeepers are cat-like, so quick.
:16:53. > :17:25.Three passes before it came to Muller.
:17:26. > :17:26.So accurate with some of their passes.
:17:27. > :17:43.France seemed to take the game in their grasp
:17:44. > :17:45.in the opening minutes, but it's slipped through their
:17:46. > :18:07.Germany look confident and bright and comfortable.
:18:08. > :18:42.Kimmich pushed to the ground by Dmitri Payet.
:18:43. > :18:49.Payet got past him earlier in the game, but not this time.
:18:50. > :18:58.Interesting how Boateng is playing these diagonal balls right
:18:59. > :19:02.out to the wing-back or full-back tonight in Hector.
:19:03. > :19:30.He's seen loads of the ball, Jonas Hector, on the left-hand side.
:19:31. > :19:35.France getting overrun in that midfield.
:19:36. > :19:48.Ozil has so much space when he comes off to receive the ball.
:19:49. > :20:03.The pass from Draxler was a little bit wasteful behind Emre Can.
:20:04. > :20:08.We know how good he is as a tactician.
:20:09. > :20:11.Tactically they are out playing the French at the moment.
:20:12. > :20:13.They look great in possession, but I'm worried about
:20:14. > :21:13.Schweinsteiger in that quarterback role.
:21:14. > :21:25.France have hardly smelt the ball in the last five minutes.
:21:26. > :21:30.A change of pace from Kroos and put behind for the corner.
:21:31. > :21:37.Hector on the left-hand side goes wide, Draxler comes into the
:21:38. > :21:40.middle and they outnumber the French in central positions.
:21:41. > :22:05.Two white shirts went for the same ball,
:22:06. > :22:20.Sissoko couldn't find Griezmann, well covered by Schweinsteiger.
:22:21. > :22:36.He read the danger and snuffed it out.
:22:37. > :22:44.He's gone down and he is appealing long and hard.
:22:45. > :22:47.The Italian referee doesn't want to know.
:22:48. > :22:55.But if it was a foul, it was just outside.
:22:56. > :22:58.Pogba might just have caught his heel very close
:22:59. > :23:05.Interesting to see whether that was on the line or not.
:23:06. > :23:16.Payet having to show a bit of invention.
:23:17. > :23:42.Germany don't appear to be in the mood to share.
:23:43. > :23:52.The French are getting worked again, Ozil again in space.
:23:53. > :24:34.At the moment, Martin, France just about clinging on.
:24:35. > :24:37.They are, and you just can't take your eyes off it.
:24:38. > :24:39.Tactically, I'd like to see Griezmann go a bit deeper into the
:24:40. > :24:44.midfield when they are out of possession.
:24:45. > :24:47.The full-backs for Germany really do cause problems
:24:48. > :24:51.because they are prepared to push on.
:24:52. > :25:05.The ball, at last, for the home side.
:25:06. > :25:10.Howedes with a rather wayward clearance.
:25:11. > :25:20.Payet moving into a central position and he gets caught.
:25:21. > :25:31.If he beats Manuel Neuer from 30 yards, he deserves all the
:25:32. > :25:40.It's going to have to be some free kick to do so, but
:25:41. > :26:00.he is arguably their best at this in a generation.
:26:01. > :26:08.As the German wall lines up, the French discussions go on.
:26:09. > :26:09.Paul Pogba and Antoine Griezmann are standing
:26:10. > :26:12.over the ball, but I can't help feeling they are just
:26:13. > :26:20.red herrings and this is going to be Dmitri Payet.
:26:21. > :26:42.Keeper just keeps his eye on it nicely and makes it look easy
:26:43. > :26:53.Just a little hand signal from Neuer, maybe to his
:26:54. > :27:44.Catches out Matuidi and has to give the corner away.
:27:45. > :28:09.France being tested and stretched all over the pitch.
:28:10. > :28:20.I'm not sure it was going in, but neither was Lloris.
:28:21. > :28:23.Such variation to the German play here.
:28:24. > :29:08.They've got to get after the German team and push back the full-backs.
:29:09. > :29:12.Matuidi finding the pitch gave way underneath him a bit as he tried to
:29:13. > :29:54.Koscielny to safety, but only for a moment.
:29:55. > :29:59.Their full-backs push on and the wide players come inside.
:30:00. > :30:02.Just two midfield players for the French and they
:30:03. > :30:13.Only 27 minutes played, but there may already be a case for
:30:14. > :30:21.It saps your confidence when you can't get hold
:30:22. > :30:53.of the ball and when you do you give it straightaway again.
:30:54. > :31:00.Looking for some individual magic, France, on the counterattack.
:31:01. > :31:04.That's what ten minutes without the ball can do to you.
:31:05. > :31:29.Griezmann does really well to begin with, but just a simple pass.
:31:30. > :31:32.The thing Germany do so well is to close
:31:33. > :31:34.you down once they give the ball away.
:31:35. > :32:00.The last 25 minutes have been an exhibition
:32:01. > :32:09.It is all those little triangular passes and they are moving around
:32:10. > :32:58.The pocket was well and truly picked by Schweinsteiger.
:32:59. > :33:03.Look how deep all France's danger men are.
:33:04. > :33:21.Sissoko on one side. Pyatt on the other. -- Dimitri Payet.
:33:22. > :33:24.They are having to work so hard because they keep playing diagonal
:33:25. > :33:46.France have to find some way of shaking Germany
:33:47. > :34:16.Had to concentrate to clear that one.
:34:17. > :34:25.Pushing up to 70% possession at the moment, Germany.
:34:26. > :34:36.That was the clearance from the young man.
:34:37. > :34:51.Umtiti's debut in the quarterfinal was a baptism of fire and this is a
:34:52. > :34:55.I am looking at the French team and wondering where the
:34:56. > :35:14.They really could do with some help from the touchline.
:35:15. > :35:27.But when it is 0-0, you always have a chance.
:35:28. > :35:35.They have given so much possession away it is just a
:35:36. > :35:50.matter of time before Germany score one.
:35:51. > :36:21.The German fans recreating the Icelandic clap.
:36:22. > :36:31.That was better, the French team were a bit more compact.
:36:32. > :36:34.The distance between the lines is really
:36:35. > :36:39.important, how close that midfield is from the back line.
:36:40. > :36:42.On Sunday the Wimbledon Men's Final from 1:00pm
:36:43. > :36:49.on BBC One, hopefully with Andy Murray involved in that,
:36:50. > :36:52.and then the final of Euro 2016 from 7:00pm.
:36:53. > :36:56.BBC is the only place you can watch both, the climax of
:36:57. > :37:03.the Wimbledon men's singles and the climax of Euro 2016.
:37:04. > :37:07.He was put under a great deal of pressure.
:37:08. > :37:10.He tried to play his way out nice and calm.
:37:11. > :37:37.You do not want to give Payet too many looks
:37:38. > :37:51.He is not happy with that one, but he shuts the door on Griezmann.
:37:52. > :38:15.He does not want to see him sent off.
:38:16. > :38:33.Are they going to try and do something a little more unexpected
:38:34. > :38:41.Griezmann is leaving the scene, Payet is leaving the scene.
:38:42. > :39:23.A different player this time, but very similar.
:39:24. > :39:26.Emre Can was making the point that he felt that Griezmann
:39:27. > :39:34.This is where they get killed a little bit, in the
:39:35. > :39:38.build-up, Schweinsteiger coming in deep and building from the back.
:39:39. > :40:09.The French team are happy to let them have it.
:40:10. > :40:24.That is what you want in transition, you
:40:25. > :40:31.want your defence to get back quickly.
:40:32. > :40:53.Again Muller's shot was not really troublesome for Hugo Lloris.
:40:54. > :40:56.France seemed to enter this game with such belief and they now look
:40:57. > :41:34.You could see it breaking just there.
:41:35. > :41:55.All that came from Matuidi's mistake.
:41:56. > :42:02.Can the French survive until half-time?
:42:03. > :42:04.Schweinsteiger is claiming he was being held and the
:42:05. > :42:16.The referee just about got that right.
:42:17. > :42:27.I am not sure he found Schweinsteiger.
:42:28. > :42:32.-- I'm not sure Pogba was filing Schweinsteiger.
:42:33. > :42:35.I wonder if the French are thinking about changes at half-time to stay
:42:36. > :42:38.He changed the system, Didier Deschamps at half-time
:42:39. > :42:40.when they were a goal down against Northern Ireland.
:42:41. > :42:44.It has suited them well in this tournament up to this point,
:42:45. > :43:23.It is great play down the left-hand side.
:43:24. > :43:26.Griezmann takes it really early and it is into the side netting.
:43:27. > :43:37.They have got quality and they have got matchwinners.
:43:38. > :43:42.They have also got N'Golo Kante sitting on the bench.
:43:43. > :43:46.They could do with his energy in midfield.
:43:47. > :43:51.But if 90% of your focus and energy is being spent just
:43:52. > :44:08.keeping the opposition out, then you have got a problem.
:44:09. > :44:15.Olivier Giroud... He didn't feed Griezmann. Howedes.
:44:16. > :44:17.He is celebrating like he has scored a goal.
:44:18. > :44:20.That is what it means when you make a great tackle,
:44:21. > :44:30.Not quick enough to accelerate away, and
:44:31. > :44:48.not aware enough to pick out Griezmann.
:44:49. > :44:56.That I would suggest is a yellow card for Patrice Evra.
:44:57. > :44:59.Just look at that, that was brilliant play from
:45:00. > :45:02.Germany, the way they've played out of trouble.
:45:03. > :45:22.It was a good foul as well to stop them breaking, by the way.
:45:23. > :45:26.Patrice Evra played in 2008 and the 2012
:45:27. > :45:29.European Championships and the 2010 World Cup before he actually won
:45:30. > :45:53.That was a really important header from Koscielny.
:45:54. > :45:59.Here they come again, stretching, teasing, twisting...
:46:00. > :46:18.He has come from nowhere to make that challenge.
:46:19. > :46:33.They might have had very little of the ball, France, and been second
:46:34. > :46:38.best by a distance, but they have had opportunities.
:46:39. > :46:50.Griezmann with the best of them early on, you would say.
:46:51. > :46:54.The two from Griezmann and that one from
:46:55. > :47:07.It was turning awkwardly for Hector, who
:47:08. > :47:13.Evra elected to get forward, we haven't seen much from
:47:14. > :47:26.Moving into a minimum of two added minutes at the
:47:27. > :47:30.If France get this right, they may go in the
:47:31. > :48:08.Bastian Schweinsteiger is in the referee's notebook
:48:09. > :48:21.His arm is up and he's headed it onto his arm.
:48:22. > :48:27.It is harsh and surely the referee can't see
:48:28. > :48:40.Antoine Griezmann has the chance to fire
:48:41. > :48:54.This could be his fifth of the tournament.
:48:55. > :49:29.The stadium celebrates and Germany wonder how they are going in behind.
:49:30. > :49:43.How cool was he when he put that one away?
:49:44. > :49:46.The man who missed from the spot in the Champions League final,
:49:47. > :50:09.At half-time in Marseille, the hosts lead the world champions.
:50:10. > :50:11.No changes from either manager, but Mesut Ozil was booked
:50:12. > :50:14.in the melee that followed the award of the penalty for kicking
:50:15. > :50:23.So he, Can and Bastian Schweinsteiger are all
:50:24. > :50:29.The French are 45 minutes away from the final of Euro 2016.
:50:30. > :50:33.They won the final in this stadium in another classic semifinal
:50:34. > :50:38.against the Portuguese, but there is a lot of work to do
:50:39. > :51:26.Again Olivier Giroud delaying the defender
:51:27. > :52:08.Starting the second half like they started the first.
:52:09. > :52:11.The sheer desire and noise can carry a team to a final.
:52:12. > :52:17.60,000 French fans in Marseille will do so.
:52:18. > :52:32.But France might well need a second goal.
:52:33. > :52:40.France are asking the questions at the start of the second half.
:52:41. > :52:43.That is better, good pressure from the French.
:52:44. > :52:52.Mesut Ozil was forced to put that one out of play.
:52:53. > :52:55.It would be very interesting to know what he said
:52:56. > :53:19.I do not think there would have been a lot of panic.
:53:20. > :53:28.There was a tussle involving Umtiti and Thomas Muller.
:53:29. > :53:33.Muller is going to the referee to have a little word.
:53:34. > :53:36.Listening to the atmosphere there is an incredible unity with
:53:37. > :53:47.the players here and the French public.
:53:48. > :53:53.Almost a lovely ball, well defended, Umtiti had to get something on that.
:53:54. > :53:55.Umtiti is demonstrating why he is in this team,
:53:56. > :54:50.There is that ball again, Boateng, brilliantly delivered.
:54:51. > :54:57.That was a good battle, won by Sissoko.
:54:58. > :55:02.That is great play from Moussa Sissoko.
:55:03. > :55:16.Sissoko being asked to play almost as a right back.
:55:17. > :55:18.A definite booking, he has gone in with two feet.
:55:19. > :56:31.The game has gone very scrappy and it is suiting the French.
:56:32. > :57:02.Umtiti again, he just keeps his eye on the ball, good positioning.
:57:03. > :57:04.That was a great turn from Mesut Ozil.
:57:05. > :57:07.You have got to stay patient if you are going to defend so deep.
:57:08. > :57:13.It was a terrific turn from Mesut Ozil.
:57:14. > :57:27.There was no way past there, Patrice Evra was really strong.
:57:28. > :57:42.So, Antoine Griezmann's penalty kick in stoppage time in the first half
:57:43. > :57:45.is the difference between the two sides, as the Germans continue to
:57:46. > :58:18.press and probe and test the French backline.
:58:19. > :58:22.A blanket of blue between Germany and their aim,
:58:23. > :59:11.I think the German actually acknowledged as much as he got up.
:59:12. > :59:15.There was a handshake between Emre Can and the
:59:16. > :59:18.referee just out of your picture there.
:59:19. > :59:48.I think he acknowledged it was not a foul, it was a stumble.
:59:49. > :59:51.Winners generally find their way and Germany are used to winning.
:59:52. > :59:54.That was a great ball and, Umtiti is coming into his own
:59:55. > :00:06.He certainly is. And he has having to.
:00:07. > :00:08.Koscielny keeps coming out and breaking the line,
:00:09. > :00:10.stay there together, do not leave holes for
:00:11. > :00:20.Germany were semifinalists four years ago with Italy.
:00:21. > :00:24.They were beaten them. At the moment they are being beaten again. 35
:00:25. > :00:30.minutes remaining. The flag is up, it will be
:00:31. > :00:38.a French free kick. I am struggling to remember ever
:00:39. > :01:06.having been in a more partisan It cost a lot of money,
:01:07. > :01:24.this roof, I hope it There is no letup from
:01:25. > :01:32.Germany as well, they keep coming in droves
:01:33. > :01:40.with laser-like passes. Hector, again, the full-back,
:01:41. > :02:35.pushing right on. He's got a look on his face that
:02:36. > :03:28.says it's not going to be his night. Boateng is down for Germany,
:03:29. > :03:48.he has a problem. That would be a cause
:03:49. > :03:50.of concern for Germany, without Mats Hummels
:03:51. > :04:03.through suspension. Well, I think that might be the end
:04:04. > :04:07.of the road for him, that signal. Ping went the ball and his hamstring
:04:08. > :04:37.might have done the same. Shkodran Mustafi will
:04:38. > :04:41.come on, who played in Germany's first match
:04:42. > :04:43.in this tournament, the 2-0 victory over Ukraine,
:04:44. > :04:50.when he scored. Not sure he will have
:04:51. > :05:08.had long to warm up. Whilst Boateng gets treatment off
:05:09. > :05:19.the pitch, Mustafi is waiting to come on and Germany
:05:20. > :05:28.are momentarily down to ten. They are delaying this
:05:29. > :05:49.free kick I think in Boateng is clearly not
:05:50. > :05:53.going to be coming back. If Germany do go through,
:05:54. > :05:56.I would doubt very much whether he would be involved
:05:57. > :05:58.in Paris on Sunday. Shkodran Mustafi, who actually
:05:59. > :06:08.came through Everton's Half an hour for Germany to find
:06:09. > :06:31.a way back into this semifinal. They haven't really had any momentum
:06:32. > :06:42.in the second half. The French team started the second
:06:43. > :06:48.half well. The French defence
:06:49. > :07:02.knows what it's doing. If you're together as a back four,
:07:03. > :07:06.even good players will run offside. Looks like a boxer
:07:07. > :07:16.who's been counted out. A new defensive partnership here,
:07:17. > :07:49.Mustafi and Howedes. He's got to be heading that
:07:50. > :08:10.back across the goal. Antoine Griezmann is now on five
:08:11. > :08:16.goals in these finals. No player other than
:08:17. > :08:20.Michel Platini has ever scored more than five
:08:21. > :08:25.in a European Championship finals. Platini scored an astonishing nine
:08:26. > :08:28.in 1984. But there was a player at the far
:08:29. > :08:35.post just waiting for that to be Germany looking for the momentum
:08:36. > :08:52.which has eluded them a bit Anxiety is beginning
:08:53. > :09:09.to replace certainty. They've got to remain
:09:10. > :09:13.patient and keep testing the France team,
:09:14. > :09:15.but France are quite Whether the referee has instructed
:09:16. > :09:54.Germany to stop play... They've rather charitably
:09:55. > :09:56.done so if he didn't. Joachim Low has seen enough
:09:57. > :10:47.of the second half and he hasn't It will be a midfield player
:10:48. > :11:03.he'll probably sacrifice. But Gotze is potentially
:11:04. > :11:25.a matchwinner. He's come on and had
:11:26. > :11:28.a quick word with Ozil. I think he's going to go up
:11:29. > :11:54.and play alongside Muller. Matuidi continuing his run,
:11:55. > :11:59.Sissoko looking for Payet. When he wanted
:12:00. > :12:15.a rip-roaring good contact, Suddenly Ozil is playing
:12:16. > :12:41.very, very central. Umtiti claiming goalkick,
:12:42. > :12:50.but a corner kick has been Well, Umtiti here keeps his eye
:12:51. > :12:58.on the ball and gets The referee isn't happy,
:12:59. > :13:17.he's blown his whistle. A few shouts from the German crowd,
:13:18. > :13:19.who couldn't hear the Giroud came and punched it knowing
:13:20. > :13:37.the whistle had gone. I think it's Muller
:13:38. > :13:57.who catches Koscielny. Koscielny certainly
:13:58. > :14:42.made it look that way. Starting to get very stretched again
:14:43. > :15:05.in that midfield for France. It would be another
:15:06. > :15:17.final on home style. Winners of the European
:15:18. > :15:20.Championships on home soil in 1984. Winner of the World Cup
:15:21. > :15:25.on home soil in 1998. Mustafi offside and France
:15:26. > :15:52.will bring on N'Golo Kante now. You'd never know that
:15:53. > :16:18.was his boy, would you!? Kante coming on, this season
:16:19. > :16:20.he's had, it's almost As good a player as Payet is,
:16:21. > :16:34.he won't defend like Kante can. He stayed on his feet
:16:35. > :16:43.when he might not have done. A German error, first by Kimmich,
:16:44. > :17:14.Neuer couldn't clear, and Antoine Griezmann has six in this
:17:15. > :17:22.tournament and two tonight. Look at Pogba here,
:17:23. > :17:31.the quality he has. Skips past the defender,
:17:32. > :17:34.great bit of skill, imagination. Griezmann stabs it
:17:35. > :17:40.in with his left foot. It's a quality finish
:17:41. > :17:50.to improvise that way. It's what top strikers do,
:17:51. > :18:17.they just sniff a chance. Germany need a goal
:18:18. > :18:34.and they need it now. That's the full-back, by the way, on
:18:35. > :18:48.his wrong-foot. He has the presence of mind
:18:49. > :18:54.as well to bend that. A bit of trickery, head up, picks
:18:55. > :19:08.out the pass off his left foot. The second goal started on the
:19:09. > :19:11.Kimmich mistake, he almost made Unbelievable confidence
:19:12. > :19:23.in the young man. That would have been a goal and a
:19:24. > :19:51.half from Paul Pogba. This free kick is going
:19:52. > :20:35.to be the French wall This free kick is going
:20:36. > :20:37.to beat the French wall What an effort that is,
:20:38. > :20:54.from where we were, it Draxler cannot beat Bacary Sagna,
:20:55. > :21:33.it is a goal kick. He got caught on the follow-through,
:21:34. > :21:37.but great defending again. You can see the applause
:21:38. > :22:11.that he is getting, Often not appreciated
:22:12. > :22:16.in the English Premier League. Germany are going to
:22:17. > :22:39.make a change as well. A very interesting prospect
:22:40. > :22:54.on his international debut. He will be on shortly,
:22:55. > :22:57.but it is asking a lot with Kroos claiming a foul
:22:58. > :23:12.and getting a foul. He has been on the pitch
:23:13. > :23:50.for about a second I think some of the Germans thought
:23:51. > :24:04.that was a goal kick. Relegated with
:24:05. > :24:50.Newcastle this season. He has not taken that
:24:51. > :24:55.into this competition. All the first-half momentum
:24:56. > :24:58.really was with Germany. Now there appears to be
:24:59. > :25:01.an inexorable tide carrying The crowd have been like the 12th
:25:02. > :25:10.man here tonight, it is an The second Griezmann goal is only
:25:11. > :25:33.the first in open play which Germany With ten minutes to go it has
:25:34. > :25:44.all but knocked them out. Even Mesut Ozil is making the wrong
:25:45. > :26:11.decisions on the ball. The decision goes
:26:12. > :26:27.against the Frenchman. Germany only know one way to play,
:26:28. > :26:43.they just keep going for it. That was a fantastic
:26:44. > :27:00.ball in, great movement, Germany will keep playing,
:27:01. > :27:37.they will keep going, they will keep trying to find
:27:38. > :27:41.a foothold in this semifinal. But at the moment it looks
:27:42. > :27:45.like a force of nature and France Without the goal-scorer
:27:46. > :27:50.or a recognised one, we thought Thomas Muller would score
:27:51. > :27:53.the goals, they thought Sissoko was not quite able
:27:54. > :28:36.to get on the end of it. The final from Paris on Sunday,
:28:37. > :28:41.live on BBC One at 7:00pm, is preceded at 1:00pm, also on BBC
:28:42. > :28:56.One by the Wimbledon men's final. It is going to be a long day in
:28:57. > :29:00.front of the television, isn't it? Good centre halves cover
:29:01. > :29:31.each other's backs. Sissoko has put in
:29:32. > :29:53.a tremendous shift. There were a few eyebrows
:29:54. > :29:56.when he kept his place, but he has He won this as a player,
:29:57. > :30:24.he won this as their captain, Griezmann would have
:30:25. > :30:57.been on a hat-trick. I do not know if there is time
:30:58. > :31:02.for him to live to regret it. Gignac tried to draw
:31:03. > :31:22.a foul out of Mustafi, I think they have done
:31:23. > :31:47.that magnificently well They were hanging
:31:48. > :31:54.on for long periods. He's done well since he's come on,
:31:55. > :32:46.Gignac, very similar to Giroud. Griezmann is the man,
:32:47. > :32:52.though, in that team, the way he holds onto
:32:53. > :33:23.the ball, silky skills. I think the French have
:33:24. > :33:45.broken their hearts. It's just been impossible to find
:33:46. > :34:39.a way through this French defence. Looking to repeat the Triumph
:34:40. > :35:02.of 1984, the joy of 1998. France are unbeaten in their last
:35:03. > :35:04.ten games against Portugal As soon as the Italian
:35:05. > :35:26.blows his whistle. Pogba, who's been exceptional,
:35:27. > :35:43.I think is going to have to be Lovely little interception, maybe
:35:44. > :35:51.he gets cramp at the same time. Now just listen to
:35:52. > :36:02.this for an ovation. Antoine Griezmann, the man
:36:03. > :36:26.for France tonight. Their Euros is going to end
:36:27. > :37:01.in semifinal defeat against France. Another header from
:37:02. > :37:15.Laurent Koscielny. Towards the back post again
:37:16. > :37:36.and across the goal and wide. They still cannot get through,
:37:37. > :37:40.find a way past Hugo Lloris. This is the second
:37:41. > :37:43.one, just goes past. On a hot and humid Marseille night,
:37:44. > :38:26.Didier Deschamps and his French team All eyes now on Nicola
:38:27. > :38:55.Rizzoli, the referee. The next whistle will
:38:56. > :39:08.surely be the last. You have to give Germany credit,
:39:09. > :39:46.they kept going to the end. The force is most
:39:47. > :40:02.certainly with them. Antoine Griezmann is the man
:40:03. > :40:09.on the lips of the nation. France against Portugal
:40:10. > :40:40.on Sunday in the final. Reggie Yates is joining
:40:41. > :40:43.the Mexican army. It can't be that safe
:40:44. > :40:48.if everybody is...this armed. You could probably get shot at.
:40:49. > :40:53.Get shot at, OK.