Whatever happens in Sunday’s final against Portugal, the speedy Griezmann, who scored both goals in Thursday’s historic 2-0 semi-final win over world champions Germany, has probably done enough to top the scorers’ table and is a worthy candidate for the best player of the tournament award.
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The Manchester United midfielder was penalised for handball to concede the penalty that brought the first of Antoine Griezmann’s two goals as hosts France eliminated the 2014 World Cup winners in Marseille in Thursday.
The likes of France’s Samuel Umiti and Blaise Matuidi were born in Cameroon and Angola respectively, while others within the squad had parents who were born in Africa before moving to Europe.
“We are in a final, we have our chance and Portugal has their chance too”.
Coleman agreed a new two-year deal worth £700,000 after qualifying for Euro 2016.
“I always trusted my players”.
France play Portugal in the final on Sunday. “Yes, we suffered, but we never gave up”, he said. Your support in the stadiums could be heard and seen and we could also feel the great backing of the people in the whole of Germany.
The former electrician, 41, took charge of his first Football League match in 2000 after officiating in the Northern League for six years.
Their are tons of talented teams competing in the Euro Championship but the team that has been the most relentless and competitive is France.
Although the visitors are slightly favored to win this final match over Les Bleus, the Frenchmen will get a lot of support from its hometown crowd and that should not be taken for granted by head coach Fernando Santos’s men.
“I am nevertheless proud of what we have achieved”.
“We’ll talk about it on the flight home, but this has been a good tournament for us”.
Following the second of the night for France, there was no looking back for the hosts as they held on well to not allow Germany to score and eventually kept a clean sheet and book a date with Portugal in final at home soil.
Deschamps admitted that although it doesn’t guarantee anything, the win was one that will live long in the memory of himself, the players and the fans, stating that “the players wrote history by knocking out Germany”. They’re asked to watch 22 players on a giant field with only the help of a few assistants who are limited in their movement. We gave a lot and had a body language of power. “Criticism is part of the game, we know that’s how things work in football”, he said “To be honest, we don’t think about this type of criticism”.
“Today we didn’t have the luck we needed”, said Loew. “We are stronger, more solid, more united”.
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“We have our chances and so do Portugal”, he said.
