The final will be played between hosts France and Portugal on the 11th of July at the Stade de France.
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The team are suddenly national heroes again after several years of scandal and disappointment. “He’s a great player”, said France coach Didier Deschamps. “We can accept our opponent’s performance and sincerely and warmly congratulate the French team on progressing to the final”, read the letter, published on Germany’s official website.
“I can’t blame the team for anything and we went behind after a stupid incident”. You can not buy experience.
Schweinsteiger said he has yet to make a decision as to whether he wants to play on for the 2018 World Cup in Russian Federation, telling reporters: “I first need to take a step back now and think about it”.
France book a 2-0 win and get a measure of revenge for being chucked out of the 2014 World Cup by Germany. “Germany were the best side [we’ve played]; we did what we needed to today”, the coach said.
” Sometimes you get the feeling it’s not doing football any good”. “He works very hard and, along with Olivier Giroud, from a defensive perspective he made sure we were a very compact unit”.
France’s run to the Euro 2016 final on home soil has given the country “an escape” after the horror of last November’s Paris attacks, captain Hugo Lloris said on Saturday.
“I never doubted France’s victory” in the semi-final, said Prime Minister Manuel Valls, adding that he was also “confident” for the final.
“I’m really happy for everybody”.
The Atletico Madrid striker has now scored six goals in the tournament and is leading the golden boot race.
The outcome could depend heavily on the two men wearing the number seven shirt – Portugal’s Ronaldo and France’s Griezmann, who faced each other in the Champions League final six weeks ago. Portugal are also still feeling the pain of having lost the 2004 Euro final at home to underdogs Greece.
This was France’s first win over Germany in their fifth meeting at major finals. I haven’t seen too many errors from us.
Ronaldo, by contrast, had to soak up a lot of criticism after lacklustre showings by his high standards before playing a decisive role by scoring a goal and setting up another in a 2-0 semi-final win over Wales.
“For the second goal I was just lurking to see if there was a mistake from the goalkeeper, it dropped to my feet and I was delighted”. But they have acknowledged the threat posed by three-time world player of the year Ronaldo.
Santos has been hailed for the way he has created a united team – featuring veterans such as Pepe and Ricardo Quaresma and teenager Renato Sanches – to support Ronaldo. The striker will now be hoping to take France all the way and break the 16-year-old Euro jinx.
Portugal have been criticised, including by the French media, for their style of play.
There was another moment in the match that showed what kind of player he is, when he took off to win an aerial duel with towering German centre back Benedikt Hoewedes.
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“If we won the match, nobody would complain”.
