Antoine Griezmann was the hero for the hosts, as he on Thursday scored twice to secure a 2-0 victory over the reigning world champions and set up final clash against Portugal on Sunday.
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“I think it’s very different because when we think about 1998, nobody was expecting us to get so far, so we’re going to compare obviously, today we expect them to win the tournament. The elimination is definitely very disappointing, but the team will continue on its path”.
Germany knocked Brazil out of the 2014 World Cup in emphatic style with a 7-1 thrashing in the semi-finals.
Griezmann, whose goals helped Atletico Madrid advance to the Champions League final this year, opened the scoring with a penalty just before halftime exploited a rare blunder from Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer after the break to settle the match. To take advantage of this enhancement simply register for a new account, back France at the usual price shown on site and if they win then the returns will be topped up to the enhanced price.
I can not believe how fortunate Didier Deschamps and his team has been with the quality of opposition they have come up against on their path to the final in Paris against Portugal on Sunday. “We have a few players with a few caps but they gave everything and that’s great for me as a coach”.
“As soon as we beat them in a friendly, it gave us a lift”, Evra said. Adrien Silva, who has played in all the knockout games, has added some extra bite in midfield.
Portugal have never fully recovered from losing the 2004 Euro final to Greece when they hosted the tournament.
Football fans from all around the world reacted to Germany’s loss, with many saying that the better team had lost.
The Bayern Munich stopper said: “The level at this European Championship was not what we had hoped for”.
Germany renewed their control of the ball in the second half but Griezmann rattled them again with a 72nd minute goal.
“Portugal are not just about Cristiano Ronaldo, we are a team”, Ronaldo said.
The sight of Portugal’s captain Ronaldo in tears after being substituted with a knee injury after 25 minutes was undoubtedly the key moment from a tame first half, though the majority of half-chances fell to France.
France were awarded the spot kick after Bastian Schweinsteigerâ??s hand came in contact with the ball inside the box. We didn’t have the luck needed today.
“It was a very hard match, but we seized our chances”, he said.
Loew said he had to “calm the players down” in the dressing room at half-time after the penalty decision.
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“We’ll talk about it on the flight home, but this has been a good tournament for us”.
