France has rediscovered its love for the national football team after years of scandal and disappointment. According to 888sport Euro odds, France is the heavy favorite to bring the title home 16 years after their last trophy, also the Euro in 2000.
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However, he accepted they came up short in front of goal.
Schweinsteiger, who returned to the XI due to an injury to Sami Khedira, has apologised to the Germany supporters following the defeat, in addition to paying tribute to hosts France.
After that late first half score, the French became a completely different team.
Germany desperately pushed forward.
Loew refused to say whether he would extend his time as Germany’s manager beyond the campaign for the 2018 World Cup in Russian Federation. The Atletico Madrid striker has now scored six goals in the tournament and is leading the golden boot race.
“I had my share [of finals] as a player”.
“I hope he changes his mind and he is with us on Sunday to celebrate the ending of this tournament”. When I wore this shirt it was the proudest moment of my career.
After the final whistle, France’s jubilant players celebrated with the fans by performing the “Huh” chant made famous at the tournament by Iceland.
The midfielder – who has now made 20 World Cup and 18 European Championship appearances – overtook his former Germany teammate Miroslav Klose, who had played in 37 games at major tournaments. Germany were and are still the best side.
“Against the world champions, we were able to show incredible resources and quality”, Lloris told TF1.
“We all raised our game – everyone was great in this match”.
“We’ve already written history. He’s a very important player just as he has been with Atletico Madrid throughout the season”, the coach said.
They stand one game away from doing just that, and Deschamps is reminding them what it would mean.
“But building a great team takes a lot of time”.
“Of course we’ve had some very tough times this year, both with those tragic events but also with events that have gone on off the field”, the Tottenham goalkeeper said.
Portugal’s Pepe arrives for a training session, in preparation of the Euro 2016 final soccer match between France and Portugal, at Marcoussis, south of Paris, France, Friday, July 8, 2016.
After the semi-final Griezmann accepted that it was the French team’s duty to excel at the European Championship to lift the mood of a nation wounded by terrorist attacks and social unrest.
“We were the better team. It was unfortunate that we conceded the goal, that was bad luck, the ball touched the hand a minute before half-time”, Loew said.
We have our chances and so do Portugal.
“Today we were better than the French but for the goals and result”.
He noted that being at home and having knocked out the World Champions doesn’t give France any added advantage, simply stating “they [Portugal] believe in themselves and we [France] believe in ourselves too”.
It was a victory built as much on German errors as it was on Griezmann’s skill, with a handball in the box and a poor defensive pass paving the way for his goals. We created pressure in the second half but there was always the danger on the counter – we invested everything and we tried everything, and we had our chances.
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“Griezmann is the main man. We again have a hero and the next striker to make us win tournaments – hopefully”.
