Posted on 07/06/2016 11:38:31 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
The winner of Thursday’s meeting between the world champions and the hosts will enter the final as favourites. The two highest rated sides at the tournament – France on 7.17 and Germany on 7.15 – will be treating this game as if it were the final itself. Joachim Löw’s side are hoping to emulate France’s achievement of holding both the World Cup and European Championship trophy at the same time.
France have not been truly tested yet but neither have they breezed through a highly favourable draw. While their first-half annihilation of Iceland in the quarter-finals promised much, it was the first time they had scored before the interval. They are yet to fully impress in both halves of a game, which they will need to do against Germany.
France haven’t really faced a side of any great repute since they last met Germany two years ago, when they were knocked out the World Cup at the quarter-finals courtesy of a Mats Hummels header. Hummels, who is missing out through suspension, is one of a number of key absentees. By comparison, the return of N’Golo Kante and Adil Rami from their bans has left Deschamps with a full squad.
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Wow great defending from German Höwedes!
Yellow on Evra. He used to be good but lost a lot of speed. imo.
Wow penalty on Schweini handball....
France 1-0.
Excuse me while I do my job.
That looked pretty innocuous at first.
Germany has some work to do now. They’ve had the chances, but Mueller needs to find the magic....and quickly.
⚽MG! Griezmann scores Penalty vs Germany to make it 1-0 to France
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64%
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Ball Possession |
36%
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11
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Goal Attempts |
6
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5
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Shots on Goal |
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Shots off Goal |
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5
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Blocked Shots |
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3
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Free Kicks |
5
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4
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Corner Kicks |
2
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0
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Offsides |
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Throw-in |
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3
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Goalkeeper Saves |
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Fouls |
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Yellow Cards |
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347
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Total Passes |
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318
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Completed Passes |
150
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A big pity. Especially considering Schweini had been playing very well.
Germany was always needing to score a goal. Situation is, they need to score a goal. Time to step up or step off.
Don’t think that Man of The Match thing is going to work out for Neuer.
What’s funny is that at halftime, I was going to post that Germany was winning 0-0, but then the penalty happened. Looks like Germany never was able to recover from it.
So now it’s France vs Portugal. Ronaldo will need to have the game of his life for Portugal to win IMHO.
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Shots on Goal |
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Shots off Goal |
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Blocked Shots |
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Free Kicks |
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Corner Kicks |
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Offsides |
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Throw-in |
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Fouls |
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Yellow Cards |
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Total Passes |
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The system is you need to score a goal. Unfortunately Germany could not. Still, was thrilled they beat Italy. No one can take that away.
I am neutral... Will be happy for either to win the Final.
Congratulations France!
The system is you need to score a goal. Unfortunately Germany could not. Still, was thrilled they beat Italy. No one can take that away.
I am neutral... Will be happy for either to win the Final.
Congratulations France!
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