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Quarter-Final: France vs Iceland - (3/7/16) KO 8pm, ITV1/HD |
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Quarter-Final: France vs Iceland - (3/7/16) KO 8pm, ITV1/HD
Coverage of the game will also be broadcast online at ITV Hub and on BBC Radio 5 Live and talkSPORT.
This will be the 12th meeting between the sides. Iceland have yet to beat their opponents with the French claiming 8 wins from those previous 11 matches. There's usually goals when these two meet. 38 goals in those 11 matches with 10 of them coming in their last 2 clashes. France are unbeaten in their last 16 major tournament games played on home soil, winning 14 and drawing 2. Their last defeat dates back to July 1960 in the inaugural European Championships against Czechoslovakia (0-2). They have allowed their opponents a total of just three shots on target at Euro 2016 - fewer than any other side. Two of those were penalties scored by Romania and the Republic of Ireland. Iceland are one of two teams, alongside Wales, to have scored in all of their games at Euro 2016, and all 6 of their goals have been scored by different players. They have now only lost once in their last 10 competitive matches (W5, D4). |
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Its the end of the road for Iceland, I'm afraid. Can't see the hosts losing here.
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Its the end of the road for Iceland, I'm afraid. Can't see the hosts losing here.
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France will win this one easily to setup la classique internationale with Germany.
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Its the end of the road for Iceland, I'm afraid. Can't see the hosts losing here.
I just don't see how Iceland can play their normal game . Players on a yellow France: Olivier Giroud, Laurent Koscielny Iceland: Kári Árnason, Birkir Bjarnason, Johann Gudmundsson, Aron Gunnarsson, Hannes Halldorsson, Birkir Sævarsson, Kolbeinn Sigthorsson, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Ari Skúlason |
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Well I said Belgium would beat so what do I know.
![]() Really can't see Iceland beating France though.
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Well I said Belgium would beat so what do I know.
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Come on Iceland, slay the hosts!!
Once more unto the breach my comrades!! |
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Bored by the plucky underdog story, Allez la France!
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Bored by the plucky underdog story, Allez la France!
France please! Otherwise Germany might as well be crowned champions right now. |
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Bored by the plucky underdog story, Allez la France!
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France please! Otherwise Germany might as well be crowned champions right now. |
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I can see France and Germany knackering each other on Thursday night. The winner will have to play the final on Sunday against a Portugal side who will won 24 hours earlier in a much less draining match against a Wales team missing some key personnel. If all that comes together as predicted, I think Ronaldo will have a very good chance of collecting the international winners medal he craves.
A Portugal v France final would be less predictable though. |
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Maybe I'm just an old (well, middle-aged) romantic, but want Iceland to do it. Sure it's very unlikely, but France haven't looked amazing and it was only 2-1 against a spirited Irish team who'd been reduced to ten men for a reasonably long period of the second half. It's been a tournament of a few surprises so you never know. Looking forward to it.
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I will eat the whole content of my wardrobe if Germany fail to win against Portugal regardless of personnel.
A Portugal v France final would be less predictable though. |
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So are you bored of Wales as well then??
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Iceland have only conceded one goal per game (and have scored in every match) and France have yet to score more than two. This is going to be tight IMO, could even go to extra time.
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Why, are you?
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I am not no, but then again I have not said that I was board by the underdog story of which both Wales and Iceland have so far provided.
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Come on France. I love a plucky underdog story as much as anyone, but Iceland are just really boring to watch.
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so far...
i went for poland & portugal won. i went for belgium & wales won. i went for italy & germany won. so tonight it's come on france! |
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The yellow cards issue, is a red herring. The Iceland players will only be thinking about winning tonight, not worrying about whether they'll be there individually.
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The line-ups:
France: Lloris, Sagna, Koscielny, Umtiti, Evra, Pogba, Matuidi, Sissoko, Griezmann, Payet, Giroud. Iceland: Halldorsson, Saevarsson, R Sigurdsson, Gudmundsson, Bjarnason, Sigthorsson, G Sigurdsson, Arnason, Bodvarsson, Gunnarsson, Skulason. Björn Kuipers of the Netherlands will referee. |
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watch out for the Iceland fans singing their marvellous song...........it's not the National Anthem though !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrMQgVta0RU |
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