ENLARGE Iceland's forward Jón Dadi Bodvarsson vies for the ball against France's midfielder Paul Pogba during the Euro 2016 quarter-final match at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis. France will now face defending world champion Germany in Marseille on Thursday after Die Mannschaft outlasted Italy in a penalty shootout. So when France had the chance to end it here on Sunday, Les Bleus spared no time for sentiment or Cinderellas. “When you have individual qualities like England and France, these teams should beat a team like Iceland,” Hallgrímsson said before the game. France, which hadn’t scored a first-half goal in the tournament, now had two in the space of eight minutes.

Source: Wall Street Journal July 03, 2016 22:52 UTC