France vs Iceland live: Olivier Giroud inspires French to quarter-final rout to set-up Germany clash
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Your support makes all the difference.France finally found their best form to power past Iceland in a 5-2 victory that sets up a semi-final clash with Germany, with Olivier Giroud scoring twice for the Euro 2016 hosts. Follow the latest here.
- Olivier Giroud scores two goals for France in 5-2 victory
- Paul Pogba, Dimitri Payet and Antoine Griezmann also score
- Iceland reply through Kolbeinn Sigthorsson and Birkir Bjarnason
- France will face Germany in semi-final clash on Thursday
- Other semi-final sees Wales take on Portugal on Wednesday
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The semi-finals take place on Tuesday on Wednesday with the final on Saturday
France are forced to make changes tonight - N'Golo Kante and Adil Rami are both suspended following last Sunday's win over Ireland.
Iceland, meanwhile, reached this last-eight encounter by virtue of victory last Monday, against a little country called England. You may recall the match.
Most of us are still getting our breath back after last night's extraordinary penalty shoot-out in Bordeaux, which saw Germany, eventually, join Portugal and Wales (WALES) in the last four. Joachim Low's side await the winners of tonight's match in the semi-finals.
3 min FRA 0-0 ICE Sigurdsson, of Swansea, gets in the first shot of the evening, straight at Lloris
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