Germany national team take on France in the second semifinal match of European Championship 2016. The match will be played in Marseille at Velodrome on Thursday, July 7th.
Germany gained the place in the semifinals after they had faced the most inconvenient opponents, Italy. The quarterfinal ended with 1-1 draw after full time and two extra times, but Germany were luckier in penalty shootout, beating Azzurri 6-5 while each side had to take 9 shoots. Joachim Lew’s men had advantage in the match and pressed their opponents during the entire match and converted this advantage to Mesut Ozil goal. However, the only mistake in the match led to the late foul committed by Boateng in own box and Bonucci got his team an equalizing goal with a shot from the spot. Germany showed their high level in each match of the tournament and they are unquestionable favorites of the competition after eliminating the most inconvenient opponents.
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Another quarterfinal featuring France and Iceland turned to a feast of goals as the hosts of the tournament beaten Vikings 5-2. France had 4-0 lead before the halftime and the second half was nothing but formality. Even this impressive win doesn’t take away impression that France aren’t ready for the competition. Clearly, Iceland’s path should’ve end soon and they already have jumped over their heads to come that far. France haven’t faced top-level teams at this competition yet and upcoming clash against Germany will be the first one. Moreover, France didn’t take part in qualifiers and their most recent official match against top team was their 0-1 defeat to Germany in the quarterfinals of World Cup in Brazil.
The opponents have played 10 head-to-heads starting back from 1958. Germany won three of these matches, two of them ended with draws and five time France were victorious, including the one in November last year, 2-0. However, that friendly had no big importance comparing quarterfinal lost in 2014. Unlike the hosts, Germany leave solid impression so far and they appear to be favorites despite all the players they miss due to injuries and suspensions.
Prediction for the match: Germany to win.
