UEFA Euro 2016, semifinal: hosts France beat Germany 2-0

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On Thursday, World Champions Germany lost 2–0 to hosts France in the UEFA Euro 2016 semifinal. Antoine Griezmann scored both goals, netting six goals in the tournament. France is to play Portugal in the final tomorrow.

Germany had better ball possession and passing accuracy. But, moments before half time, captain Bastian Schweinsteiger was booked for a hand ball in the penalty area, and France were awarded a penalty kick. The Atlético striker Griezmann scored from the spotkick sending Maneul Neuer in the wrong direction. Les Blues were 1–0 up at half time.

In the second half, Jérôme Boateng was benched suffering from a ruptured muscle bundle. Later, Paul Pogba's shot was half-cleared by Neuer, but Griezmann scored the second goal of the night and his sixth of the tournament.

Though Germany had far more completed passes — in the first half alone, more than the hosts in both halves combined — the World Champions were defeated. Griezmann was awarded the Man of the Match award.

Griezmann's six goals in one Euro tournament is the most after Michel Platini's record of nine goals in one tournament.

July 7, 2016 21:00 (UTC+2)
	Germany	0–2	France	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille Referee: Nicola Rizzoli, Italy
	Emre Can 36' Mesut Özil 45+1' Bastian Schweinsteiger 45+1' Julian Draxler 50'	0–1 (HT)	Antoine Griezmann 45+2' (pen) Antoine Griezmann 72' Patrice Evra 43' N'Golo Kanté 75'

• "UEFA Euro 2016, semifinal: Portugal beats Wales 2-0" — Wikinews, July 8, 2016

• FC Bayern München. "FC Bayern Official on Instagram" — Instagram, July 8, 2016
• Steffen Potter and David Crossan. "UEFA EURO 2016 - Germany-France" — UEFA, July 7, 2016
• "Live Scores - UEFA EURO 2016: Germany - France" — FIFA, July 7, 2016
  

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