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France secure semi-final date with Spain
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Fan Reaction...
Anonymous: Portugal need to move on now from Ronaldo. He’s been a brilliant player but it’s over.
Anthony, Doncaster: Even though Portugal are out Pepe has been the player of the tournament for me what a legend and an ambassador for sport. He is 41 for goodness sake.
JB, Middlesbrough: Are France the most boring team to ever reach a semi-final?
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Chris Sutton: 'France didn't deserve to win'
The performance wasn't there, but the penalties were quite incredible. The last one the pressure was on Theo Hernandez - he sent Diogo Costa the wrong way.
France did not deserve to go through and they have been bang average in this competition, it is about finding a way in tournament football. Didier Deschamps stumbles through again.
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Jose Fonte: 'Pepe and Ronaldo probably know it's the end of the line'
They [Pepe and Ronaldo] probably know it's the end of the line in the national team. I don't know [if it will be for both]. Where do you go from here?
They have done so much for Portugal, sometimes you have to give a place to the young boys coming up, make them show their talent. They have done great.
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'Passing, moving and probing'
One of the themes of the tournament has been for unfancied but well-organised sides to successfully frustrate stronger opposition.
Here though, it is more of a case of capable and confident players passing and moving, probing through the first half to the beat of the non-stop drumbeat in the Portugal end, while taking care not to make mistakes and concede the initiative.
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Didier Deschamps: 'We've got the quality and talent'
We've got the quality and talent, but there are a lot of teams that have that. At the highest level, there's a need to be solid and work hard together.
Everyone is progressing, and there's a common denominator between all these matches: the athletic intensity being at the very highest level.
Key Updates
- SOFASCORE STATS: PORTUGAL 0-0 (P) FRANCE
- France to face Spain
- FRANCE WIN 5-3 ON PENALTIES!
- EXTRA-TIME: PORTUGAL 0-0 FRANCE
- FULL-TIME: PORTUGAL 0-0 FRANCE
- SECOND HALF: PORTUGAL 0-0 FRANCE
- HALF-TIME: PORTUGAL 0-0 FRANCE
- TEAM NEWS: PORTUGAL
- TEAM NEWS: FRANCE
- Ola and bienvenue!