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France 5 – 2 Iceland 
12′ Olivier Giroud 56′ Kolbeinn Sigthorsson
20′ Paul Pogba 85′ Birkir Bjarnason
42′ Dimitri Payet
45’Antoine Griezmann
59’Olivier Giroud
France defeating Iceland. EURO 2016, Quarterfinal, I am so happy to see 5 Italian Serie A players in FRANCE vs ICELAND official lineups on Sunday 3 July 2016 for the UEFA Euro 2016 at the Stade de France in Saint Denis, France at 21:00. France will play the EURO 2016 Semifinal against Germany on Thursday 7 July.
France: 3 Italian Serie A players:
- Juventus defender Patrice Evra (official starting lineup)
- Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba (official starting lineup)
- AS Roma defender Lucas Digne (subs)
2 Italian Serie A – B players with Iceland
- Cesena Defender Hordur Magusson (Serie B)
- Udinese Midfielder Emil Hallfredsson (Serie A)
It’s France to open the score in the 12th minute. Olivier Giroud defeating Iceland goalkeeper Halldórsson with a left footed shot in the center. The assist is by Blaise Matuidi.
Serie A in action! There it is Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba scoring for France! Pogba with a headed shot following a corner conceded by Kári Arnason. It’s a perfect assist from Antoine Griezmann finding Pogba ready for the headed shot in the top left corner. Way to go Pogba!!!!
Photo: facebook.com/equipedefrance
France rocking big time at the Stade de France! This time is forward Dimitri Payet to score with a left footed shot in the bottom right corner. The assist is by forward Antoine Griezmann.
Say no more….. France crushing Iceland…. it seems the fairy tale is over. Adding a cherry on top of the ice cream before ending the first half…. a goal by Griezmann!!!!
Euro 2016: France vs Republic of Ireland official starting lineups
FRANCE (4-2-3-1): Lloris; Sagna, Koscielny, Umtiti, Evra; Pogba, Matuidi; Sissoko, Griezmann, Payet; Giroud.
Subs: Mandanda, Costil, Jallet, Mangala, Digne, Schneiderlin, Cabaye, Coman, Martial, Gignac.
Coach: Deschamps.
ICELAND (4-4-2): Halldórsson; Sævarsson, Árnason, R. Sigurðsson, Skúlason; Guðmundsson, Gunnarsson, G. Sigurðsson, B. Bjarnason; Böðvarsson, Sigþórsson.
Subs: Jónsson, Kristinsson, Hauksson, Hermannsson, Ingason, E. Bjarnason, Magnússon, Traustason, Sigurjónsson, Hallfreðsson, Guðjohnsen, Finnbogason.
Coach: Lagerbäck.
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
NOTE highlighted in red: There are 2 Italian Serie A players in the official starting lineups with France and 1 among the subs. 2 Italian Serie A – B in Iceland lineup
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Photo: facebook.com/equipedefrance
France official starting lineup against Iceland
Photo: facebook.com/footballiceland
Iceland official starting lineup against France
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Euro 2016: France 23-man Squad
Goalkeepers: Benoit Costil (Rennes), Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Steve Mandanda (Marseille).
Defenders: Lucas Digne (Roma), Patrice Evra (Juventus), Christophe Jallet (Lyon), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), Eliaquim Mangala (Manchester City), Adil Rami (Sevilla), Bacary Sagna (Manchester City), Samuel Umtiti (Lyon).
Midfielders: Yohan Cabaye (Crystal Palace), Morgan Schneiderlin (Manchester United), N’Golo Kante (Leicester), Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint-Germain), Paul Pogba (Juventus), Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle).
Forwards: Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich), Andre-Pierre Gignac (Tigres), Olivier Giroud (Arsenal), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Anthony Martial (Manchester United), Dimitri Payet (West Ham)
EURO 2016: Iceland 23-man Squad
Goalkeepers: Hannes Halldorsson (Bodo/Glimt), Ogmundur Kristinsson (Hammarby), Ingvar Jonsson (Sandefjord).
Defenders: Ari Skulason (OB), Hordur Magnusson (Cesena), Hjortur Hermannsson (PSV Eindhoven), Ragnar Sigurdsson (Krasnodar), Kari Arnason (Malmo), Sverrir Ingi Ingason (Lokeren), Birkir Sævarsson (Hammarby), Haukur Heidar Hauksson (AIK).
Midfielders: Emil Hallfredsson (Udinese), Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea), Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff), Theodor Elmar Bjarnason (AGF), Arnor Ingvi Traustason (Norrkoping), Birkir Bjarnason (Basel), Johann Gudmundsson (Charlton), Eidur Gudjohnsen (Molde), Runar Mar Sigurjonsson (Sundsvall).
Forwards : Kolbeinn Sigthorsson (Nantes), Alfred Finnbogason (Augsburg), Jon Dadi Bodvarsson (Kaiserslautern).
Note: Italia Serie A & B Players highlighted in red
Photos of the match France vs Iceland courtesy by facebook.com/equipedefrance
UEFA EURO 2016 Quarterfinals
France 5 – 2 Iceland
Sunday 3 July 2016
Stade de France
Saint Denis, France
Referee: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Assistant referee: Sander van Roekel (NED) and Erwin Zeinstra (NED)
Additional assistant referee: Pol van Boekel (NED) and Richard Liesveld (NED)
Fourth official: Milorad Mažić (SRB)