Les Blues of France struggled from 0-1 down to later re-ignite and burn Ireland 2-1 as they qualified for the quarter-final of EURO 2016. The Irish had gone ahead early in the game when Robert Brady put his country up 1-0 with a well taken penalty after Pogba lightly tripped Shane Long but was enough infringement.
The goal nerved and unsettled the Les Blues. Their game lost cohesion and they resorted to cheap fouls. However, they bounced back together and showed character after the break with Atletico Madrid star, Antonie Griezmann, who just signed a contract extension at his club, grabbing two quick goals to put France on the driver’s seat as they navigated towards a quarter-final berth. .
Griezmann could have hit a hat trick in the 93rd minute when he had only the Irish keepe, Darren Randolph to beat but his shot was blocked by the keeper.
The Irish had no plans of how they could kill the game after taking the lead in the second minute of play. In fact they started playing for time right in the first half, which at this level not enough.
Defender, Shane Duffy was red-carded in 65th minute after he had prevented France from making it 3-1 worse when he fouled a goal bound Griezmann.
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