On this, our football editors say goodbye to you. Bonne Nuit! Gute nacht!
France was stronger today. Joe Dassin defeated Rammstein. We hope that the Portuguese in the final will also not achieve victory.
But clever Fortuna doesn't need craft anymore. Moreover, there is Gascony in the world!
Borussia, Bayern, Cologne or Eintracht, and there is fire in your veins too!
With this we say goodbye. Thank you for being with us. It's a pity that there is only one match left at the Euro.
And one more thing I wanted to say - it seems that we have the best scorer of the tournament. And possibly the best player in the Euro. This is Antoine Griezmann.
The French were good. The Germans were good too, and we watched one of the best matches of the Euro - at speed, with few errors, without fuss in the center of the field.
Match over!
But still it cuts through when the time of this meeting expires.
The referee's whistle is silent.
Desperate fall of one of the Germans in someone else's penalty area in the last seconds.
Well it's time to whistle!
But this is better, mein freund! Lloris saves France after getting hit by Götze. Then another blow, but past.
There is a fourth added minute.
Meanwhile, the German national team breaks free kick. Unconvincing.
What's good is that Germany plays to the end. However, we had no doubts.
Griezmann is replaced by Johan Kabay. The hero of the match leaves to a well-deserved applause.
Added minutes went, the Germans attacked, but without fire.
Griezmann ran forward and fell, but this time the referee ignored the main French star. The blue-reds were left without a free kick.
Pogba leads Gignac to a shot, but Neuer pulls the ball out of the corner. One way or another, the French are on the attack.
The French are holding the ball, what smart people. They don't pretend, they don't play for time. They just go to the final.
Five minutes before the final France - Portugal. Gauls against the Portuguese.
And then the German counterattack! But the French take out the ball by hook or by crook.
Griezmann ran for a hat-trick, well ahead of all the defenders in speed, but then decided to slow down - and the blow turned out to be so-so.
Sissoko shows the highest class in defense. First he takes the ball off Hector's head, then he goes down the flank. And he gets a goal kick, not a corner kick.
At the same time, the French are clearly not against scoring the third - Gignac is actively pressing.
You can't even say that the French are good in defense, there were a lot of moments. But the Germans are a little lacking.
Kroos on Höwedes, he wins the top in the center of the penalty area, but slightly above the crossbar!
Gignac fouls in attack, but fouls a little, running one on one. The referee says that there was a foul after all.
It seems that the Germans have already given up their last forces. There is some desperation in their actions.
80th minute, it seems like the French should defend themselves, but by no means.
A short respite for the French defense - a corner at the gates of Germany. Sissoko earned it very simply - he hit the defender, the ball flew over the goal line.
And another canopy in the penalty area of the French team, and again a little bit past the gate. If you are supporters of the “goal is brewing” metaphor, then now it’s autumn, it’s time to harvest.
Schweini left, giving way to Sana. Basti is not fantastic today, but he created a couple of chances.
Gignac comes on for Giroud. Two, let's say, not the most important leaders of the French team change each other.
We have a group of skeptics here in the editorial office who believe that the match is already over. But damn, 15 more minutes. The Germans can win in regular time.
Sagna played rudely against Draxler, but won the ball back. And then lay down for a bit to calm down.
Two run past the ball, and Draxler charges into the corner farthest from him. Past.
Yellow card for Kante. Just got out. And already on the card. The Germans will beat, 30 meters to the gate. Now it is unlikely that there will be a draw.
Pogba came up with something mocking, trying to twist into a nine from 25 meters with the outside of the foot. It didn't work out.
Cross! Kimmich from the left foot into the far nine, Lloris won back. But a little unlucky.
The Germans played in the area of their own penalty area, the French intercepted, found Griezmann, and he showed everything he was capable of. 2:0!
Griezmann again! Griezmann
Incredibly, the Germans lose the ball in their penalty area. And they miss.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Payet leaves to applause, there will be N'Golo Kante. This is to keep the account.
Again, I did not guess - a canopy for Mustafi, udaaaaar. Out of the game.
Sissoko drops Kroos, he poses a little, but still a free kick. There are a lot of meters to the gate, but the Germans, most likely, will beat. Still a chance.
Foul in attack. Corner ended in nothing. And the French are already starting their attack with a long pass from Lloris.
The Germans are stretching their defenses. Kimmich is tired of hanging, he breaks through the bottom. Only corner.
The French defended themselves in numbers and ran into a counterattack, which was ruined by Giroud and Payet. Payet shot badly, and Giroud was in such an offside position that you can’t even substitute your foot.
Icelandic HUU is heard from the stands. It is not clear who is doing this, the French or the Germans. Maybe they are together. But you quickly get used to the good. We missed you!
Goetze instead of Jan. Germany is being rebuilt.
As a result, a minute, and the French gained.
Payet in the center of the field lies and suffers because the ball hit him in the face. The Germans are forced to stop, although, in fact, what kind of injury can there be.
German midfielders do not feel something, where it is out of the game, and where it is still not out of the game. They constantly give out balls to offsides - the attackers understand everything and don’t even cling to them.
Koscielny hit his head on the German goal. In some ways, he looks like Alexander Shirko. And so - nothing special.
A repeat of the moment in which Schweinsteiger was hit hard in the face by Giroud but did not complain. And he didn't even fall.
Boateng is clearly in a lot of pain. Feel sorry for him. He sits on a bench, wrapped in a towel.
The Germans let the new defender touch the ball. And rush forward again. So active that they run outside the game.
Boateng is on the sidelines and can't even get to his bench. Instead, Mustafi.
Injury Boateng out of the blue! Leaves the field. Now everyone is definitely against Germany.
It is interesting to compare who jumps higher - Griezmann or Ronaldo. Yesterday, the Portuguese scored a goal, outweighing all. But Griezmann has already jumped over everyone many times today.
Hector tried to close a very long pass, but in the end the ball bounced off him for the front. The Germans are still not pushing enough.
Two Frenchmen jumped on top of each other to get a riding ball. And it did!
I'm not sure that the Italians, in principle, can be trusted. No wonder Putin gave Berlusconi a bed.
Rizzoli does not give free kicks to the Germans, he whistles a lot in favor of the French. In general, if I were rooting for Germany, there would be suspicions, but in fact, each specific whistle is on the case.
There is a real nerve in the game. Such a nerve. The Germans understand that they are not pressing, and the French - that their advantage is not so strong.
Tika-taka with a German accent happens.
The Germans forced the French to run without the ball. With a score of 2:0 in their favor, this may be not bad, but in order to recoup, you need a little more.
I think that if we talk about who we will see in the penalty team of France, then it will be Cristiano Ronaldo.
Draxler breaks through the flank, runs into the penalty area, Evra pushes him, Draxler falls. Penalty? There is no penalty, the referee is silent.
A good German attack in the center, but you can’t give a pass to Muller - it will be out of the game. And in the end, the ball is on the flank - and it's hard on the flank.
For example, will we see Neuer in the French penalty area?
I want to write every message as “important”, but I somehow stop myself. Everything important is yet to come.
Draxler card for Sissoko's rear kick. The latter cunningly beat Draxler very much in his own half of the field, well, he could not stand it.
Kimmich again hangs in the nearest player - but this time there is nothing to even present, there was a difficult episode. Kimmich was even more likely to earn a corner. Didn't work.
Ozil almost earned a corner, but Lloris accelerated at a short distance and turned it into a banal out. Not Ozil, but the corner, in the sense.
The German team is like this. They're up to something.
In addition, in this frame it even seems that Schweinsteiger is not gray-haired.
The French played a good corner, but it never came to blow.
Meanwhile, the French are attacking. Again a good attack, again Griezmann's blow, the ball ricocheted to a corner. Griezman shouts to the stands - come on, support!
Giroud on the left burst into someone else's penalty area and shot, but hit Boateng.
Well, or on the 93rd, here the laws are not so strict.
“Romantsev came to beat the Germans,” is written on the spiritualized face of Didier Deschamps.
According to the laws of the genre, Schweinsteiger should score in the 92nd minute.
GO!
As Yuri Gagarin said
Teams have entered the field, and the Germans must become even more furious!
The penalty seemed to be there, but the referee had every reason to help the hosts of the tournament, on the other hand.
Have you shown a replay? What do you think was a penalty? You can discuss in our chat.
Colleague Alexander under the strongest impression of the plot twist.
Here is an unexpected goal. From nowhere. And we are in for an interesting second half.
Spread Neuer and the ball in different corners.
GRIZMANNNN!!!
GOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Griezmann.
Schweini already turned gray, fouled.
Hand play in the penalty area. Again!
We have already gathered for a break/smoke break. But here...
PENALTY! And a yellow Schweinsteiger! I was clearly in a hurry.
However, the French managed to take a corner.
We will most likely find out in 15 minutes - there is already extra time.
But what a tackle Hevedas!
In the moment with the release of 1 on 1 Giroud, Boateng made the wildest mistake. It's worrisome. One of the best defenders of the tournament in the quarter-finals brings a penalty, in the semi-finals he makes such a mistake. What will be next?
Evra receives a yellow card for disrupting an attack. A yellow card for such a player is a chance that all 22 players will not finish the game today.
AAAAA, that was cool! But there was no goal.
CONTRAAA! Giroux ran away one on one, but… did not run away. Hevedas pushed him aside.
The first positional attack of France in a long time. And it does not end mediocre, like most positional attacks! Griezmann was taken to a shock position, but he was flanked past the nearest nine.
After a corner, the Germans fell into someone else's penalty area, like a winter crop from a hurricane in May. More precisely, Pogba fell and dragged Schweini with him. But the referee was categorical - say "no" to the penalty.
Muller's replay - it was weird. And past, and not strong. But Lloris was having a hard time.
Müller shot from outside the penalty area, but Lloris pulled. But he was lucky that none of the Germans were around. Otherwise, they would have finished off, don’t go to the grandmother.
They argued in the editorial office how inconspicuous Griezmann is. We decided that he was quite noticeable, but these guys from Atletico can also be completely invisible, and win matches - and even tournaments.
And again the protracted attack of the Germans began. However, the French seem to put pressure at last.
This time, Pogba hit - and also threw the wall, and also on target. But Neuer did not even jump - it was so easy for him.
Approximately the same point as a few minutes earlier, when Payet hit. Now, apparently, he will. 28 meters to the gate.
Griezmann fell close to someone else's free kick / And this is a dangerous free kick.
68% of the time the ball is owned by the Germans. 68%!
Pogba in the center attacked as many as three. And, of course, at least one of them could not hit the legs. I think it was Kroos, but Muller could have been.
Back to color parallels. One of the players in black and white Germany has a truly torpedo surname - Oh, ZiL!
By this time, there were already many in the Germany-Brazil match. 4:0?
The goalkeeper of the French national team Lloris has such a face for a reason.
Kimmich was finally able to hang - and immediately dangerous. The ball was bombed in the penalty area until it was miraculously knocked out. There was no blow, but it was powerful even without the blow.
All attacks start with Boateng. And this is how this will end...
Kimmich crosses again - and again hits the nearest player. Well, how much can you?
Germany plays like it plays hockey and is in the majority. Infinitely rolls the ball on someone else's half, waiting for the moment to throw.
The commentator said Draxler's last name, and I remembered that her first half hour was not even mentioned. But one of the main attacking players of this championship.
The Germans continue the siege of La Rochelle, and the French pretend that everything is as it should be. Like breakfast under the bullets - it's great. (But everyone cannot leave their half).
Listen, what a match! I'm not afraid to repeat uuuuuh!
Schweinsteiger under the crossbar uuuuuuuh! And Lloris under the crossbar uuuuuuh!
Another corner at the gates of France, the ball in the center of the field, well, does not hold at all.
This is what I mean by game! Already eight shots for two, including five on target.
In the end, he struck Payet and struck well. But Neuer did not blunder, fixed the ball on the fly.
Free kick right in the center of the goal. 30 m
And now the French are earning a penalty kick from a good point. We are waiting for Paul Pogba at the ball.
The Germans are simply unrecognizable - they press and press. They play against the wall, they put pressure. They feel like they are at home.
Pogba should have thrown the ball for Boateng in a counterattack - and then it would have been extremely dangerous. Pogba knew what he needed to do. Boateng too. And in the end he took the ball with his head.
Toni Kroos fell into someone else's penalty area. And insistently demanded a penalty. But did not receive. Every judge should be able to say "no".
Judges behind the gates are like aunties on the turnstiles in the subway. Although no. Aunties are more powerful - at least they have whistles.
Corner at the gate of the French team. In the penalty area, there is a real movement of atoms - everyone is running somewhere, moving around. And, of course, in such a situation it is difficult to find someone to pass.
(it was a moment of ranting)
Still, the most pointless job in the world is a goal judge. So importantly, they follow the balls with their eyes, which, in fact, you don’t have to see off - and it’s clear whether it’s a corner kick or a goal kick.
It seems to me that the French were just a little tired after the initial onslaught. Therefore, the Germans are now asserting themselves. But we (the Parisian commune) believe in the best.
And the counter-attack of France - they leave one on one on the flank of Kimmich against Poyet, and Kimmich is on top. First, he wins the ball, and then closes it with his body and falls. Ideal protective action.
Listen, how the game has changed! The Germans are already very strong on the attack, while the French are on the defensive.
The French are sluggishly trying to undermine the Fourth Reich, but now they are not able to get past the center of the field.
The Germans, meanwhile, settled in a foreign half of the field. Lloris had to haul the ball out of the bottom corner in an emergency.
But the Germans are already doing very well - they brought Can to the empty flank, he shot through, Muller adjusts, adjusts, but never adjusts. The blow is not very dangerous.
Kimmich's actions lack some kind of chemistry / Directly goes to opponents / Apparently, hoping to catch them drunk.
12 minutes have passed. There doesn't seem to be a single foul.
The Germans began to think something nice. Kimmich is active again, however, again he does something wrong - after his canopy, the ball hits the nearest Frenchman.
Not bad. Not bad. NOT BAD. Badly.
Such a French team got an attack.
The Germans' long attack ended in an inaccurate transfer to Kimmich, and he missed the ball over the side.
Although it's been released.
When the German defenders have the ball, the stadium whistles. Still, quotas are quotas, and today there are more French fans.
The French are clearly more active. They don't let the Germans out of their half.
A replay of Griezmann's moment - it seemed to hit lightly, but Neuer had to apply all his jumping ability in order to group in time and pull the ball out of the corner.
The most dangerous moment for the French by the way! Griezmann jumped out at the gate, effectively beaten with partners. But Neuer could not beat.
So far, the match is reminiscent of a cup match between a major league team and a team from a lower league. The French were very tight.
I tend to sympathize in favor of the French. But the Germans are traditionally similar in appearance to the Moscow "Torpedo", this causes positive emotions of a nostalgic nature.
Hello to all jellyfish in this chat! I'm also thinking about who to cheer for in this battle on the Somme.
Here he is.
The French are very cheerfully stretching the German defenses along the flanks. The Germans, however, also have fun. But only until the moment when you yourself have to go on the attack.
Can is constantly in the spotlight for the first couple of minutes. Now he was trying to cunningly throw the ball into his own course by gracefully stopping the ball (it is interesting, at least someone can imagine it the way it was), but he is mistaken.
Griezmann and Payet played ... And who will score? The best defense of this Euro is easily defended there.
Payet one on one easily cracks down on the defenders on the flank, hangs, and there is already Can. He plays with his hand, but pressed to the body, there is no penalty. But the corner.
Aleksey Ponomarev, promised at the beginning of the online session, has technical problems, he will connect a little later. In the meantime, he will write in the chat I have already mentioned.
Go!
The French are bred first.
Usually we somehow don't represent the judges, but today it can be important. Nicola Rizzoli, Italy. Everything we have today is from Western Europe.
Colleagues brought Alsatian wine to the match. Because - in a way - a disputed territory between France and Germany.
beauties
While the hymns are playing, it's time to remind you that we have a chat (at the bottom of the page). Just do not write anything there during the hymns, otherwise it is indecent.
Teams in the room under the stands ... Here they are already coming out!
We have started broadcasting on Latvian television! We hope you do too.
In the main part of the German national team today, Emre Can. If my memory serves me right, he hasn't played a single minute at this Euro yet. That turned out to be the debut of a Liverpool player.
I would like to somehow analyze these frames, but it is unlikely that anything can be understood from them.
Let me remind you that the Germans have quite a few injuries: Khedira + Gomez, and also the disqualified Hummels. Well, at least Schweinsteiger and Howedes are in the ranks, there were also questions about them.
And here are the ingredients. Draxler in! Sissoko in!
Here is Germany
If you are watching a Russia-1 match, you will probably not see how the teams came to the stadium. We show.
Here is France.
And here is a funny dialogue on Twitter: the goalkeeper of the French national team started a twitter, which immediately became known to the leading twitter of the German national team.
Actually, before the start of the tournament, I told everyone that Germany would win. But now I began to doubt. And not only because the French are good - it seems to me that it doesn’t happen that easily: to beat the hosts in the semi-finals of two major tournaments in a row.
Alexey Ponomarev will join me in the next half an hour, for whom this online will be the first in Meduza. But not the first in his career - Alexei has played hundreds of different football matches in different publications, and knows a lot about it.
Good evening friends. There are two matches left before the end of Euro 2016. And you know, it will be two very cool matches. And today's, perhaps even cooler than the one that will be held on Sunday.
My name is Sasha Polivanov, and I will root for ... But I will not root for anyone today.