France advances to San Siro: double by Rabiot and a punishment of Lucas Dignewho mocked Vicario by hitting first the crossbar and then the back of the goalkeeper before ending up in the net.
The strict defender ofAston Villa he spoke to TF1 at the end of the match: “Free kick? It’s a technical gesture that you work on in training. The more you do it, the more it becomes automatic and it pays off. In attack it’s not bad at all. As a defender, I would have preferred to finish with a clean sheet but we can’t have everything, we finish first, it’s fantastic.”
On the desire for revenge against Italy: “We wanted revenge, to take from the first leg against Italy, we wanted to show a completely different team. And in addition to the slightly less beautiful match against Israel, we really wanted to show that this shirt gives us It’s really a complete match. I feel comfortable in the group. It’s a group that lives everyday life well. The new generation shows that there is a lot of quality, it’s up to us to make the most of it. The group had to respond. I think this match will serve as a reference for the whole group, it needed experience, desire. It demonstrated to everyone, to all those who criticized, that the group lives well, is united, wants to move forward and is capable of great things.”