Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Albanian effort not enough as team loses again at Euro 2016 (The Associated Press)

Albania's Armando Sadiku, top, heads the ball past France's Laurent Koscielny, left, and Adel Rami during the Euro 2016 Group A soccer match between France and Albania at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France, Wednesday, June 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Iceland - Albania has proved hard to crack. France, its players prominent at many of Europe's top teams, took until the 90th minute to break through the Albanian defensive wall when Antoine Griezmann broke the deadlock with a fine headed goal. Deep in stoppage time, Dimitri Payet added a second when Albania left gaps at the back when striving for an equalizer.


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