Thursday, June 30, 2016

Evra urges France teammates to 'wake up' before Iceland game (The Associated Press)

Ireland's Daryl Murphy jumps over France's Patrice Evra as he heads the ball during the Euro 2016 round of 16 soccer match between France and Ireland, at the Grand Stade in Decines-?Charpieu, near Lyon, France, Sunday, June 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

France has failed to score in the first half at Euro 2016 and has been scraping through with gutsy second-half performances. ''We should be telling ourselves that one day it won't come off for us, and that it might be against Iceland,'' said Evra ahead of Sunday's game at Stade de France. France needed an 89th-minute winner from Dimitri Payet to beat Romania 2-1, then last-gasp goals from Antoine Griezmann and Payet to see off Albania 2-0.


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