Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Ahead of Euro semifinal, a bond forged amid Paris attacks (The Associated Press)

Coach Joachim Loew kicks the ball during the last training session of the German national football team at their base camp in Evian-Les-Bains, France, Wednesday, July 6, 2016. Germany will face France in a Euro 2016 semifinal soccer match in Marseille on Thursday, July 7, 2016 (AP Photo/Michael Probst)

As his Germany team prepares to face France in the European Championship semifinal, coach Joachim Loew has paid tribute to a bond between the teams forged amid the chaos and bloodshed of November's Paris attacks. Explosions rang out at the Stade de France when three suicide bombers detonated their devices near the stadium during the last meeting between the teams, a friendly on Nov. 13. It was part of a wave of gun and bomb attacks across Paris which left 130 people dead and many more wounded.


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