Summary

  • France play Germany in semi-final on Thursday

  • Giroud gets France's fifth and his second

  • Griezmann, Payet & Pogba score other goals

  • Sigthorsson & Bjarnason get Iceland’s goals

  1. Postpublished at 20:50 British Summer Time 3 July 2016

    France 4-0 Iceland

    The one thing you can rely on in 2016, of course, is that the predictable always happens.

    France are in the last four. They will play Germany. They may as well bring on Lucas Digne, Christophe Jallet and Yohan Cabaye at the break. 

  2. 'Poborsky-esque!'published at 20:48 British Summer Time 3 July 2016

    France 4-0 Iceland

    Danny Mills
    Ex-England defender at the Stade de France for BBC Radio 5 live

    What a finish that is, and a magnificent run from Antoine Griezmann to beat the offside trap like Giroud did. A Karel Poborsky-esque scoop over the keeper and into the open goal. You feel a bit sorry for Iceland now. The shoulders are slumped down. It's a shame.

    Dimitri Payet and Antoine Griezmann celebrateImage source, Reuters
  3. 'Real quality!'published at 20:48 British Summer Time 3 July 2016

    France 4-0 Iceland

    Mark Lawrenson
    BBC football expert at Stade de France

    This is real quality. Olivier Giroud does brilliantly for Antoine Griezmann and you just knew he wasn't going to miss. For Iceland that's two conceded straight through the back of their defence.

  4. HALF-TIMEpublished at 20:48 British Summer Time 3 July 2016

    France 4-0 Iceland

  5. goal

    GOAL - France 4-0 Icelandpublished at 45 mins

    Antoine Griezmann

    Antoine GriezmannImage source, Reuters

    Alright France, we've all had a drink. Calm down.

    Great finish for number four as one pass cuts the ragged Iceland defence apart, Antoine Griezmann is in the clear and you won't catch him. He waits for Hannes Thór Halldórsson to move and Griezmann just flicks it over his head and in. 

  6. 'Fabulous finish'published at 20:46 British Summer Time 3 July 2016

    France 3-0 Iceland

    Danny Mills
    Ex-England defender at the Stade de France for BBC Radio 5 live

    Fabulous finish by Dimitri Payet, an outstanding strike. He thought about hitting it early on his right but checked back on to his left, and it was like an arrow along the turf, right into the far corner.

    That has to be the game dead and buried.

  7. 'Greasy surface helps'published at 20:45 British Summer Time 3 July 2016

    France 3-0 Iceland

    Mark Lawrenson
    BBC football expert at Stade de France

    It was a very well worked goal, a nice interchange of passing. It's across the goal, very difficult for the goalkeeper. The greasy surface helps with the pace of the ball.

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    GOAL - France 3-0 Icelandpublished at 43 mins

    Dimitri Payet

    That should well be that as arguably the best player in Euro 2016 drives home a goal which finally silences that superb Iceland support.

    The ball is teed up for Dimitri Payet 20 yards out, he takes aim and hits a low, left-footed shot that is right into the far corner. He didn't smash that, just steered it in. 

  9. Postpublished at 20:43 British Summer Time 3 July 2016

    France 2-0 Iceland

    Danny Mills
    Ex-England defender at the Stade de France for BBC Radio 5 live

    Iceland have just got to stay in the game. Get to half-time.   

    They had 34% possession against England. That's how they play, sitting behind the ball, but at some point they're going to have to come out and have a go at the French.

  10. Postpublished at 41 mins

    France 2-0 Iceland

    In Gylfi we trust. Sigurdsson puts in a brilliant free-kick form wide on the left, it's one of those which needs just a touch from a player to go in, and it nearly drifts in on the full. Hugo Lloris just about palms it down. 

  11. Postpublished at 40 mins

    France 2-0 Iceland

    Maybe if England had held a lead for more than 45 seconds in Nice on Monday they too would have been able to patiently pick Iceland apart.

    And then get hammered by France tonight. 

  12. Postpublished at 20:40 British Summer Time 3 July 2016

    France 2-0 Iceland

    Mark Lawrenson
    BBC football expert at Stade de France

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    It has the feeling of a training game.

    Dimitri PayetImage source, AFP
  13. Postpublished at 39 mins

    France 2-0 Iceland

    Good tidy football on the left from France, triangles pick Iceland to pieces and a cross then finds Blaise Matuidi. He blazes it wide though. 

  14. Postpublished at 36 mins

    France 2-0 Iceland

    France have been thoroughly professional and composed, considering the expectations tonight. I wouldn't say they'd particulalry impressed, but they've done a very neat job so far. They are just keeping the ball in midfield now. 

    Johann Gudmundsson fouls Patrice EvraImage source, Getty Images
  15. 'Total control'published at 20:37 British Summer Time 3 July 2016

    France 2-0 Iceland

    Danny Mills
    Ex-England defender at the Stade de France for BBC Radio 5 live

    France are in total control. We know Iceland have got set pieces and the long throws, but they have to compose themselves better.

    If the French were to get a third, it's game over.

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    Get Involvedpublished at 20:36 British Summer Time 3 July 2016

    #bbceuro2016

    Dennis Ethan: Seems like Iceland did England a huge favour. Would have been a catastrophic for Roy Hodgson's men.

    Alex Shcnopple: One of Ferguson's numerous mistakes, letting a magnificent natural talent like Pogba leave, he's on fire. Such a buzz.

    Mike Hall: Who is this Olivier Giroud playing for France and does a lookalike steal a living at the Arsenal?

    Paul Pogba celebratesImage source, Getty Images
  17. 'Iceland's Plan B?'published at 20:36 British Summer Time 3 July 2016

    France 2-0 Iceland

    Paul Fletcher
    BBC Sport at Stade de France in Paris

    Didier Deschamps said before the match he would be taking Iceland's long throws very seriously and he has been as good as his word.

    When the last one was hurled into the France box by Aron Gunnarsson every French player was back defending.

    Several Iceland players have been warming up for some time. Is there a Plan B? We might need to find out.

  18. Postpublished at 34 mins

    France 2-0 Iceland

    This 24-team format doesn't do it for me either Lawro - 16 or 32. Though we probably wouldn't have seen Iceland or Northern Ireland, if it was only 16.

    Patrice Evra gets forward but doesn't get the free-kick he wants. 

  19. Lawro on the expanded Euros...published at 20:34 British Summer Time 3 July 2016

    France 2-0 Iceland

    Mark Lawrenson
    BBC football expert at Stade de France

    I think we've played an awful lot of games to get rid of eight teams. It's daft. Portugal could win the tournament without winning a game.

  20. Postpublished at 30 mins

    France 2-0 Iceland

    Good spell for Iceland, decent possession and they win a throw in Rory Delap range. Here comes Aron Gunnarsson, winds up - but he loses traction on the wet ball and it barely reaches the penalty area. 

    Gylfi Sigurdsson is fouled by Antoine GreizmannImage source, Reuters