Olivier Giroud vowed France will be out for revenge for their World Cup exit when facing Germany in their Euro 2016 semi-final.
Les Bleus face the world champions in Marseille on Thursday after easing past Iceland 5-2, a commanding display that raises hopes the hosts can turn the tables on Germany after losing at the quarter-final stage in Brazil two years ago.
France beat Germany 2-0 in November — a match completely overshadowed by the terrorist attacks in Paris on the same night which claimed 130 lives — and Giroud, who scored twice last night, said: “They are the world champions and often in the last four of major tournaments.
“It will be a great match. We have a lot of desire to try and get our own back for what happened in the World Cup. We have already beaten them here in a friendly match.
“We won 2-0 but it will be a different game with the surroundings we are familiar with in Marseille. I hope that the French public are as excited in the stadium as they were last night and support us all the way.
“We are lucky to play a European Championship semi-final in front of a home crowd and from my perspective I am very proud of what this French side is achieving.
“I hope that we will once again come up with the right result.”
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