France Angleterre

From French broadsheet  Le Monde via Google translate

'The France and England were separated on a tie (1-1), in the first game in Group D of Euro 2012 , in a meeting where the tension palpable, has curbed the enthusiasm of both teams. And with the painful feeling that the Blues, with a little more daring, could have the win .

Sweltering heat of around 35 ° C, mosquitoes galore, and the face of Russian fans in numbers, but lost in the Donbass Arena in Donetsk, France and England will be able to meet this point of the tie. The opening of Lescott had yet left fearing the worst but the Blues were able to react quickly through Nasri.

No surprises in the starting lineup put together by Lawrence White , the same as the last preparation match against the Estonia . The Blues began in 4-3-3 with Alou Diarra positioned in front of the defense, Debuchy in right side, and Florent Malouda on the left. English side, coach Roy Hodgson created a surprise in titularisant Oxlade-Chamberlain, 18, ​​to occupy the left side of midfield.

LACK OF IMAGINATION IN THE GAME

Match starts at a rate of Senator. As expected, players Laurent Blanc took control of the match against the English sitters, but they are desperately short of imagination and speed. Overflow Ribery (8 ^th ), shooting Nasri (10 ^th ), the Blues are without legs in show really dangerous. The match fell into a gentle slumber before the English do not sound the revolt.

Light on a pass from Gerrard, Milner Lloris gets rid of but can not straighten the path of the ball (15 ^th ). The warning, no charge is serious. And what would happenhappened. On a free kick perfectly kicked by the English captain, Lescott takes advantage of a loose marking Alou Diarra and a reluctance guilty of Hugo Lloris toopen the score of the head (30 ^th ). The Blues are sounded. Laurent Blanc calls to order the great middle of the OM, asking more impact.

NASRI timely

Laurent Blanc's men had the brilliant idea of all giving to back to score before halftime. This will be done after a huge opportunity to Diarra, clearly remotivé, head, following a beautiful collective action. Samir Nasri inherits the ball on the edge of the surface and rolled his shot, closed side to beat Joe Hart (39 ^th) . Both teams return to the locker room on a parity logic score and the songs of the French fans, parked in a corner of the lot while the English have almost a forum....'