France and Norway shared the points in a 1-1 game at the Helsinki Football Stadium tonight. With that result both are through to the quarter finals along with Germany who had already won the group and today defeated Iceland 1-0.
The game in Helsinki got a flying start with open play and Norway scoring already after four minutes. After that there was a French blizzard, with France taking over the play completely. First they hit the bar with a long range effort and after 16 minutes the equalizer came.
This slowed down the tempo in the game, but still France held the grip of the game with Norway mostly playing long balls to the forwards.
In the second half there was not much of controlled play. The ball was mostly on the midfield with little chances being created. The last five minutes there were no play at all. All the Norwegians players were on their half of the field while the French, les bleus, kept the ball on the other half.
Both teams were happy with the result and a place in the quarter finals. France will meet Netherlands in one quarter final on thursday, while it´s not yet decided who Norway will meet. This depends on the results in tomorrow´s games in group C.
Germany will meet the runner-up in group C in their quarter final on friday.
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