Learn more

France are yet to score on their own from open play in now eight hours of Euro 2024 football but that has not stopped them from reaching the semi-finals – because they haven’t conceded from the flow of play either. The results read 1-0, 0-0, 1-1, 1-0, 0-0, with the three goals coming from own goals by Austrian Maximilian Wöber and Belgium’s Jan Vertonghen, and a Kylian Mbappe penalty. Add to that five successful spot kicks in a shoot-out to win Friday’s quarter-final against Portugal. The only goal Les Bleus have conceded was a Robert Lewandowski penalty against Poland. The next test comes on …

cuu