Pleasing: Laurent Blanc congratulates his players
Neither was Roy Hodgson in a position to respond to the midfielder apparently directing a few choice words towards the England dug-out at half-time.
'Did he? Not to me, he didn't,' he said.
'You take me by surprise. I would say the opposite: the attitude of the two teams was very good throughout. There wasn't any aggravation on or off the field.
'Had he said a few words to me in French, I could have replied.'
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2008 | Spain | Germany | Russia / Turkey |
2004 | Greece | Portugal | Netherlands / Czech Republic |
2000 | France | Italy | Netherlands / Portugal |
1996 | Germany | Czech Republic | France / England |
1992 | Denmark | Germany | Netherlands / Sweden |
1988 | Netherlands | Soviet Union | Italy / West Germany |
1984 | France | Spain | Denmark / Portugal |
1980 | West Germany | Belgium | Czechoslovakia |
1976 | Czechoslovakia | West Germany | Netherlands |
1972 | West Germany | Soviet Union | Belgium |
1968 | Italy | Yugoslavia | England |
1964 | Spain | Soviet Union | Hungary |
1960 | Soviet Union | Yugoslavia | Czechoslovakia |