French coach Blanc tends to do phlegmatic well. He will know, though, that things will get difficult from here.

He said: ‘Sweden have a player who can make the difference and that’s what happened but we were too average in too many areas. We were dominated.

‘We will need to find a new level against Spain and put in a really good performance, but it’s very difficult to imagine if we play like we did tonight.’

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