Euro 2016 poster boy Antoine Griezmann enhanced his love affair with the French public as his two goals put the hosts into the final with a 2-0 win over Germany.
The 25-year-old Atletico Madrid forward became the highest scorer at a single European Championships since the great Michel Platini scored nine for Les Bleus in 1984.
They won the tournament on home soil that year and, having also lifted the 1998 World Cup in Paris, the omens are all pointing towards another domestic triumph against Portugal at the Stade de France on Sunday.
Griezmann’s first came via a controversially-awarded penalty in first-half added time but there was no debate about his second – and sixth of the tournament – 18 minutes from the end.
The game was a tale of clinical finishing triumphing over territorial advantage as Germany bossed play for the majority of the game but struggled to create anything in the way of clear-cut chances.
They enjoyed almost 70% first-half possession in a performance of control and dominance which was lacking only a goal – and that proved to be their undoing.
Griezmann fires France Past Germany into Euro 2016 Final (Highlights)
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