Iceland’s fairytale came to an end as France.

       

      Iceland’s fairytale came to an end as France cruised into a semi-final against Germany with a blistering first-half performance.France make short work of Iceland to coast into the Euro 2016 semi final.

        Peep peep! For a meaningless second half, that was pretty enjoyable. France go through to meet Germany; Iceland have done themselves proud even in a 5-2 defeat. 

          The XI who started all five games are already legends of Icelandic football. France will hope to achieve the same status in their own country in the next seven days.

         Thanks to Iceland for making football fun in the last few weeks. And thanks to whichever higher power decreed that France will face Germany in the semi-final, because that will be an epic even before a ball is kicked. Thanks for your emails and company; I’ll leave you with this from Niall Mullen.