A missed Harry Kane penalty is a collector's item in football, and France were the "lucky" recipients - according to Didier Deschamps - of such good fortune, as the reigning champions prevented England from bringing football home in a memorable quarter-final.

Aurelien Tchouameni's thunderbolt and Olivier Giroud's header either side of an accurate Kane penalty got the job done for France, although Bleus supporters were relieved and stunned in equal measure when the England captain blazed a second spot kick over the top.

France also had to survive a late Marcus Rashford free kick which nestled onto the roof of the net, and referee Wilton Sampaio found himself at the centre of controversy too, but a place in the semi-final was wholly deserved for a Bleus side whose aspirations of back-to-back titles are still alive.



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在足球界，哈里·凯恩罚丢的点球是收藏家的珍品，而根据迪迪埃·德尚的说法，法国队是“幸运”的接受者，因为卫冕冠军在一场难忘的四分之一决赛中阻止了英格兰队把足球带回家。

奥雷连·乔梅尼的霹雳和奥利维尔·吉鲁在凯恩精确的点球前后的头球为法国完成了任务，尽管当英格兰队长第二次点球破门时，蓝衣军团的支持者们既松了一口气，又感到震惊。

法国队也不得不在马库斯·拉什福德的任意球击中球网顶后幸免于难，主裁判威尔顿·桑帕约也发现自己处于争议的中心，但是一个半决赛席位对于蓝军来说是完全应得的，他们对背靠背冠军的渴望仍然存在。