The newest Deschamps blames AC DC for Marseille slips

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1: 15 a. mirielle.
France's Olivier Giroud recommendations up his shoe throughout the Euro 2016 Group A soccer match among France and Albania from the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France, Wednesday, June 15, 2016.
(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
The turf in Marseille's Stade Velodrome had been almost a highway in order to hell for Didier Deschamps' France team Wednesday.

Gamers like Anthony Martial and Olivier Giroud were clearly having problems getting a grip on the grass as France labored to a last-gasp 2-0 victory over Albania on Wednesday evening.
Deschamps laid the fault with officials who permitted a rock concert to be staged there last month.
"It's a catastrophe, but that's not amazing, " Deschamps said associated with the pitch. "If a person have an AC/DC concert a month before the European Championships - could possibly be changing the pitch, re-laying the turf. "

Albania coach Giovanni De Biasi had a simple answer: "When you've got some good boots, you can avoid slips, " he mentioned.
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12: 45 the. m.
French authorities say police have made the total of 36 arrests Wednesday in Lille in a largely peaceful day time that's been interspersed with bursts of crowd difficulty and a few fights.
Authorities also say 16 people possess been hospitalized but offered no information about their accidents or ailments.

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twelve: 20 a. m.
Late in the evening, 2 groups of about two hundred and fifty English fans each came together, just as countless numbers of French fans had been streaming out of the fan zone where they will had been watching France beat Albania.
Several 100 riot police formed a human barrier between the two groups. Some fireworks were then fired from the French side and a few bottles were thrown from your English side.

The police then charged in the particular direction of the The english language, spraying tear gas, plus causing a stampede, with individuals sprinting into side roads.
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10: 55 g. m.
France became the first team to qualify for the round of sixteen at the European Tournament after beating Albania 2-0 Wednesday with a set of late goals.
Second-half replace Antoine Griezmann headed in a 90th-minute goal and Dimitri Payet added another in stoppage time.

France now has six points in Group A, followed by Switzerland with four and Romania with one. Albania has zero points.
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10: 54 p. meters.
GOAL: Dimitri Payet scores for France in stoppage time. France leads Albania 2-0.
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10: 50 p. m.
Second-half alternative Antoine Griezmann scored along with a header into the particular corner off a combination from the right by Adil Rami.
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10: 48 p. m.
OBJECTIVE: Antoine Griezmann scores for France in the 90th minute. France leads Albania 1-0.

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10: 09 p. m.
France midfielder Paul Pogba, dropped from the starting lineup towards Albania by coach Didier Deschamps, continues to be brought upon as a second-half substitute for winger Anthony Martial.
Dimitri Payet, France's most dangerous player before the crack at Stade Velodrome, offers moved from the roaming playmaker's role to the left wing and Kingsley Coman has changed to the right flank.

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9: 51 g. m.
French authorities within Lille say police have made 16 arrests so far Wednesday, including six Russians involved in violence last Saturday in Marseille.
An additional five people were arrested for public drunkenness upon a train from London that was stopped prior to it got to Lille and after that allowed to continue.
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9: 49 l. m.
France and Albania are tied at 0-0 at halftime at the particular European Championship.

France has created more chances at Stade Velodrome in Marseille, with Dimitri Payet in a playmaker's role at the heart of the greatest attacks.
Anthony Martial had the greatest chance of the half when Payet's clever through ball set him free in the 21st minute, but the young winger required one touch too many and Albania's defense managed to close him straight down before he could shoot.
Albania came close to taking a surprise lead in the 39th minute when Ermir Lenjani took a shot from a corner that was blocked by Patrice Evra.

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9: 40 p. m.
Since night begins to fall in Lille, there is certainly still tension and a couple of fans looking for a fight.
A beefy guy, possibly Russian, within a Mixed Martial Arts glove upon his left hand goaded some English supporters on a side street away from the Grand Square, yelling and then running off being a handful of English fans pursued him.
These people, in turn, were attacked by about 40 law enforcement in full riot gear, who pulled up, ceased and doubled back whenever their quarry eluded all of them. Aside from heated moments like these, the center of town remains tensely quiet, with many bars shut.

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8: 55 l. m.
Although France is usually favored to beat Albania at Stade Velodrome, the Albanian fans are easily winning the singing competition so far.
One part of the stadium offers been changed into a red wall of noise, along with Albanian fans in satisfying voice.
In comparison, French followers are far quieter, and the only roar was when the players came out onto the industry.
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8: 27 l. m.
In Lens, exactly where England and Wales will play on Thursday, a group of about 250 English fans were drinking from plastic material cups and singing tracks in the middle associated with a closed-off street leading to the entrance of the town's Fan Zone.

Some French enthusiasts were mixing with the particular English, while a small number of police looked on.
There was also pockets of British and Welsh fans in various bars in the city center.
There were no signs of violence.
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8: 21 p. mirielle.
More sporadic violence provides erupted on the aspect streets of downtown Lille, using a fight breaking out there near a bar exactly where English soccer fans had been drinking.

Huge range police made at least two arrests.
Police moved in rapidly to quell scuffles. The particular fights involved English supporters. It was unfamiliar when other nationalities were involved.
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8: 16 p. m.
France coach Didier Deschamps has made 2 changes to his selection to face Albania at Stade Velodrome, replacing midfielder John Pogba and forward Antoine Griezmann with wingers Anthony Martial and Kingsley Coman and switching from the 4-3-3 to some 4-2-3-1 development.

Martial and Coman will certainly flank center forward Olivier Giroud, while Dimitri Payet - France's best participant in a 2-1 starting win over Romania upon Friday - moves throughout from the left of midfield into a No. 10 playmaker's role at the rear of Giroud.
Albania coach Giovanni De Biasi made three changes, with one of those enforced as Arlind Ajeti replaces Lorik Cana in central defense since Cana has been suspended after getting sent off in Saturday's 1-0 loss to Switzerland.

The additional two changes have Andi Lila taking Odise Roshi's place on the proper flank and Ledian Memushaj replacing Taulant Xhaka in midfield.
Left back Ansi Agolli is captain in Cana's absence.
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8: '07 p. m.
Listed here are the lineups for Wednesday's Western Championship Group A complement between France and Albania in Marseille:
Albania: Etrit Berisha, Andi Lila, Ermir Lenjani, Elseid Hysaj, American national standards institute Agolli, Ledian Memushaj, Armando Sadiku, Burim Kukeli, Mergim Mavraj, Arlind Ajeti, Amir Abrashi.

France: Hugo Lloris, Bacary Sagna, Adil Rami, Laurent Koscielny, Patrice Evra, Blaise Matuidi, N'Golo Kante, Kingsley Coman, Anthony Martial, Dimitri Payet, Olivier Giroud.
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7: 49 l. m.
Switzerland closed within on a spot within the next round of the Western european Championship with a 1-1 draw against Romania on Wednesday.
Admir Mehmedi have scored a 57th-minute equalizer to ensure the Swiss have four points ahead of its final Group A match against France.

Romania took the lead towards the run of play in the 18th minute when Bogdan Stancu obtained with his second penalty in two games.
Even though Romania hit the article through Cristian Sapunaru's first-half shot, Switzerland had more and better scoring chances.
Romania has only one point from two matches, but should be favored to beat Albania.
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7: nineteen p. m.
Admir Mehmedi pounced on a loose ball in the region following the corner and sent the powerful drive through the packed goalmouth. Switzerland and Romania are now linked 1-1.

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7: 13 p. m.
GOAL: Admir Mehmedi scores for Swiss in the 57th minute. Switzerland is tied along with Romania 1-1.
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seven p. m.
Germany coach Joachim Loew says this individual wasn't fully aware of his actions when he was filmed with his hands down his pants throughout the team's opening game from the European Championship.
Footage of Loew during Sunday's 2-0 win over Ukraine shows the 56-year-old coach place his hand down the particular front of his pants before repeating the procedure with his hand throughout the back.

Loew says "naturally you do some things that you aren't aware of. I wasn't aware of this somehow. But it happened and of course Now i'm sorry. You're full of adrenalin and full of focus and the things that happen then can't end up being consciously taken as actual. "
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6: 40 p. m.
Police have used tear gas to distribute crowds of English soccer fans T.co in the northern associated with Lille.
Police chased large groups of English fans with the back streets around Lille's main train station.

A team of about two hundred English fans had been getting progressively rowdier and noisier, singing songs taunting Russia, when a noisy explosion was heard and some bottles were thrown.
That was followed by a huge mass movement of followers chased by riot law enforcement. Police seemed to make from least one arrest, pinning a man against the particular ground. Police then billed, spraying tear gas in front of them as they ran.

A few bystanders took refuge within a nearby pharmacy.
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6: 23 g. m.
Bogdan Stancu scored from the penalty place after Switzerland captain Stephan Lichtsteiner pulled the t-shirt of Romania midfielder Alexandru Chipciu inside the area.
Romania leads Switzerland 1-0.
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6: 18 l. m.
GOAL: Bogdan Stancu scores from your penalty spot for Romania within the eighteenth minute. Romania leads Swiss 1-0.

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5: ten p. m.
Switzerland trainer Vladimir Petkovic has held the same lineup to manage Romania as started in its opening 1-0 win over Albania.
Forward Haris Seferovic will lead the attack despite strong support back home for Basel teenager Breel Embolo to play from the start.
Romania coach Anghel Iordanescu makes four changes through the team that impressed when losing 2-1 in order to France in the 1st match at Euro 2016.

Forward Claudiu Keseru plus midfielders Alexandru Chipciu, Andrei Prepelita and Gabriel Torje come in to change Florin Andone, Adrian Popa, Nicolae Stanciu and Ovidiu Hoban.
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5: 00 p. m.
Here are the lineups for the match among Romania and Switzerland in Paris in Group The:
Romania: Ciprian Tatarusanu, Cristian Sapunaru, Vlad Chiriches, Dragos Grigore, Razvan Rat, Andrei Prepelita, Mihai Pintilii, Gabriel Torje, Bogdan Stancu, Alexandru Chipciu, Claudiu Keseru.

Switzerland: Yann Sommer, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Fabian Schaer, Johan Djourou, Ricardo Rodriguez, Valon Behrami, Granit Xhaka, Blerim Dzemaili, Xherdan Shaqiri, Admir Mehmedi, Haris Seferovic.
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4: 55 p. m.
Russia's Foreign Ministry says it has summoned the French ambassador to demonstration the detention of Russian soccer fans in southern France.
The ministry says your decision by the Marseille prosecutor to keep the Russians for 48 hours pending investigation was "discriminatory. " It warns that "further fanning of anti-Russian emotions over our team's involvement in the European Championship could significantly strain the particular atmosphere of Russian-French connections. "

The Russians had been detained Tuesday near Good as they were heading by bus to Lille for Wednesday's match against Slovakia. Local authorities mentioned police stopped the followers to find out whether any hooligans were among them.
The particular French police action adopted violent clashes between Russian federation and England fans within Marseille ahead of their European Championship opener, a 1-1 draw on Saturday night.

Russia lost to Slovakia 2-1 on Wednesday.
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4: 50 l. m.
Marek Hamsik have scored one goal and established up another to assist Slovakia beat Russia 2-1 at the European Tournament.
Hamsik's defense-splitting pass brought to Vladimir Weiss' very first goal. He then run in Slovakia's second at the Stade Pierre Mauroy.
Russia provided little danger until Denis Glushakov going in a late objective in the 80th.

Yet Slovakia held on for its first European Championship victory after losing to Wales on Saturday. Russia received its first game along with England in Group W.
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4: 45 l. m.
Substitute Denis Glushakov headed a shot past diving goalkeeper Matus Kozacik within the 80th minute.
Glushakov, who replaced Aleksandr Golovin at halftime, scored from a chipped cross from the left by Oleg Shatov.

Slovak republic still leads Russia 2-1.
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4: 36 p. m.
OBJECTIVE: Denis Glushakov scores with regard to Russia in the 80th minute. Slovakia leads The ussr 2-1.
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4: fifteen p. m.
Croatia goalkeepers coach Marjan Mrmic has left the squad to travel home after his dad died.
UEFA said upon its website that he is likely to return in order to France on Friday whenever Croatia takes on Czech Republic in Group M in Saint-Etienne.

Mrmic will be the second member of the Croatia squad to find out about the death of his father since the tournament started. Captain Darijo Srna also traveled back to Croatia to attend his dad's funeral following the 1-0 make an impression on Turkey. He provides since rejoined the squad.

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3: 45 g. m.
GOAL: Marek Hamsik scores for Slovakia within the 45th minute. Slovakia leads Russia 2-0.
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3: 40 p. mirielle.

Slovakia forward Vladimir Weiss capitalized on a lengthy pass by Marek Hamsik to give his team a 1-0 lead over The ussr at the European Championship.
Coming into the region from the particular left wing, Weiss controlled the ball, made a quick move to wrong-foot two Russian defenders just before sending his low photo past goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev.
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3: 32 l. m.
GOAL: Vladimir Weiss scores for Slovakia in the 32nd minute. Slovak republic leads Russia 1-0.

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3: 25 p. m.
The animals are at it again, and they also say Germany will beat Poland.
Nelly the Elephant upon Wednesday predicted a narrow victory for the globe champions by choosing -- hesitantly - to kick a ball into the goal marked with Poland's flag, based on her keepers at the Serengeti Recreation area in Hodenhagen.
In Leipzig, a koala bear called Oobi-Ooobi chose a eucalyptus branch from a cup marked with the German flag.

Nelly correctly expected Germany's opening win against Ukraine. Her furry friend, however, predicted a attract by refusing to touch either branch.
The craze for animal oracles started in earnest with Germany's Paul the Octopus, who achieved cult status simply by correctly predicting eight fits at the 2010 Globe Cup. Other animals have got struggled to achieve comparable stardom.
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2: 25 p. m.
Russia coach Leonid Slutsky is adhering with the same selection that earned a 1-1 draw against England upon Saturday.
Russia captain Vasily Berezutsky, who scored the stoppage-time equalizer against England, leads the defense while Artem Dzyuba will enjoy with Aleksandr Kokorin upward front.
Needing a victory after its 2-1 opening loss to Wales, Slovakia will feature three brand new names.

Coach Jan Kozak has picked defender Tomas Hubocan, midfielder Viktor Pecovsky and forward Ondrej Duda to replace Patrik Hrosovsky, Michal Duris and Dusan Svento.
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2: fifteen p. m.
Here are the lineups for the match among Russia and Slovakia in Lille in Group M:
Russia: Igor Akinfeev, Igor Smolnikov, Vasily Berezutsky, Sergei Ignashevich, Georgy Shchennikov, Roman Neustaedter, Alexander Golovin, Oleg Shatov, Alexander Kokorin, Fyodor Smolov, Artyom Dzyuba.

Slovakia: Matus Kozacik, Peter Pekarik, Martin Skrtel, Jan Durica, Tomas Hubocan, Juraj Kucka, Viktor Pecovsky, Marek Hamsik, Robert Produc, Vladimir Weiss, Ondrej Duda.
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1: 40 l. m.
Croatia captain Darijo Srna is back in the European Championship after attending the funeral of his father.
The Croatia soccer federation says Srna has returned towards the team base in Deauville. Srna was accompanied by trainer Ante Cacic for the particular funeral in Croatia upon Monday.

Srna was told of their father's death after actively playing in a 1-0 win more than Turkey in Paris on Sunday.
He or she should captain the group again when Croatia plays the Czech Republic within Saint-Etienne on Friday.
Srna's 130 international appearances is usually a national record.
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1: 10 p. meters.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman says Moscow hopes that UEFA can give equal treatment to all all those responsible for fan assault during the European Championship.



Dmitry Peskov also voiced wish Wednesday that the Euro 2016 will continue without having any further "excesses. "
UEFA's disciplinary body stated Russia will be disqualified from the tournament if there is more lover violence inside stadiums in France after its enthusiasts attacked English supporters in Marseille after Saturday's 1-1 draw.
Speaking within a conference call with reporters, Peskov said "we expect the fair treatment during analysis into all excesses, along with equal attention given in order to all the parties who might have been involved. inch

He additional that he wouldn't "infringe on or comment on UEFA's jurisdiction. "
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11: thirty a. m.
Russia's sport against Slovakia in Lille on Wednesday is the first European Championship complement not to sell all tickets.
UEFA says this has 1, 100 seat tickets available in the top category on the 50, 000-capacity Stade Pierre Mauroy.
The particular Category 1 tickets are usually listed available for sale at 145 euros ($163).

The very first 12 games at Euro 2016 sold all tickets available except for a few seats in corporate hospitality boxes.
UEFA says it also has unsold seats for 2 matches in Lyon: two, 000 tickets for Ukraine vs. Northern Ireland on Thursday, and 1, 000 for Romania vs. Albania on Sunday.
The overall Euro 2016 capacity will be second . 5 million with regard to the 51 matches.
France's Antoine Griezmann, third through right, celebrates after scoring his side's first objective during the Euro 2016 Group A soccer complement between France and Albania at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France, Wed, June 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

England supporters gesture towards a type of police officers during a standoff in downtown Lille, France Wednesday, June 15, 2016 1 day ahead of the Euro 2016 Group B soccer match towards Wales in nearby Lens. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Individuals run after police fired tear gas in downtown Lille, France Wednesday, June 15, 2016 during clashes one day ahead of the particular Euro 2016 Group B soccer match against Wales in nearby Lens. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

France's Dimitri Payet, center right, hard disks the ball past Albania's Ledian Memushaj throughout the European 2016 Group A soccer match between France plus Albania at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, Italy, Wednesday, June 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
France's Olivier Giroud, right, mind the ball to strike the post during the Euro 2016 Group A soccer match between France and Albania at the particular Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France, Wednesday, June fifteen, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

France's Paul Pogba heats up at half time, during the Euro 2016 Group A soccer match up between France and Albania at the Velodrome arena in Marseille, France, Wed, June 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
French Law enforcement disperse a group associated with English fans in the downtown area Lille, northern France, Wednesday, June 15, 2016, one day ahead of the particular Euro 2016 Group M soccer match against Wales in nearby Lens. Russia were playing Slovakia from the Pierre Mauroy arena in Villeneuve d?Ascq, close to Lille on Wednesday which usually raised the possibility of violence after clashes among supporters from the 2 countries at their prior match in Marseille last weekend.

(AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
From left, Albania's Armando Sadiku, France's Olivier Giroud and Albania's Mergim Mavraj go for the golf ball during the Euro 2016 Group A soccer match between France and Albania at the Velodrome arena in Marseille, France, Wed, June 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
England collect outside a bar within downtown Lille, France Wednesday, June 15, 2016 a single day in front of the Euro 2016 Group B soccer match against Wales in close by Lens. Russia were actively playing Slovakia at the Pierre Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve d?Ascq, near Lille on Wed which raised the chance of violence after clashes between supporters from the two countries at their own previous match in Marseille last weekend.

(AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
French Police distribute a group of English fans within downtown Lille, northern Italy, Wednesday, June 15, 2016, one day ahead of the Euro 2016 Group M soccer match against Wales in nearby Lens. The ussr were playing Slovakia in the Pierre Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve d?Ascq, close to Lille on Wednesday which raised the possibility associated with violence after clashes between supporters from your two countries at their previous match in Marseille last weekend.

(AP Photo/Michel Spingler)
The French fan waves the particular flag of his country prior the Euro 2016 Group A soccer match up between France and Albania at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, France, Wednesday, June 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Romania's Cristian Sapunaru, left, and Switzerland's Admir Mehmedi vie regarding the ball during the particular Euro 2016 Group The soccer match between Romania and Switzerland at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, France, Wednesday, June 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Russia supporters light a flare plus celebrate after Russia's Denis Glushakov scored their very first goal throughout the Euro 2016 Group B soccer match between Russia and Slovakia at the Pierre Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve d?Ascq, near Lille, France, Wednesday, June 15, 2016.
(AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)