A Deadlock in Switzerland

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France was the easily favored team in the this game but the Romanian squad wasn't just going to lie down and die for them. In the 51st minute Willy Sagnol slid in from behind and tripped up Romania on the run. He was  immediately given a yellow card. This had been the story all day with 4 yellow cards given out in the game, it was like a blood bath; there had been a many hard tackles. It was a back and forth game, France would dribble down the field and shoot, then Romania would dribble down the field and shoot. Although the game was a tie it felt like it was a victory for Romania. If they can beat either the Netherlands or Italy they could just squeeze on through to the quarterfinals. For France this must seem like a loss. It was the only game that they were easily supposed to win but they tied. Now they must beat Italy or The Netherlands to have a chance at getting through, which is exactly what they didn't want to have to do. Romania got a very good result but France couldn't win against arguably the weakest team in the Group of Death. Romania will play Italy and France will play The Netherlands.