France's Sagna sounds confident note ahead of Iceland test


Football Soccer - Euro 2016 - France's Training - Domaine de Montjoye, Clairefontaine, France - 29/6/16 - France's Bacary Sagna (C) and Benoit Costil (R) during training. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

PARIS (Reuters) - France right back Bacary Sagna said he could not imagine the host nation would suffer the same fate as England when they face surprise packages Iceland on Sunday for a place in the European Championship semi-finals.

"I'm not thinking about defeat," Sagna told a news conference at France's training camp outside Paris on Friday. "I'm not planning to go on holidays early. I want to go all the way."

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