Feeling Bleu: France supporters react after their national team were beaten by Switzerland. — AFP
BUCHAREST: Euro 2020 was supposed to be the next step on Kylian Mbappe’s path to greatness and France’s golden chance to become world and European champions, only for their campaign to end with a painful failure in a penalty shoot-out.
A defeat on penalties by Switzerland, with Mbappe having the decisive spot-kick saved, after a remarkable 3-3 draw in the last 16 saw France become the first World Cup holders to fail to reach the Euro quarter-finals since Italy did not qualify for the tournament in 1984.
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