Aurelien Tchouameni accepted that France had overcome a “very, very good” team in beating England 2-1 to reach the World Cup semi finals.
The Real Madrid midfielder opened the scoring for the reigning world champions, thundering a strike past Jordan Pickford into the bottom corner. England hit back through a Harry Kane penalty, before Olivier Giroud put the French back in front for a second time.
Kane was then given another chance to restore parity, but with four minutes remaining, he blasted his second spot-kick over the crossbar. France’s victory ensures their bid to become the first country since Brazil in 1962 to retain the World Cup, remains on course.
