 Complete the following phrase:  France automatically qualified as hosts for Euro 2016. Karim Benzema and Hatem Ben Arfa were not in the squad. France were drawn in Group A of the tournament alongside Romania, Switzerland and Albania. France won their group with wins over Romania and Albania and a goalless draw against Switzerland and were poised to play the Republic of Ireland in the round of sixteen. Ireland took the lead after just two minutes through a controversially awarded penalty, which was converted by Robbie Brady. A brace from Antoine Griezmann, however, helped France to win the match 21 and qualify for the quarter-finals, where they beat a resilient Iceland 52 to set up a semi-final clash against world champions and tournament co-favourites Germany. France won the match 20, marking their first win over Germany at a major tournament since 1958. France, however, were beaten by Portugal 10 in the 