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[caption id="attachment_15953" align="alignnone" width="580"] France coach Didier Deshchamps during training. Image Source: Facebook[/caption] Internet Desk:  Names does not matter in big tournaments, which is proved in this Euro. Wales beat giant Belgium in quarterfinal. This factor can cause nightmare to France before they take on Iceland on Sunday night. So far in the Euro 2016 both host France and Ireland are unbeaten. France won three and drawn one and Iceland drawn two and won two matches. Also from the past records France is much ahead of Iceland. During their 11 encounters France won 8 and the rest three were draw. Being the host France has their supporter force to cheer for them. Still in their last two France played a little defensive. As a result it was a draw with Switzerland. Against Ireland it was late starter. In that match France conceded an early goal. However, the formation of the team was an attacking one. As a result after conceding a goal in their round-16 match France went for full fledge attack. France did not want to prove them unworthy in-front of the gallery. Iceland reached upto this stage with a not so good show. A draw with Portugal in the opener gave them a boost. But it is to remember that this is their first ever major final. Unlike the heroes of Euro Iceland team does not have skill to play more and more passes. This criteria is dragging them back. Also tendency of passing long balls may cause worries. However, Iceland beat England with this strength. France has to stop the long passes of Iceland to make a cut to semi-final. In this way they have to face a hurdle as midfielder N’Golo Kante is out due to two yellow cards. Iceland has their strong defense to stop Cristiano Ronaldo. There will be tough fight in-front of the Iceland box between French strikers and Iceland defenders. However, if Iceland continue their defensive approach it may cost them badly.