France defeated Iceland 5-2 in a UEFA Euro 2016 quarter-final match. France's set pieces centered around indirect free kicks from Payet targeting the penalty area and first post, with Pogba, Matuidi, Giroud and Koscielny as headers. Corners aimed for the second post with the same targets. Iceland focused set pieces on the penalty zone with Sigurdsson and Gudmunsson taking, targeting Sightórsson and center backs. Iceland's first goal came from a throw-in that was played into the box like a corner.

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FRANCE vs ICELAND
SET PLAY REPORT
UEFA EURO 2016 - FRANCE
QUARTER-FINALS
5 – 2

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INITIAL SYSTEM 1-3-5-2
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Manuel NEUER
Goalkeeper
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France
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Indirect Free Kick
Dynamics
Payet takes the kick.
France has a lot of good headers, so they can vary their set
pieces a lot.
Pogba, Matuidi, Giroud and Koscielny are the main targets.
They prefer to put more players to one side, and take the
free kick to the other side, where another player shows up
alone.
The target zones are the penalty area and the first post.

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Corner
Dynamics
Payet or Griezmann take the corner.
They prefer the second post as the target area.
The target players usually are Pogba, Matuidi and Giroud.
They opt to be away from the target area and attack different
zones to open the defense and create superiority.

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The Goal
Indirect Free Kick
Payet takes the free kick.
France opted for the second post where they put 3 players.
Matuidi stops his movement and confuses the defense,
creating a 2-on-2 situation on the penalty zone, with Giroud
marked by a smaller defender. This was enough for the
striker to score the goal.

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The Goal
Corner
The same situation here. Payet takes the corner and they
attack different zones coming from behind.
This creates space for each of them to attack the ball.
Iceland was really passive in this situation with 2 players to
attack Pogba’s jump, and he still manages to score with a
good header.

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Indirect Free Kick
Dynamics
Regarding the set pieces, Iceland wasn´t so efficient in this
match comparing to the previous.
They put many players to attack the ball despite the result.
The takers are Gudmunsson and Sigurdsson, and they opt
to put the ball on the penalty zone. The targets are the
center backs preferentially, and Sightórsson.

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Corner
Dynamics
Gudmunsson and Sigurdsson are the corner takers and again,
they opt to target the space between the penalty and the goal.
Sightórsson and the center backs are the targets.
They try to bring the defender outside the target zone to create
space.
They opt to put more players in the first post if it’s the target
zone. When the ball goes for the second post, they opt to
attract more players to other zones and leave a player alone in
the back of the defense.

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The Goal
Throw In
The first goal comes from a throw in, where they win the
second ball to France.
As we can see, in the throw in (specially in the right with the
captain Gunnarsson), they put the ball inside the area,
almost as a corner set play.
They put 6 players inside the box and 1 in the entrance to
attack the ball.
The second ball left space in the wing for the cross, and
Sightórsson with a nice movement, scores.

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