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Battle-hardened France show patience, pragmatism
Saint-Andre acknowledged that patience was key to the game, given that Italy had held out in the World Cup against Ireland and Australia for the opening hour of each match. "We analysed the World Cup matches and up to the 60th minutes it was always 9-6, 6-6, and it was really in the final 20 minutes that you saw the difference so we had to be patient," he said. "We saw in their game a tactic to go for territory but today they were much more ambitious in their gameplan and keeping the ball. "Italy employed a strategy that saw them keep the ball. They didn't give it up easily." Saint-Andre also had a sharp wo...
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