A miffed Maignan was still left to vent his frustrations on social websites - having aim at the rules relating to penalties as Lewandowski designed his "87th stutter" - as Didier Deschamps's men had been pressured to just accept the runners-up position owing to Austria's sensational beating from the Netherlands.
France eased the tension on boss Deschamps, who had gained only one of his previous six online games in demand, with a splendid second-fifty percent demonstrating to show the more game close to.