paris july 1 ians englands shock european football championship exit at the hands of iceland was a big slap in the face for countrys football according to france defender bacary sagnaengland would have played france in the quarterfinals this weekend if they came through the last16 tie against smallest ever nation to feature at a european championshipbut lars lagerbacks men were victorious in nice and set up a meeting with france at the stade de france on sundayahead of the lasteight clash manchester city rightback sagna admitted that englands departure from the tournament was a big upsetits a shock a shock for the country a lot of people expected it to be france v england theyve got a big slap in the face the criticism of the players is too much theyll get a new coach and try to manage the pressure better sagna was quoted as saying by sky sports on fridayi thought england would win because they have a young team with plenty of talent on the other hand i was quite happy for iceland because they played really well they taught england a lesson and deserve to be where they aresagna who has won praise for convincing displays in the tournament also added he was confident the euro 2016 hosts would survive sundays tricky test at the stade de francewe certainly do not underestimate iceland but we belong to the best sides in europe were among the favourites and were at home we have a status to live up to when we see how the people in the fan zones celebrate when we score a goal it warms our hearts we just cant let them down sagna saidim not thinking about defeat im not planning to go on holidays early i want to go all the wayiansacpurvt