MARSEILLE, France -- The World Cup winners against the hosts, the resumption of an old rivalry, the Marseillaise sung loud in Marseille -- Frances semifinal against Germany makes for a mouthwatering semifinal on Thursday.Germany goes into the game missing key players through injury or suspension, while France is so far untested against top-level opposition at this tournament.Though politics and wartime history are certainly part of the France-Germany rivalry, there are plenty of football grudges too.Few French fans could forgive the World Cup semifinal in 1982 when a physical West German team beat France 3-3 on penalties. German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher became a national hate figure in France after charging into Frances Patrick Battiston, leaving him unconscious and with multiple injuries.France has won five of eight meetings with Germany since German reunification in 1990 -- including a 2-0 win in November -- but those victories were all in friendlies. The French lost the one game when it really mattered, going down 1-0 in the quarterfinals of the 2014 World Cup. Indeed, France hasnt beaten the Germans at a major tournament since 1958.Mats Hummels, the German goalscorer in 2014, misses Thursdays game in Marseille through suspension after picking up a second booking in the quarterfinal win over Italy. Germany must also face France without forward Mario Gomez and midfielder Sami Khedira, who are both injured. There are also doubts over the fitness of veteran midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger.By contrast, France coach Didier Deschamps has a fully fit squad. However, his team has so far avoided the other leading contenders at its home European Championship.While Ireland and Icelands fans entertained the French public, their teams didnt stretch Frances players to the limit in its two knockout games to date. Conceding a goal against the Irish and two against Iceland is also unlikely to lift lingering concerns over the French defense. The hosts toughest test so far came in the group stage, when they were held to a 0-0 draw by the solid if unadventurous Swiss.France would do well to be cautious in the semifinal. The last time Germany faced the host nation in the semifinal of a major tournament, it was more a demolition than a victory.While Germanys injury-depleted team may struggle to repeat its 7-1 crushing of Brazil at the 2014 World Cup, the world champions remain a big threat to French dreams of dominance at home.A fired-up crowd in Marseilles Stade Velodrome will just drive Germany on, coach Joachim Loew said Monday.I dont know how many thousand fit, but the vast majority of fans will be behind France in Marseille, youll have this energy, he said. Super, when its like this, no really, its a motivation.---This story has been corrected to show that France beat Germany 2-0 in a friendly last November. Riley Ridley Bears Jersey . Sgt. 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PHILADELPHIA -- Eagles wide receiver Josh Huff will not face immediate disciplinary action from the team following his arrest Tuesday, and is expected to play Sunday against the New York Giants.Huff has been charged with possessing an unloaded 9 mm handgun without a permit and a small amount of marijuana after he was pulled over for speeding on the Walt Whitman Bridge on the New Jersey side.He and I spoke about it privately. Its one of the things I talk about all the time with players, you just try to eliminate distractions and take care of your business outside of the building, coach Doug Pederson said Wednesday. He understands. Obviously it is out of our hands at this point, and weve just got to see where it goes.Nothing changes right now until we get ... again, its out of our hands. Its a legal matter right now, and well get more information on it.Huff faces charges for possessing the gun without a permit in New Jersey and for the magazine found with six hollow-point bullets. He also faces a disorderly persons offense for having less than 50 grams of marijuana, police said. Pederson revealed that Huff was at the Eagles practice facility before the incident.He was here yesterday morning, Pederson said. He came in and watched the game film and then left from here, so it was sometime after he left.There have been a number of off-field incidents during Pedersons short time as head coach of the Eagles. A dancer at a Philadelphia strip club accused wide receiver Nelson Agholor of sexual assault in June, though Agholor was never charged. Linebacker Nigel Bradham was arrested in late July after allegedly striking a Miami hotel employee after a verbal altercation, and wwas arrested again in October at Miami International Airport after authorities say TSA workers found a loaded gun in his backpack.ddddddddddddTo this point, the team has not handed down disciplinary action for any of the incidents.Its like youre the father of your house and youve just got to keep talking to your siblings and just keep talking to your kids and keep reiterating the importance of who you represent, what you represent, your families, the Philadelphia Eagles and youve got to make smart choices, Pederson said. Its all about choices and consequences in life. If you make bad choices, youve got to suffer the consequences.Pederson said he cant control what players do once they leave the Eagles facility, but he reminded his players that they are under a microscope as NFL players in Philadelphia.I would say that I do [have control of this team]. I cant control what you do once you leave here. I dont know what youre going to do. Now, Im not responsible for you [the reporter], but I cant control what you do once you leave these premises, neither can the Philadelphia Eagles control what I do once I leave these premises.I just know who I am as a person and I try to relay that to the team, and just let them know that, Hey guys, the spotlight is on us. In this city, in this market, the spotlight is on everything we do. And you have to be smart. You have to make right choices. You have to do things differently, you just have to do them differently, because everything is magnified. Once they leave here, thats the hardest thing to control. ' ' '