Luxembourg vs France, 2012 European Championship Qualifying, Group Stage 2012

· UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Luxembourg

FT
0 - 2

France

28': Philippe Mexes
72': Yoann Gourcuff

About

Luxembourg are hosting France at Josy Barthel Stadium, , , starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA European Championship Qualifying.

Match Timeline

0': Game on!
2': Philippe Mexes commits a foul on Aurelien Joachim resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
2': Gilles Bettmer takes a direct freekick with his left foot from the right channel. Outcome: cross
2': Gilles Bettmer crosses the ball. Outcome: shot
2': Lars Christian Krogh Gerson hits a good header. Outcome: save
2': Hugo Lloris makes a good save (Catch)
4': Yoann Gourcuff takes the corner kick from the left byline with his right foot and hits an inswinger to the centre, resulting in: clearance
4': Mario Mutsch clears the ball from danger.
4': Throw-in: Bacary Sagna takes it (Attacking)
4': Jonathan Joubert takes a long goal kick
4': Throw-in: Mario Mutsch takes it (Attacking)
7': Jonathan Joubert takes a long goal kick
8': Bacary Sagna crosses the ball. Outcome: clearance
8': Eric Hoffmann clears the ball from danger.
8': Yoann Gourcuff commits a foul on Ben Payal resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
8': Gilles Bettmer takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the left channel. Outcome: cross
9': Gilles Bettmer crosses the ball. Outcome: save
9': Hugo Lloris makes a very good save (Catch)
10': Yoann Gourcuff commits a foul on Aurelien Joachim resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
10': Eric Hoffmann takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
10': Throw-in: Tom Schnell takes it (Attacking)
13': Patrice Evra commits a foul on Tom Laterza resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
13': Tom Schnell takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the right wing. Outcome: pass
13': Tom Laterza crosses the ball. Outcome: out of play
13': Hugo Lloris takes a long goal kick
14': Throw-in: Florent Malouda takes it (Defending)
15': Throw-in: Tom Schnell takes it (Attacking)
15': Eric Hoffmann commits a foul on Franck Ribéry resulting on a free kick for France
15': Yoann Gourcuff takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the left channel. Outcome: cross
16': Yoann Gourcuff crosses the ball. Outcome: clearance
16': Tom Laterza clears the ball from danger.
16': Throw-in: Tom Schnell takes it (Defending)
16': Throw-in: Patrice Evra takes it (Defending)
17': Offside called on Karim Benzema
17': Jonathan Joubert takes an indirect freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
17': Throw-in: Mario Mutsch takes it (Attacking)
18': Bacary Sagna crosses the ball. Outcome: shot
19': Florent Malouda hits a good left footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: over bar
19': Jonathan Joubert takes a long goal kick
19': Offside called on Patrice Evra
19': Jonathan Joubert takes an indirect freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
21': Offside called on Patrice Evra
22': Jonathan Joubert takes an indirect freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
23': Throw-in: Patrice Evra takes it (Defending)
24': Throw-in: Bacary Sagna takes it (Defending)
25': Throw-in: Franck Ribéry takes it (Defending)
26': Adil Rami commits a foul on Aurelien Joachim resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
26': Eric Hoffmann takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the left channel. Outcome: cross
26': Eric Hoffmann crosses the ball. Outcome: clearance
26': Adil Rami clears the ball from danger.
26': Ben Payal hits a good right footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: miss right
27': Hugo Lloris takes a short goal kick
27': Throw-in: Bacary Sagna takes it (Defending)
27': Florent Malouda crosses the ball. Outcome: clearance
27': Guy Blaise clears the ball from danger.
27': Throw-in: Patrice Evra takes it (Attacking)
27': Tom Laterza commits a foul on Florent Malouda resulting on a free kick for France
28': Samir Nasri takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the left channel. Outcome: cross
28': Samir Nasri crosses the ball. Outcome: shot
28': Philippe Mexes hits a good header. Outcome: goal
28': Goal!! Philippe Mexes hits a very good header to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 6 yards) and scores!! France now leads 1 - 0
28': That last goal was assisted by Samir Nasri (Cross from Left Channel)
29': Patrice Evra commits a foul on Ben Payal resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
29': Tom Schnell takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
29': Throw-in: Tom Schnell takes it (Attacking)
30': Throw-in: Patrice Evra takes it (Attacking)
32': Yann M'Vila commits a foul on Mario Mutsch resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
32': Mario Mutsch takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the left wing. Outcome: pass
33': Mario Mutsch crosses the ball. Outcome: clearance
33': Philippe Mexes clears the ball from danger.
33': Throw-in: Mario Mutsch takes it (Attacking)
33': Patrice Evra crosses the ball. Outcome: clearance
34': Guy Blaise clears the ball from danger.
36': Yoann Gourcuff takes the corner kick from the left byline with his right foot and hits an inswinger to the far post, resulting in: out of play
36': Jonathan Joubert takes a long goal kick
37': Throw-in: Samir Nasri takes it (Attacking)
38': Florent Malouda takes the corner kick from the right byline with his left foot and passes it to a teammate resulting in: open play
39': Throw-in: Samir Nasri takes it (Attacking)
40': Yoann Gourcuff takes the corner kick from the left byline with his right foot and passes it to a teammate resulting in: open play
40': Bacary Sagna hits a good right footed shot. Outcome: save
40': Jonathan Joubert makes a very good save (Parry)
40': Florent Malouda takes the corner kick from the right byline with his left foot and hits an inswinger to the centre, resulting in: clearance
41': Eric Hoffmann clears the ball from danger.
41': Philippe Mexes commits a foul on Ben Payal resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
41': Gilles Bettmer takes a direct freekick with his left foot from the right channel. Outcome: cross
41': Gilles Bettmer crosses the ball. Outcome: clearance
41': Yoann Gourcuff clears the ball from danger.
42': Karim Benzema hits a good right footed shot. Outcome: save
42': Jonathan Joubert makes a very good save (Parry)
42': Throw-in: Patrice Evra takes it (Attacking)
43': Lars Christian Krogh Gerson commits a foul on Florent Malouda resulting on a free kick for France
43': Patrice Evra takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
44': Throw-in: Patrice Evra takes it (Attacking)
44': Throw-in: Patrice Evra takes it (Attacking)
44': Patrice Evra crosses the ball. Outcome: clearance
44': Eric Hoffmann clears the ball from danger.
45': Aurelien Joachim hits a good right footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: miss left
45': Hugo Lloris takes a long goal kick
45': The referee has signaled the end of the first half
45'+1': Florent Malouda hits a good right footed shot. Outcome: save
45'+1': Jonathan Joubert makes a good save (Catch)
45'+1': Samir Nasri crosses the ball. Outcome: clearance
45'+1': Guy Blaise clears the ball from danger.
45'+1': Throw-in: Samir Nasri takes it (Attacking)
45': The second half is under way
46': Aurelien Joachim commits a foul on Philippe Mexes resulting on a free kick for France
46': Philippe Mexes takes a direct freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
48': Tom Schnell commits a foul on Florent Malouda resulting on a free kick for France
48': Samir Nasri takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the left wing. Outcome: cross
48': Samir Nasri crosses the ball. Outcome: save
48': Jonathan Joubert makes a very good save (Punch)
49': Throw-in: Tom Schnell takes it (Attacking)
50': Throw-in: Tom Schnell takes it (Attacking)
50': Offside called on Karim Benzema
50': Jonathan Joubert takes an indirect freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
52': Philippe Mexes commits a foul on Tom Laterza resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
52': Eric Hoffmann takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the right channel. Outcome: cross
53': Eric Hoffmann crosses the ball. Outcome: save
53': Hugo Lloris makes a good save (Catch)
54': Luxembourg makes a sub: Massimo Martino enters for Tom Laterza. Reason: Tactical
55': Jonathan Joubert takes a long goal kick
55': Throw-in: Tom Schnell takes it (Attacking)
56': Throw-in: Tom Schnell takes it (Attacking)
57': Throw-in: Mario Mutsch takes it (Defending)
59': Offside called on Florent Malouda
60': Jonathan Joubert takes an indirect freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
63': Franck Ribéry commits a foul on Mario Mutsch resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
63': Mario Mutsch takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the left wing. Outcome: cross
63': Mario Mutsch crosses the ball. Outcome: clearance
63': Adil Rami clears the ball from danger.
64': Gilles Bettmer hits a good left footed shot. Outcome: blocked
64': Bacary Sagna blocks the shot
65': Florent Malouda takes the corner kick from the right byline with his left foot and hits an inswinger to the centre, resulting in: shot
65': Adil Rami hits a header. Outcome: save
65': Jonathan Joubert makes a very good save (Catch)
66': Offside called on Florent Malouda
66': Jonathan Joubert takes an indirect freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
66': Karim Benzema hits a good right footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: miss right
67': Jonathan Joubert takes a long goal kick
69': Throw-in: Florent Malouda takes it (Defending)
69': Bacary Sagna crosses the ball. Outcome: open play
69': Throw-in: Bacary Sagna takes it (Attacking)
70': Tom Schnell commits a foul on Franck Ribéry resulting on a free kick for France
71': Franck Ribéry takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the left channel. Outcome: shot
71': Franck Ribéry hits a good right footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: over bar
71': Luxembourg makes a sub: Daniel Da Mota Alves enters for Lars Christian Krogh Gerson. Reason: Tactical
71': Jonathan Joubert takes a long goal kick
72': Yoann Gourcuff hits a good left footed shot. Outcome: goal
72': Goal!! Yoann Gourcuff hits a very good left footed shot to the lower left corner from the centre penalty area (aprox. 18 yards) and scores!! France now leads 2 - 0
74': Throw-in: Bacary Sagna takes it (Defending)
75': Offside called on Yoann Gourcuff
75': Jonathan Joubert takes an indirect freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: open play
76': Throw-in: Massimo Martino takes it (Attacking)
77': Throw-in: Bacary Sagna takes it (Attacking)
78': Karim Benzema hits a good right footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: miss right
78': Jonathan Joubert takes a long goal kick
79': Throw-in: Bacary Sagna takes it (Attacking)
79': Throw-in: Patrice Evra takes it (Defending)
79': Ben Payal commits a foul on Samir Nasri resulting on a free kick for France
80': Samir Nasri takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the left channel. Outcome: cross
80': Samir Nasri crosses the ball. Outcome: save
80': Jonathan Joubert makes a very good save (Catch)
81': Daniel Da Mota Alves crosses the ball. Outcome: open play
81': Throw-in: Patrice Evra takes it (Defending)
82': Daniel Da Mota Alves commits a foul on Florent Malouda resulting on a free kick for France
82': Florent Malouda takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the right wing. Outcome: pass
83': Yann M'Vila commits a foul on Gilles Bettmer resulting on a free kick for Luxembourg
83': Mario Mutsch is awarded a yellow card. Reason: unsporting behaviour
84': Mario Mutsch takes a direct freekick with his right foot from the left byline. Outcome: shot
84': Mario Mutsch hits a good right footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: over bar
84': Hugo Lloris takes a long goal kick
85': Throw-in: Daniel Da Mota Alves takes it (Attacking)
85': Throw-in: Bacary Sagna takes it (Defending)
86': Throw-in: Tom Schnell takes it (Attacking)
87': Franck Ribéry hits a good left footed shot. Outcome: save
87': Jonathan Joubert makes a very good save (Parry)
87': Karim Benzema hits a good right footed shot, but it is off target. Outcome: miss right
87': Jonathan Joubert takes a long goal kick
88': Throw-in: Daniel Da Mota Alves takes it (Attacking)
88': Offside called on Karim Benzema
88': Charles Leweck takes an indirect freekick with his right foot from his own half. Outcome: pass
90': The referee has signaled the end of the second half
90': End of the game
90'+1': Luxembourg makes a sub: Jacques Plein enters for Charles Leweck. Reason: Tactical
90'+1': Throw-in: Bacary Sagna takes it (Defending)
90'+3': Throw-in: Florent Malouda takes it (Attacking)

Statistics

FRA		LUX
11	Fouls	8
0	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	0
8	Offsides	0
6	Corner Kicks	0
3	Saves	7
51	Possession	49
10	SHOTS	5
5	ON GOAL	2
0.5	On Target %	0.4
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
3	Accurate Crosses	2
11	Crosses	9
0.3	Cross %	0.2
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
1	Blocked Shots	0
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
4	Clearances	8

Game Information

Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifying

Venue: Josy Barthel Stadium
Location: ,
Attendance: 8,400

EURO Qualifying Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Turkey	8	+7	17
2	Croatia	8	+9	16
3	Wales	8	0	12
4	Armenia	8	-2	8

Full Table

Line-Ups

Luxembourg

No.	Name
1	Jonathan Joubert (GK)
3	Guy Blaise
4	Eric Hoffmann
5	Tom Schnell
17	Mario Mutsch
8	Gilles Bettmer
10	Ben Payal
14	Tom Laterza
18	Lars Gerson
7	Charles Leweck
13	Aurélien Joachim

Luxembourg Substitutes:

Marc Oberweis, Massimo Martino, Daniel Collette, Jacques Plein, Ante Bukvic, Michael Kettenmeyer, Daniel da Mota.

France

No.	Name
1	Hugo Lloris (GK)
2	Bacary Sagna
3	Patrice Evra
4	Adil Rami
5	Philippe Mexes
8	Yoann Gourcuff
11	Samir Nasri
15	Florent Malouda
17	Yann M'vila
7	Franck Ribéry
10	Karim Benzema

France Substitutes:

Steve Mandanda, Mamadou Sakho, Anthony Reveillere, Alou Diarra, Jérémy Ménez, Kevin Gameiro, Loïc Rémy.

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