FIFA World Cup

FT Monday, June 30, 2014
Nigeria DLDWL 0
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France DWWWD 2
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Match Report

Team Stats

15
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
3
9
Corner Kicks
12
4
Saves
2
47.1
Possession
52.9
9
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
5
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
265
Accurate Passes
308
331
Passes
371
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
8
27
Crosses
31
0.1
Cross %
0.3
43
Long Balls
28
21
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
14
16
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
32
Effective Clearances
35
32
Clearances
35

Head to Head

NGA leads series 1-0

Lineups

FRA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 21Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 4Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 3Patrice EvraLB
  5. 2Mathieu DebuchyRB
  6. 6Yohan CabayeCM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 19Paul PogbaRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 10Karim BenzemaLF
  11. 8Mathieu ValbuenaRF

NGA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Vincent EnyeamaG
  2. 22Kenneth OmeruoCD-L
  3. 2Joseph YoboCD-R
  4. 13Juwon OshaniwaLB
  5. 5Efe AmbroseRB
  6. 11Victor MosesAM
  7. 10John Obi MikelLM
  8. 17Ogenyi OnaziRM
  9. 9Emmanuel EmenikeF
  10. 7Ahmed MusaAM-L
  11. 8Peter OdemwingieAM-R

Timeline

  1. 54' Blaise Matuidi (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 59' Substitution, Nigeria. Reuben Gabriel replaces Ogenyi Onazi because of an injury.
  3. 62' Substitution, France. Antoine Griezmann replaces Olivier Giroud.
  4. 79' Goal! France 1, Nigeria 0. Paul Pogba (France) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  5. 89' Substitution, Nigeria. Uche Nwofor replaces Victor Moses.
  6. 90'+2' Own Goal by Joseph Yobo, Nigeria. France 2, Nigeria 0.
  7. 90'+4' Substitution, France. Moussa Sissoko replaces Mathieu Valbuena.

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