FIFA World Cup

FT Friday, June 20, 2014
France WWDWW 5
–
Switzerland LDWWW 2
1st2ndT
FRA325
SUI022
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Match Report

Team Stats

16
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
5
3
Saves
8
43
Possession
57
22
SHOTS
17
16
ON GOAL
8
0.7
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
280
Accurate Passes
418
348
Passes
495
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
4
10
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.3
31
Long Balls
46
16
Accurate Long Balls
26
0.5
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
4
17
Effective Tackles
14
20
Tackles
17
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
15
Effective Clearances
15
15
Clearances
15

Head to Head

FRA leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

SUI · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Diego BenaglioG
  2. 5Steve von BergenCD-L
  3. 20Johan DjourouCD-R
  4. 13Ricardo RodríguezLB
  5. 2Stephan LichtsteinerRB
  6. 10Granit XhakaAM
  7. 8Gökhan InlerLM
  8. 11Valon BehramiRM
  9. 9Haris SeferovicF
  10. 18Admir MehmediAM-L
  11. 23Xherdan ShaqiriAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Roman BürkiSUB
  2. 3Reto ZieglerSUB
  3. 16Gelson FernandesSUB
  4. 15Blerim DžemailiSUB
  5. 19Josip DrmicSUB
  6. 17Mario GavranovicSUB
  7. 4Philippe SenderosSUB
  8. 7Tranquillo BarnettaSUB
  9. 6Michael LangSUB
  10. 22Fabian SchärSUB
  11. 14Valentin StockerSUB
  12. 12Yann SommerSUB

FRA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 5Mamadou SakhoCD-L
  3. 4Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 3Patrice EvraLB
  5. 2Mathieu DebuchyRB
  6. 6Yohan CabayeCM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 18Moussa SissokoRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 10Karim BenzemaLF
  11. 8Mathieu ValbuenaRF

Substitutes

  1. 22Morgan SchneiderlinSUB
  2. 13Eliaquim MangalaSUB
  3. 19Paul PogbaSUB
  4. 20Loïc RémySUB
  5. 7Rémy CabellaSUB
  6. 15Bacary SagnaSUB
  7. 23Mickaël LandreauSUB
  8. 16Stéphane RuffierSUB
  9. 21Laurent KoscielnySUB
  10. 17Lucas DigneSUB
  11. 12Rio MavubaSUB
  12. 11Antoine GriezmannSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Substitution, Switzerland. Philippe Senderos replaces Steve Von Bergen because of an injury.
  2. 17' Goal! Switzerland 0, France 1. Olivier Giroud (France) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Mathieu Valbuena with a cross following a corner.
  3. 18' Goal! Switzerland 0, France 2. Blaise Matuidi (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Karim Benzema with a through ball.
  4. 32' Penalty saved. Karim Benzema (France) right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  5. 40' Goal! Switzerland 0, France 3. Mathieu Valbuena (France) right footed shot from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Olivier Giroud following a fast break.
  6. 45' Substitution, Switzerland. Blerim Dzemaili replaces Valon Behrami.
  7. 63' Substitution, France. Paul Pogba replaces Olivier Giroud.
  8. 66' Substitution, France. Laurent Koscielny replaces Mamadou Sakho because of an injury.
  9. 67' Goal! Switzerland 0, France 4. Karim Benzema (France) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Paul Pogba with a through ball.
  10. 69' Substitution, Switzerland. Josip Drmic replaces Haris Seferovic.
  11. 73' Goal! Switzerland 0, France 5. Moussa Sissoko (France) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Karim Benzema.
  12. 81' Goal! Switzerland 1, France 5. Blerim Dzemaili (Switzerland) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  13. 82' Substitution, France. Antoine Griezmann replaces Mathieu Valbuena.
  14. 87' Goal! Switzerland 2, France 5. Granit Xhaka (Switzerland) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gökhan Inler with a through ball.
  15. 88' Yohan Cabaye (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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