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France vs Sweden, International Friendly

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France
  • 83': Raphaël Varane
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Sweden

    Raphael Varane lifts France past Sweden

    Substitute Antoine Griezmann rescued France from an embarrassing home defeat to Albania in their international friendly in Rennes.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Attempt missed. Dimitri Payet (France) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mathieu Valbuena.
    • 3': Andreas Granqvist (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 3': Foul by André-Pierre Gignac (France).
    • 4': Attempt missed. Josuha Guilavogui (France) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
    • 7': Foul by Nabil Bahoui (Sweden).
    • 7': Bacary Sagna (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Attempt missed. Layvin Kurzawa (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
    • 13': Attempt blocked. André-Pierre Gignac (France) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mathieu Valbuena with a cross.
    • 13': Corner, France. Conceded by Pierre Bengtsson.
    • 14': Erkan Zengin (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 14': Foul by Layvin Kurzawa (France).
    • 15': Offside, France. Layvin Kurzawa tries a through ball, but André-Pierre Gignac is caught offside.
    • 17': Attempt missed. Paul Pogba (France) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Mathieu Valbuena.
    • 19': Foul by Andreas Granqvist (Sweden).
    • 19': Antoine Griezmann (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 21': Isaac Thelin (Sweden) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 21': Foul by Eliaquim Mangala (France).
    • 22': Attempt blocked. Sebastian Larsson (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 23': Offside, Sweden. Erkan Zengin tries a through ball, but Nabil Bahoui is caught offside.
    • 24': Attempt missed. Bacary Sagna (France) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann following a fast break.
    • 27': Corner, France. Conceded by Kim Källström.
    • 27': Attempt missed. Raphael Varane (France) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Layvin Kurzawa with a cross following a corner.
    • 30': Attempt blocked. André-Pierre Gignac (France) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
    • 31': Attempt missed. Mathieu Valbuena (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Dimitri Payet.
    • 32': Foul by Sebastian Larsson (Sweden).
    • 32': Paul Pogba (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Attempt missed. Antoine Griezmann (France) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
    • 34': Corner, France. Conceded by Pontus Jansson.
    • 34': Attempt blocked. Raphael Varane (France) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dimitri Payet with a cross.
    • 34': Corner, France. Conceded by Pontus Jansson.
    • 36': Attempt saved. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by André-Pierre Gignac with a through ball.
    • 37': Offside, France. Eliaquim Mangala tries a through ball, but André-Pierre Gignac is caught offside.
    • 38': Corner, France. Conceded by Emil Krafth.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Dimitri Payet (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Raphael Varane with a headed pass following a corner.
    • 41': Attempt missed. Erkan Zengin (Sweden) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
    • 41': Attempt saved. Isaac Thelin (Sweden) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Erkan Zengin.
    • 42': Corner, France. Conceded by Pontus Jansson.
    • 42': Kim Källström (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Foul by Dimitri Payet (France).
    • 43': Alexander Kacaniklic (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 43': Foul by Paul Pogba (France).
    • 43': Attempt blocked. Isaac Thelin (Sweden) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sebastian Larsson.
    • 43': Corner, Sweden. Conceded by Raphael Varane.
    • 45': Attempt missed. Paul Pogba (France) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by André-Pierre Gignac.
    • 45': First Half ends, France 0, Sweden 0.
    • 45': Substitution, Sweden. Oscar Wendt replaces Pierre Bengtsson.
    • 45': Substitution, Sweden. Albin Ekdal replaces Kim Källström.
    • 45': Substitution, Sweden. Jimmy Durmaz replaces Nabil Bahoui.
    • 0': Second Half begins France 0, Sweden 0.
    • 49': Attempt saved. André-Pierre Gignac (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dimitri Payet with a cross.
    • 50': Foul by Alexander Kacaniklic (Sweden).
    • 50': Mathieu Valbuena (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 51': Attempt missed. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
    • 54': Attempt saved. Erkan Zengin (Sweden) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Oscar Wendt.
    • 57': Offside, Sweden. Sebastian Larsson tries a through ball, but Isaac Thelin is caught offside.
    • 58': Attempt missed. Antoine Griezmann (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by André-Pierre Gignac with a headed pass.
    • 58': Offside, France. Antoine Griezmann tries a through ball, but André-Pierre Gignac is caught offside.
    • 59': Offside, Sweden. Sebastian Larsson tries a through ball, but Alexander Kacaniklic is caught offside.
    • 60': Attempt blocked. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bacary Sagna.
    • 60': Corner, France. Conceded by Jimmy Durmaz.
    • 60': Attempt saved. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Raphael Varane with a headed pass.
    • 61': Substitution, France. Moussa Sissoko replaces Dimitri Payet.
    • 62': Attempt blocked. Josuha Guilavogui (France) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 62': Foul by Sebastian Larsson (Sweden).
    • 62': Paul Pogba (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 64': Offside, France. Paul Pogba tries a through ball, but Antoine Griezmann is caught offside.
    • 65': Foul by Alexander Kacaniklic (Sweden).
    • 65': Layvin Kurzawa (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 65': Corner, France. Conceded by Andreas Isaksson.
    • 67': Substitution, Sweden. Branimir Hrgota replaces Erkan Zengin.
    • 67': Substitution, Sweden. John Guidetti replaces Isaac Thelin.
    • 67': Emil Krafth (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 67': Foul by Paul Pogba (France).
    • 68': Substitution, France. Alexandre Lacazette replaces Mathieu Valbuena.
    • 68': Substitution, France. Karim Benzema replaces André-Pierre Gignac.
    • 70': Foul by Emil Krafth (Sweden).
    • 70': Alexandre Lacazette (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 70': Attempt missed. Karim Benzema (France) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
    • 73': Attempt missed. Alexandre Lacazette (France) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Layvin Kurzawa.
    • 74': Albin Ekdal (Sweden) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 74': Foul by Paul Pogba (France).
    • 74': Foul by Branimir Hrgota (Sweden).
    • 74': Josuha Guilavogui (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 77': Substitution, France. Lucas Digne replaces Layvin Kurzawa.
    • 79': Foul by Jimmy Durmaz (Sweden).
    • 79': Paul Pogba (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 79': Attempt saved. Moussa Sissoko (France) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexandre Lacazette.
    • 79': Corner, France. Conceded by Andreas Isaksson.
    • 80': Foul by Emil Krafth (Sweden).
    • 80': Paul Pogba (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 81': Attempt blocked. Lucas Digne (France) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
    • 82': Foul by Jimmy Durmaz (Sweden).
    • 82': Alexandre Lacazette (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 83': Corner, France. Conceded by Albin Ekdal.
    • 83': Goal! France 1, Sweden 0. Raphael Varane (France) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann with a cross following a corner.
    • 84': Substitution, France. Maxime Gonalons replaces Josuha Guilavogui.
    • 85': Penalty conceded by Oscar Wendt (Sweden) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
    • 85': Oscar Wendt (Sweden) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
    • 86': Substitution, Sweden. Emil Forsberg replaces Alexander Kacaniklic.
    • 86': Penalty missed! Bad penalty by Karim Benzema (France) right footed shot is just a bit too high. Karim Benzema should be disappointed.
    • 89': Attempt saved. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Karim Benzema.
    • 90': Corner, France. Conceded by Emil Krafth.
    • 90': Attempt missed. Bacary Sagna (France) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Karim Benzema with a headed pass following a corner.
    • 90': Foul by Albin Ekdal (Sweden).
    • 90': Moussa Sissoko (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90': Branimir Hrgota (Sweden) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Foul by Paul Pogba (France).
    • 90': Second Half ends, France 1, Sweden 0.
    • 0': Match ends, France 1, Sweden 0.

    Statistics

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    13 Fouls 8
    1 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    3 Offsides 4
    1 Corner Kicks 11
    11 Saves 4
    36.2 Possession 63.8
    5 SHOTS 28
    2 ON GOAL 6
    0.4 On Target % 0.2
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    253 Accurate Passes 516
    347 Passes 581
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.9
    0 Accurate Crosses 11
    6 Crosses 37
    0.0 Cross % 0.3
    59 Long Balls 46
    22 Accurate Long Balls 30
    0.4 Long Balls % 0.7
    2 Blocked Shots 6
    21 Effective Tackles 8
    27 Tackles 11
    0.8 Tackle % 0.7
    0 Interceptions 0
    34 Effective Clearances 24
    34 Clearances 24

    Game Information

    Competition: International Friendly

    Venue: Stadium Vélodrome
    Location: ,
    Attendance: 60,000

    Line-Ups

    FRA France (4-2-3-1)

    No. Name
    16 Steve Mandanda (GK)
    13 Eliaquim Mangala
    4 Raphaël Varane
    3 Layvin Kurzawa
    15 Bacary Sagna
    12 Dimitri Payet
    20 Josuha Guilavogui
    19 Paul Pogba
    9 André-Pierre Gignac
    8 Mathieu Valbuena
    11 Antoine Griezmann
    France Substitutes:
    Lucas Digne, Kurt Zouma, Morgan Schneiderlin, Christophe Jallet, Karim Benzema, Loïc Perrin, Hugo Lloris, Benoit Costil, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Maxime Gonalons, Alexandre Lacazette, Yohan Cabaye, Moussa Sissoko.

    SWE Sweden (4-3-3)

    No. Name
    1 Andreas Isaksson (GK)
    4 Andreas Granqvist
    14 Pontus Jansson
    5 Pierre Bengtsson
    2 Emil Krafth
    9 Kim Källström
    19 Alex Kacaniklic
    7 Sebastian Larsson
    20 Isaac Kiese Thelin
    6 Nabil Bahoui
    22 Erkan Zengin
    Sweden Substitutes:
    Mikael Antonsson, Jimmy Durmaz, Oscar Wendt, Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Branimir Hrgota, Albin Ekdal, John Guidetti, Filip Helander, Pontus Wernbloom, Emil Forsberg.

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