International Friendly

FT Sunday, June 7, 2015
Belgium DWDWW 4
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France WDWLW 3
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Stade de France

Match Report

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Fellaini double highlights brilliant Belgium's defeat of France

Belgium marked their rise to No. 2 of the FIFA world rankings with an impressive 4-3 victory over France in Sunday's international friendly in Paris.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
12
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
12
8
Saves
2
41.4
Possession
58.6
10
SHOTS
20
5
ON GOAL
7
0.5
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
289
Accurate Passes
428
355
Passes
495
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
9
13
Crosses
38
0.3
Cross %
0.2
60
Long Balls
41
35
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
1
Blocked Shots
9
15
Effective Tackles
10
20
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
32
Effective Clearances
16
32
Clearances
16

Head to Head

FRA leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

FRA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 21Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 4Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 17Benoît TrémoulinasLB
  5. 15Bacary SagnaRB
  6. 6Yohan CabayeCM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 18Moussa SissokoRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 8Mathieu ValbuenaLF
  11. 11Antoine GriezmannRF

BEL · 4-3-3

  1. 1Thibaut CourtoisG
  2. 3Nicolas LombaertsCD-L
  3. 18Jason DenayerCD-R
  4. 5Jan VertonghenLB
  5. 2Toby AlderweireldRB
  6. 4Radja NainggolanCM
  7. 8Marouane FellainiLM
  8. 6Axel WitselRM
  9. 9Christian BentekeF
  10. 10Eden HazardLF
  11. 14Dries MertensRF

Timeline

  1. 17' Marouane Fellaini (Belgium) Goal at 17'
  2. 41' Yohan Cabaye (France) Yellow Card at 41'
  3. 42' Marouane Fellaini (Belgium) Goal at 42'
  4. 45' Dimitri Payet (France) Substitution at 45'
  5. 45' Alexandre Lacazette (France) Substitution at 45'
  6. 50' Radja Nainggolan (Belgium) Goal at 50'
  7. 53' Mathieu Valbuena (France) Penalty - Scored at 53'
  8. 54' Eden Hazard (Belgium) Penalty - Scored at 54'
  9. 59' Romelu Lukaku (Belgium) Substitution at 59'
  10. 59' Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco (Belgium) Substitution at 59'
  11. 73' Nabil Fekir (France) Substitution at 73'
  12. 77' Nacer Chadli (Belgium) Substitution at 77'
  13. 80' Paul-Georges Ntep (France) Substitution at 80'
  14. 81' Mousa Dembélé (Belgium) Substitution at 81'
  15. 85' Leander Dendoncker (Belgium) Substitution at 85'
  16. 89' Nabil Fekir (France) Goal at 89'
  17. 90'+1' Dimitri Payet (France) Goal at 91'

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