International Friendly

FT Friday, September 4, 2015
France WLWLL 1
–
Portugal LWLWW 0
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POR000
Estádio José Alvalade

Match Report

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Mathieu Valbuena free kick gives France win over Portugal in friendly

Mathieu Valbuena scored a late free kick as France defeated Portugal 1-0 in a friendly on Friday.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
12
57.6
Possession
42.4
8
SHOTS
10
7
ON GOAL
1
0.9
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
453
Accurate Passes
310
541
Passes
393
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
3
23
Crosses
21
0.2
Cross %
0.1
60
Long Balls
56
30
Accurate Long Balls
27
0.5
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
14
20
Tackles
19
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
18
20
Clearances
20

Head to Head

FRA leads series 2-0

Lineups

POR · 4-3-3

  1. 1Rui PatrícioG
  2. 6Ricardo CarvalhoCD-L
  3. 3PepeCD-R
  4. 19EliseuLB
  5. 11VieirinhaRB
  6. 13Danilo PereiraCM
  7. 23Adrien SilvaLM
  8. 16João MárioRM
  9. 9ÉderF
  10. 7Cristiano RonaldoLF
  11. 17NaniRF

FRA · 4-1-3-2

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 21Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 4Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 6Yohan CabayeSW
  5. 3Patrice EvraLB
  6. 15Bacary SagnaRB
  7. 19Paul PogbaCM
  8. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  9. 18Moussa SissokoRM
  10. 11Nabil FekirCF-L
  11. 10Karim BenzemaCF-R

Timeline

  1. 14' Antoine Griezmann (France) Substitution at 14'
  2. 21' Patrice Evrà (France) Yellow Card at 21'
  3. 27' Jose Fonte (Portugal) Substitution at 27'
  4. 45' Morgan Schneiderlin (France) Substitution at 45'
  5. 61' Miguel Veloso (Portugal) Substitution at 61'
  6. 61' Cedric Soares (Portugal) Substitution at 61'
  7. 68' Ricardo Quaresma (Portugal) Substitution at 68'
  8. 70' Danilo (Portugal) Yellow Card at 70'
  9. 74' Anthony Martial (France) Substitution at 74'
  10. 80' Danny (Portugal) Substitution at 80'
  11. 80' Mathieu Valbuena (France) Substitution at 80'
  12. 85' Mathieu Valbuena (France) Goal - Free-kick at 85'
  13. 85' Eliseu (Portugal) Yellow Card at 85'
  14. 87' Bernardo Silva (Portugal) Substitution at 87'
  15. 88' Olivier Giroud (France) Substitution at 88'

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