International Friendly

FT Thursday, October 8, 2015
Armenia LLLLD 0
–
France WLLWW 4
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FRA134
Allianz Riviera

Match Report

AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau

Karim Benzema brace fires France to 4-0 defeat of Armenia

Karim Benzema struck twice late on as hosts France continued their preparations for Euro 2016 with a comfortable 4-0 friendly win over Armenia in Nice

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
13
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
4
Corner Kicks
12
9
Saves
2
37.4
Possession
62.6
5
SHOTS
17
1
ON GOAL
8
0.2
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
302
Accurate Passes
560
385
Passes
626
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
8
6
Crosses
33
0.2
Cross %
0.2
45
Long Balls
44
16
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
3
20
Effective Tackles
23
28
Tackles
26
0.7
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
13
Effective Clearances
6
18
Clearances
9

Head to Head

FRA leads series 1-0

Lineups

FRA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 5Mamadou SakhoCD-L
  3. 4Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 3Patrice EvraLB
  5. 15Bacary SagnaRB
  6. 12Lassana DiarraCM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 6Yohan CabayeRM
  9. 10Karim BenzemaF
  10. 8Mathieu ValbuenaLF
  11. 7Antoine GriezmannRF

Substitutes

  1. 20Alexandre LacazetteSUB
  2. 13Eliaquim MangalaSUB
  3. 2Christophe JalletSUB
  4. 17Lucas DigneSUB
  5. 16Steve MandandaSUB
  6. 18Moussa SissokoSUB
  7. 11Anthony MartialSUB
  8. 9Olivier GiroudSUB
  9. 21Kurt ZoumaSUB
  10. 22Morgan SchneiderlinSUB
  11. 23Alphonse AreolaSUB

ARM · 4-4-1-1

  1. 12Gevorg KasparovG
  2. 2Gaël AndonianCD-L
  3. 4Taron VoskanyanCD-R
  4. 20Levon HayrapetyanLB
  5. 19Hovhannes HambardzumyanRB
  6. 6Karlen MkrtchyanCM-L
  7. 17Artur YuspashyanCM-R
  8. 10Gevorg GhazaryanLM
  9. 13Kamo HovhannisyanRM
  10. 11Artur SarkisovF
  11. 18Henrikh MkhitaryanRCF

Substitutes

  1. 9Vardan PogosyanSUB
  2. 16Norair Aslanyan-MamedovSUB
  3. 1Arsen BeglaryanSUB
  4. 14Yura MovsisyanSUB
  5. 23Aras ÖzbilizSUB
  6. 21David ManoyanSUB
  7. 3Varazdat HaroyanSUB
  8. 8Marcos Pineiro PizzelliSUB
  9. 22Gor ManukyanSUB
  10. 7Artak GrigoryanSUB
  11. 5Robert ArzumanyanSUB

Timeline

  1. 20' Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (Armenia) Yellow Card at 20'
  2. 35' Antoine Griezmann (France) Goal at 35'
  3. 42' Mamadou Sakho (France) Yellow Card at 42'
  4. 54' Aras Özbiliz (Armenia) Substitution at 54'
  5. 55' Yohan Cabaye (France) Goal at 55'
  6. 60' Marcos Pineiro Pizzelli (Armenia) Substitution at 60'
  7. 61' Vardan Pogosyan (Armenia) Substitution at 61'
  8. 63' Anthony Martial (France) Substitution at 63'
  9. 63' Morgan Schneiderlin (France) Substitution at 63'
  10. 67' Norair Mamedov (Armenia) Substitution at 67'
  11. 67' Morgan Schneiderlin (France) Yellow Card at 67'
  12. 72' David Manoyan (Armenia) Substitution at 72'
  13. 77' Moussa Sissoko (France) Substitution at 77'
  14. 77' Karim Benzema (France) Goal at 77'
  15. 79' Karim Benzema (France) Goal at 79'
  16. 81' Olivier Giroud (France) Substitution at 81'
  17. 88' Alexandre Lacazette (France) Substitution at 88'

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