UEFA European Championship

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Match Report

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France advance to knockout round with 2-0 defeat of Albania in Group A

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
6
0
Saves
0
41
Possession
59
8
SHOTS
22
0
ON GOAL
2
0.0
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
263
Accurate Passes
465
361
Passes
528
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
14
15
Crosses
36
0.2
Cross %
0.4
71
Long Balls
42
25
Accurate Long Balls
29
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
4
Blocked Shots
8
12
Effective Tackles
14
22
Tackles
16
0.5
Tackle %
0.9
0
Interceptions
0
18
Effective Clearances
18
22
Clearances
20

Head to Head

FRA leads series 2-1-1

Lineups

FRA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 21Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 4Adil RamiCD-R
  4. 3Patrice EvraLB
  5. 19Bacary SagnaRB
  6. 8Dimitri PayetAM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 5N'Golo KantéRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 11Anthony MartialAM-L
  11. 20Kingsley ComanAM-R

ALB · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Etrit BerishaG
  2. 15Mërgim MavrajCD-L
  3. 18Arlind AjetiCD-R
  4. 13Burim KukeliDM
  5. 7Ansi AgolliLB
  6. 4Elseid HysajRB
  7. 9Ledian MemushajCM-L
  8. 22Amir AbrashiCM-R
  9. 3Ermir LenjaniLM
  10. 2Andi LilaRM
  11. 10Armando SadikuF

Timeline

  1. 45' Substitution, France. Paul Pogba replaces Anthony Martial.
  2. 55' Burim Kukeli (Albania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 68' Substitution, France. Antoine Griezmann replaces Kingsley Coman.
  4. 71' Substitution, Albania. Odise Roshi replaces Andi Lila.
  5. 74' Substitution, Albania. Taulant Xhaka replaces Burim Kukeli because of an injury.
  6. 77' Substitution, France. André-Pierre Gignac replaces Olivier Giroud.
  7. 81' Amir Abrashi (Albania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 85' Substitution, Albania. Frédéric Veseli replaces Arlind Ajeti because of an injury.
  9. 88' N'Golo Kanté (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 90' Goal! France 1, Albania 0. Antoine Griezmann (France) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Adil Rami with a cross following a corner.
  11. 90'+6' Goal! France 2, Albania 0. Dimitri Payet (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by André-Pierre Gignac following a fast break.

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