International Friendly

FT Thursday, September 1, 2016
France DWWWL 3
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Italy WWLWL 1
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FRA213
ITA101
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Match Report

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Anthony Martial, Olivier Giroud score as France beat Italy

Anthony Martial, Olivier Giroud and Layvin Kurzawa were on target as France inflicted a 3-1 defeat on Italy.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
3
2
Corner Kicks
10
1
Saves
2
40.2
Possession
59.8
10
SHOTS
12
5
ON GOAL
2
0.5
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
342
Accurate Passes
529
417
Passes
600
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
11
10
Crosses
35
0.1
Cross %
0.3
59
Long Balls
58
39
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.7
Long Balls %
0.7
3
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
10
11
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
30
Effective Clearances
10
38
Clearances
15

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

ITA · 3-5-2

  1. 1Gianluigi BuffonG
  2. 4Davide AstoriCD
  3. 3Giorgio ChielliniCD-L
  4. 15Andrea BarzagliCD-R
  5. 7Giacomo BonaventuraCM-L
  6. 8Marco ParoloCM-R
  7. 16Daniele De RossiAM
  8. 2Mattia De SciglioLM
  9. 6Antonio CandrevaRM
  10. 17ÉderCF-L
  11. 9Graziano PellèCF-R

FRA · 4-3-3

  1. 16Steve MandandaG
  2. 21Laurent KoscielnyCD-L
  3. 4Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 3Layvin KurzawaLB
  5. 19Djibril SidibéRB
  6. 13N'Golo KantéCM
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  8. 6Paul PogbaRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 11Anthony MartialLF
  11. 7Antoine GriezmannRF

Timeline

  1. 4' Djibril Sidibe (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 17' Goal! Italy 0, France 1. Anthony Martial (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
  3. 21' Goal! Italy 1, France 1. Graziano Pellè (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Éder with a cross following a fast break.
  4. 28' Goal! Italy 1, France 2. Olivier Giroud (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Layvin Kurzawa with a headed pass following a corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, Italy. Gianluigi Donnarumma replaces Gianluigi Buffon.
  6. 45' Substitution, France. Dimitri Payet replaces Anthony Martial.
  7. 45' Substitution, France. André-Pierre Gignac replaces Olivier Giroud.
  8. 45' Substitution, Italy. Riccardo Montolivo replaces Andrea Barzagli.
  9. 45' Substitution, Italy. Daniele Rugani replaces Daniele De Rossi.
  10. 58' Substitution, Italy. Alessandro Florenzi replaces Mattia De Sciglio.
  11. 63' Substitution, France. Moussa Sissoko replaces Blaise Matuidi.
  12. 63' Substitution, France. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Antoine Griezmann.
  13. 66' Substitution, Italy. Marco Verratti replaces Giacomo Bonaventura.
  14. 75' Substitution, Italy. Andrea Belotti replaces Éder.
  15. 81' Goal! Italy 1, France 3. Layvin Kurzawa (France) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
  16. 83' Substitution, France. Samuel Umtiti replaces Laurent Koscielny.
  17. 90'+2' Andrea Belotti (Italy) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  18. 90'+2' Substitution, France. Lucas Digne replaces Layvin Kurzawa.

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