FIFA World Cup

FT Sunday, July 15, 2018
Croatia WWWWW 2
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France WDWWW 4
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CRO112
FRA224
Luzhniki Stadium · 78,011 att. · FOX

Match Report

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
2
3
Saves
1
61
Possession
39
15
SHOTS
8
3
ON GOAL
6
0.2
On Target %
0.8
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
440
Accurate Passes
194
529
Passes
285
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
9
Accurate Crosses
1
28
Crosses
5
0.3
Cross %
0.2
62
Long Balls
68
37
Accurate Long Balls
34
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
1
Blocked Shots
1
19
Effective Tackles
16
23
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.9
8
Interceptions
10
8
Effective Clearances
25
8
Clearances
25

Head to Head

FRA leads series 1-0-2

Lineups

FRA · 4-4-2

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 5Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 4Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 21Lucas HernándezLB
  5. 2Benjamin PavardRB
  6. 13N'Golo KantéCM-L
  7. 6Paul PogbaCM-R
  8. 14Blaise MatuidiLM
  9. 10Kylian MbappéRM
  10. 9Olivier GiroudCF-L
  11. 7Antoine GriezmannCF-R

CRO · 4-1-4-1

  1. 23Danijel SubasicG
  2. 21Domagoj VidaCD-L
  3. 6Dejan LovrenCD-R
  4. 11Marcelo BrozovicDM
  5. 3Ivan StrinicLB
  6. 2Sime VrsaljkoRB
  7. 7Ivan RakitićCM-L
  8. 10Luka ModricCM-R
  9. 4Ivan PerisicLM
  10. 18Ante RebicRM
  11. 17Mario MandzukicF

Timeline

  1. 18' Own Goal by Mario Mandzukic, Croatia. France 1, Croatia 0.
  2. 27' N'Golo Kanté (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 28' Goal! France 1, Croatia 1. Ivan Perisic (Croatia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Domagoj Vida following a set piece situation.
  4. 35' VAR Decision: Penalty France.
  5. 38' Goal! France 2, Croatia 1. Antoine Griezmann (France) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  6. 41' Lucas Hernández (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 55' Substitution, France. Steven Nzonzi replaces N'Golo Kanté.
  8. 59' Goal! France 3, Croatia 1. Paul Pogba (France) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
  9. 65' Goal! France 4, Croatia 1. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lucas Hernández.
  10. 69' Goal! France 4, Croatia 2. Mario Mandzukic (Croatia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  11. 71' Substitution, Croatia. Andrej Kramaric replaces Ante Rebic.
  12. 73' Substitution, France. Corentin Tolisso replaces Blaise Matuidi.
  13. 81' Substitution, France. Nabil Fekir replaces Olivier Giroud.
  14. 81' Substitution, Croatia. Marko Pjaca replaces Ivan Strinic.
  15. 90'+2' Sime Vrsaljko (Croatia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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