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FT Tuesday, March 27, 2018
France WWWDL 3
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Russia WDLDL 1
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Match Report

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Kylian Mbappe bags brace as France ease past Russia

Kylian Mbappe's double dealt hosts Russia's World Cup preparations another blow as France claimed a 3-1 friendly win in St Petersburg.

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Head to Head

FRA leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

RUS · 3-5-2

  1. 99Andrey LunevG
  2. 3Roman NeustädterCD
  3. 13Fedor KudryashovCD-L
  4. 14Vladimir GranatCD-R
  5. 17Aleksandr GolovinCM-L
  6. 21Aleksandr ErokhinCM-R
  7. 10Alan DzagoevAM
  8. 18Yuri ZhirkovLM
  9. 19Aleksandr SamedovRM
  10. 15Alexey MiranchukCF-L
  11. 11Fedor SmolovCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Ilya KutepovSUB
  2. 6Anton ShvetsSUB
  3. 5Andrei SemenovSUB
  4. 16Anton MiranchukSUB
  5. 8Denis GlushakovSUB
  6. 1Igor AkinfeevSUB
  7. 23Dmitri KombarovSUB
  8. 28Igor SmolnikovSUB
  9. 24Anton ZabolotnySUB
  10. 27Denis CheryshevSUB
  11. 30Vladimir GabulovSUB
  12. 22Konstantin RauschSUB

FRA · 4-3-3

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 5Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 21Laurent KoscielnyCD-R
  4. 22Lucas HernándezLB
  5. 2Benjamin PavardRB
  6. 13N'Golo KantéCM
  7. 15Adrien RabiotLM
  8. 6Paul PogbaRM
  9. 10Kylian MbappéF
  10. 20Anthony MartialLF
  11. 11Ousmane DembéléRF

Substitutes

  1. 16Steve MandandaSUB
  2. 19Djibril SidibéSUB
  3. 17Lucas DigneSUB
  4. 9Olivier GiroudSUB
  5. 4Raphaël VaraneSUB
  6. 3Presnel KimpembeSUB
  7. 14Blaise MatuidiSUB
  8. 12Corentin TolissoSUB
  9. 7Antoine GriezmannSUB
  10. 23Alphonse AreolaSUB
  11. 8Thomas LemarSUB
  12. 24Wissam Ben YedderSUB

Timeline

  1. 40' Goal! Russia 0, France 1. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Paul Pogba with a through ball.
  2. 45' Substitution, Russia. Igor Smolnikov replaces Aleksandr Samedov.
  3. 45' Substitution, Russia. Konstantin Rausch replaces Yuri Zhirkov.
  4. 49' Goal! Russia 0, France 2. Paul Pogba (France) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  5. 52' Kylian Mbappé (France) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 54' Substitution, Russia. Anton Miranchuk replaces Alan Dzagoev.
  7. 58' Substitution, France. Antoine Griezmann replaces Anthony Martial.
  8. 66' Substitution, France. Corentin Tolisso replaces N'Golo Kanté.
  9. 66' Substitution, Russia. Anton Zabolotny replaces Aleksey Miranchuk.
  10. 67' Anton Zabolotny (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 68' Goal! Russia 1, France 2. Fedor Smolov (Russia) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Igor Smolnikov with a cross.
  12. 72' Substitution, France. Olivier Giroud replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
  13. 76' Substitution, Russia. Anton Shvets replaces Aleksandr Erokhin.
  14. 80' Substitution, France. Presnel Kimpembe replaces Samuel Umtiti.
  15. 81' Substitution, France. Blaise Matuidi replaces Adrien Rabiot.
  16. 82' Anton Miranchuk (Russia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  17. 83' Substitution, Russia. Denis Cheryshev replaces Fedor Kudryashov.
  18. 83' Goal! Russia 1, France 3. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Blaise Matuidi.
  19. 86' Substitution, France. Thomas Lemar replaces Kylian Mbappé.

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