UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Sunday, November 17, 2019
France WWWDW 2
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Albania LWLWD 0
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Match Report

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Antoine Griezmann snaps scoring drought as France beat Albania

World champions France produced a fitting inaugural match in Albania's newly-built Arena Kombetare stadium with a 2-0 win.

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Team Stats

18
Fouls
12
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
2
0
Saves
3
57.2
Possession
42.8
9
SHOTS
9
5
ON GOAL
0
0.6
On Target %
0.0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
460
Accurate Passes
326
535
Passes
397
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
5
18
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.3
50
Long Balls
38
29
Accurate Long Balls
18
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
4
8
Effective Tackles
5
17
Tackles
11
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
5
Interceptions
8
14
Effective Clearances
10
14
Clearances
10

Head to Head

FRA leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

ALB · 5-3-2

  1. 1Etrit BerishaG
  2. 17Kastriot DermakuCD
  3. 6Berat DjimsitiCD-L
  4. 5Frederic VeseliCD-R
  5. 3Ermir LenjaniLB
  6. 4Elseid HysajRB
  7. 8Klaus GjasulaCM
  8. 15Kristi QoseCM-L
  9. 7Keidi BareCM-R
  10. 10Rey ManajCF-L
  11. 19Bekim BalajCF-R

FRA · 3-4-1-2

  1. 16Steve MandandaG
  2. 5Clément LengletCD
  3. 3Presnel KimpembeCD-L
  4. 4Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  5. 12Corentin TolissoCM-L
  6. 17Moussa SissokoCM-R
  7. 7Antoine GriezmannAM
  8. 22Benjamin MendyLM
  9. 21Léo DuboisRM
  10. 20Wissam Ben YedderCF-L
  11. 9Olivier GiroudCF-R

Timeline

  1. 8' Goal! Albania 0, France 1. Corentin Tolisso (France) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann with a cross following a set piece situation.
  2. 20' Elseid Hysaj (Albania) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 26' Clément Lenglet (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 31' Goal! Albania 0, France 2. Antoine Griezmann (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Léo Dubois.
  5. 45' Substitution, Albania. Odise Roshi replaces Ermir Lenjani.
  6. 45' Substitution, Albania. Ledian Memushaj replaces Kristi Qose.
  7. 75' Substitution, France. Lucas Digne replaces Benjamin Mendy.
  8. 82' Substitution, Albania. Lorenc Trashi replaces Elseid Hysaj.
  9. 85' Substitution, France. Nabil Fekir replaces Wissam Ben Yedder.
  10. 88' Substitution, France. Benjamin Pavard replaces Léo Dubois.

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