UEFA European Championship Qualifying

FT Friday, March 22, 2019
France WDWLW 4
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Moldova WDWDL 1
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Match Report

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France make short work of Moldova with Griezmann, Pogba wonder-goal

World champions France launched their Euro 2020 qualifying campaign with a no-nonsense 4-1 away win against Moldova.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
2
0
Saves
6
67.5
Possession
32.5
17
SHOTS
4
10
ON GOAL
1
0.6
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
710
Accurate Passes
276
778
Passes
368
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
2
19
Crosses
8
0.3
Cross %
0.3
29
Long Balls
55
18
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
0
Blocked Shots
1
9
Effective Tackles
6
13
Tackles
11
0.7
Tackle %
0.5
11
Interceptions
10
7
Effective Clearances
21
7
Clearances
21

Lineups

MDA · 4-5-1

  1. 23Alexei KoselevG
  2. 8Catalin CarpCD-L
  3. 5Veaceslav PosmacCD-R
  4. 2Oleg ReabciukLB
  5. 15Ion JardanRB
  6. 7Artur IonitaCM-L
  7. 9Eugeniu CebotaruCM-R
  8. 10Eugeniu CociucAM
  9. 11Radu GinsariLM
  10. 16Alexandru AntoniucRM
  11. 13Ion NicolaescuF

FRA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 5Samuel UmtitiCD-L
  3. 4Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 22Layvin KurzawaLB
  5. 2Benjamin PavardRB
  6. 7Antoine GriezmannAM
  7. 6Paul PogbaLM
  8. 13N'Golo KantéRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 14Blaise MatuidiAM-L
  11. 10Kylian MbappéAM-R

Timeline

  1. 24' Goal! Moldova 0, France 1. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Paul Pogba with a through ball.
  2. 27' Goal! Moldova 0, France 2. Raphael Varane (France) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann with a cross following a corner.
  3. 34' Raphael Varane (France) is shown the yellow card.
  4. 36' Goal! Moldova 0, France 3. Olivier Giroud (France) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Blaise Matuidi.
  5. 45' Substitution, Moldova. Artiom Razgoniuc replaces Eugeniu Cociuc.
  6. 59' Substitution, Moldova. Vitalie Damascan replaces Ion Nicolaescu.
  7. 73' Substitution, Moldova. Vladimir Ambros replaces Alexandru Antoniuc.
  8. 73' Substitution, France. Florian Thauvin replaces Blaise Matuidi.
  9. 73' Substitution, France. Thomas Lemar replaces Antoine Griezmann.
  10. 78' Vitalie Damascan (Moldova) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 81' Substitution, France. Nabil Fekir replaces Olivier Giroud.
  12. 83' Vladimir Ambros (Moldova) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 87' Goal! Moldova 0, France 4. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thomas Lemar.
  14. 89' Goal! Moldova 1, France 4. Vladimir Ambros (Moldova) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  15. 90'+1' Kylian Mbappé (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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