FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Tuesday, September 7, 2021
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France DDLDD 2
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Groupama Stadium · 57,057 att. · ESPN2

Match Report

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Griezmann double fires France to victory over Finland

Antoine Griezmann played chief tormentor as France sprung back into life to end a five-game winless streak by beating visitors Finland 2-0.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
7
3
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
4
Corner Kicks
9
4
Saves
1
35.8
Possession
64.2
3
SHOTS
20
1
ON GOAL
6
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
361
Accurate Passes
695
426
Passes
752
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
3
11
Crosses
24
0.1
Cross %
0.1
33
Long Balls
47
14
Accurate Long Balls
33
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
5
9
Effective Tackles
10
15
Tackles
13
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
8
Interceptions
14
28
Effective Clearances
16
28
Clearances
16

Head to Head

FRA leads series 3-1

Lineups

FRA · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 4Raphaël VaraneCD
  3. 3Presnel KimpembeCD-L
  4. 15Kurt ZoumaCD-R
  5. 13Adrien RabiotCM-L
  6. 6Paul PogbaCM-R
  7. 7Antoine GriezmannAM
  8. 22Theo HernándezLM
  9. 2Léo DuboisRM
  10. 19Karim BenzemaCF-L
  11. 9Anthony MartialCF-R

FIN · 5-3-2

  1. 1Lukas HradeckyG
  2. 2Paulus ArajuuriCD
  3. 3Daniel O'ShaughnessyCD-L
  4. 5Leo VäisänenCD-R
  5. 18Jere UronenLB
  6. 17Nikolai AlhoRB
  7. 11Rasmus SchüllerCM
  8. 6Glen KamaraCM-L
  9. 16Urho NissilaCM-R
  10. 10Teemu PukkiCF-L
  11. 20Joel PohjanpaloCF-R

Timeline

  1. 3' Rasmus Schüller (Finland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 25' Goal! France 1, Finland 0. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Karim Benzema.
  3. 53' Goal! France 2, Finland 0. Antoine Griezmann (France) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Léo Dubois.
  4. 62' Substitution, Finland. Onni Valakari replaces Rasmus Schüller.
  5. 62' Substitution, Finland. Pyry Soiri replaces Jere Uronen.
  6. 64' Teemu Pukki (Finland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 67' Substitution, France. Nordi Mukiele replaces Léo Dubois because of an injury.
  8. 72' Paulus Arajuuri (Finland) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 73' Substitution, Finland. Fredrik Jensen replaces Joel Pohjanpalo.
  10. 73' Substitution, Finland. Kaan Kairinen replaces Urho Nissilä.
  11. 80' Substitution, France. Wissam Ben Yedder replaces Anthony Martial.
  12. 80' Substitution, Finland. Jukka Raitala replaces Nikolai Alho.
  13. 90' Substitution, France. Clément Lenglet replaces Presnel Kimpembe because of an injury.
  14. 90'+1' Substitution, France. Aurélien Tchouaméni replaces Antoine Griezmann.

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