Kazakhstan vs France, 2022 World Cup Qualifying - UEFA, Group Stage
· FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFADembele inspires France to 2-0 win in Kazakhstan
Ousmane Dembele inspired France to a 2-0 victory over Kazakhstan on Sunday in their second match in World Cup qualifying Group D.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 1': Foul by Paul Pogba (France).
- 1': Serikzhan Muzhikov (Kazakhstan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 1': Offside, Kazakhstan. Alexandr Mokin tries a through ball, but Maxim Fedin is caught offside.
- 5': Foul by Thomas Lemar (France).
- 5': Maxim Fedin (Kazakhstan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 5': Attempt saved. Vladislav Vassiljev (Kazakhstan) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ruslan Valiullin.
- 6': Foul by Paul Pogba (France).
- 6': Vladislav Vassiljev (Kazakhstan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 7': Foul by Paul Pogba (France).
- 7': Maxim Fedin (Kazakhstan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 8': Attempt blocked. Antoine Griezmann (France) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
- 9': Offside, France. Clément Lenglet tries a through ball, but Lucas Digne is caught offside.
- 11': Foul by Ruslan Valiullin (Kazakhstan).
- 11': Ousmane Dembélé (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 13': Attempt blocked. Anthony Martial (France) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
- 14': Antoine Griezmann (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 14': Foul by Sergiy Maliy (Kazakhstan).
- 17': Foul by Léo Dubois (France).
- 17': Nuraly Alip (Kazakhstan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 18': Foul by Léo Dubois (France).
- 18': Maxim Fedin (Kazakhstan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Goal! Kazakhstan 0, France 1. Ousmane Dembélé (France) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Anthony Martial.
- 26': Foul by Tanguy Ndombele (France).
- 26': Serikzhan Muzhikov (Kazakhstan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 28': Foul by Lucas Digne (France).
- 28': Marat Bystrov (Kazakhstan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 29': Foul by Tanguy Ndombele (France).
- 29': Ruslan Valiullin (Kazakhstan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 29': Attempt missed. Ruslan Valiullin (Kazakhstan) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
- 35': Attempt blocked. Thomas Lemar (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Digne.
- 36': Offside, Kazakhstan. Vladislav Vassiljev tries a through ball, but Maxim Fedin is caught offside.
- 36': Foul by Anthony Martial (France).
- 36': Marat Bystrov (Kazakhstan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 38': Offside, France. Clément Lenglet tries a through ball, but Ousmane Dembélé is caught offside.
- 40': Anthony Martial (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Foul by Temirlan Erlanov (Kazakhstan).
- 40': Foul by Serikzhan Muzhikov (Kazakhstan).
- 40': Thomas Lemar (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 43': Attempt blocked. Anthony Martial (France) header from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Thomas Lemar.
- 43': Corner, France. Conceded by Sergiy Maliy.
- 44': Own Goal by Sergiy Maliy, Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan 0, France 2.
- 45': First Half ends, Kazakhstan 0, France 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Kazakhstan 0, France 2.
- 47': Anthony Martial (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 47': Foul by Sergiy Maliy (Kazakhstan).
- 47': Offside, France. Ousmane Dembélé tries a through ball, but Antoine Griezmann is caught offside.
- 48': Foul by Lucas Digne (France).
- 48': Serikzhan Muzhikov (Kazakhstan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 49': Attempt missed. Paul Pogba (France) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left. Assisted by Kurt Zouma with a headed pass.
- 55': Clément Lenglet (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 55': Foul by Maxim Fedin (Kazakhstan).
- 56': Foul by Serikzhan Muzhikov (Kazakhstan).
- 56': Thomas Lemar (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 57': Attempt saved. Anthony Martial (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 58': Attempt missed. Paul Pogba (France) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
- 58': Corner, France. Conceded by Azat Nurgaliev.
- 59': Substitution, France. Kylian Mbappé replaces Anthony Martial because of an injury.
- 59': Substitution, France. Adrien Rabiot replaces Paul Pogba.
- 59': Substitution, France. Wissam Ben Yedder replaces Antoine Griezmann.
- 61': Corner, France. Conceded by Sergiy Maliy.
- 62': Attempt saved. Clément Lenglet (France) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Thomas Lemar with a cross.
- 62': Attempt missed. Kurt Zouma (France) right footed shot from very close range misses to the left following a corner.
- 65': Substitution, Kazakhstan. Yan Vorogovskiy replaces Serikzhan Muzhikov.
- 65': Substitution, Kazakhstan. Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev replaces Maxim Fedin.
- 65': Foul by Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev (Kazakhstan).
- 65': Tanguy Ndombele (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 67': Adrien Rabiot (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 67': Foul by Yan Vorogovskiy (Kazakhstan).
- 68': Corner, France. Conceded by Nuraly Alip.
- 69': Attempt saved. Ousmane Dembélé (France) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Léo Dubois with a cross.
- 69': Corner, France. Conceded by Alexandr Mokin.
- 70': Foul by Ousmane Dembélé (France).
- 70': Vladislav Vassiljev (Kazakhstan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 71': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Wissam Ben Yedder.
- 71': Corner, France. Conceded by Ruslan Valiullin.
- 72': Corner, France. Conceded by Yan Vorogovskiy.
- 72': Corner, France. Conceded by Ruslan Valiullin.
- 73': Foul by Ruslan Valiullin (Kazakhstan).
- 73': Wissam Ben Yedder (France) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 74': Penalty France. Kylian Mbappé draws a foul in the penalty area.
- 74': Penalty conceded by Nuraly Alip (Kazakhstan) after a foul in the penalty area.
- 75': Penalty saved! Kylian Mbappé (France) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
- 75': Corner, France. Conceded by Alexandr Mokin.
- 77': Foul by Léo Dubois (France).
- 77': Yan Vorogovskiy (Kazakhstan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Foul by Ousmane Dembélé (France).
- 78': Nuraly Alip (Kazakhstan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 78': Offside, Kazakhstan. Ruslan Valiullin tries a through ball, but Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev is caught offside.
- 79': Attempt saved. Adrien Rabiot (France) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucas Digne.
- 80': Attempt blocked. Askhat Tagybergen (Kazakhstan) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yan Vorogovskiy.
- 80': Foul by Ousmane Dembélé (France).
- 80': Yan Vorogovskiy (Kazakhstan) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 82': Substitution, France. Moussa Sissoko replaces Tanguy Ndombele.
- 83': Offside, France. Léo Dubois tries a through ball, but Kylian Mbappé is caught offside.
- 83': Substitution, Kazakhstan. Maksim Samorodov replaces Ruslan Valiullin.
- 83': Substitution, Kazakhstan. Ramazan Karimov replaces Azat Nurgaliev.
- 88': Hand ball by Ousmane Dembélé (France).
- 88': Ousmane Dembélé (France) is shown the yellow card.
- 89': Substitution, Kazakhstan. Elkhan Astanov replaces Vladislav Vassiljev.
- 89': Offside, Kazakhstan. Askhat Tagybergen tries a through ball, but Marat Bystrov is caught offside.
- 90': Substitution, France. Kingsley Coman replaces Ousmane Dembélé.
- 90'+1': Clément Lenglet (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+1': Foul by Yan Vorogovskiy (Kazakhstan).
- 90'+2': Foul by Adrien Rabiot (France).
- 90'+2': Yerkebulan Tungyshbayev (Kazakhstan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+3': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Kingsley Coman.
- 90'+3': Attempt missed. Askhat Tagybergen (Kazakhstan) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Yan Vorogovskiy.
- 90'+5': Adrien Rabiot (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90'+5': Foul by Ramazan Karimov (Kazakhstan).
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Kazakhstan 0, France 2.
- 0': Match ends, Kazakhstan 0, France 2.
Statistics
 FRA |
KAZ |
|
|---|---|---|
| 17 | Fouls | 13 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 4 | Offsides | 4 |
| 9 | Corner Kicks | 0 |
| 1 | Saves | 7 |
| 63 | Possession | 37 |
| 15 | SHOTS | 4 |
| 9 | ON GOAL | 1 |
| 0.6 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 636 | Accurate Passes | 340 |
| 718 | Passes | 423 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 3 | Accurate Crosses | 0 |
| 11 | Crosses | 5 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.0 |
| 46 | Long Balls | 51 |
| 29 | Accurate Long Balls | 16 |
| 0.6 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
| 3 | Blocked Shots | 1 |
| 1 | Effective Tackles | 13 |
| 6 | Tackles | 20 |
| 0.2 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 6 | Interceptions | 19 |
| 4 | Effective Clearances | 11 |
| 4 | Clearances | 11 |
Game Information
Competition: FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA
Venue: Astana Arena
Location: Astana, Kazakhstan
Venue: Astana Arena
Location: Astana, Kazakhstan
WCQ - UEFA Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 6 | +12 | 16 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 3 | Iceland | 6 | +2 | 7 |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 6 | -13 | 1 |
Line-Ups
Kazakhstan (5-3-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 15 | Alexandr Mokin (GK) |
| 2 | Sergiy Malyi |
| 3 | Nuraly Alip |
| 4 | Temirlan Erlanov |
| 7 | Ruslan Valiullin |
| 23 | Marat Bystrov |
| 8 | Askhat Tagybergen |
| 14 | Vladislav Vassiljev |
| 10 | Serikzhan Muzhikov |
| 20 | Maxim Fedin |
| 13 | Azat Nurgaliev |
France (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hugo Lloris (GK) |
| 5 | Clément Lenglet |
| 18 | Kurt Zouma |
| 19 | Lucas Digne |
| 12 | Léo Dubois |
| 7 | Antoine Griezmann |
| 13 | Tanguy Ndombele |
| 6 | Paul Pogba |
| 20 | Anthony Martial |
| 8 | Thomas Lemar |
| 11 | Ousmane Dembélé |
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