FIFA World Cup Qualifying - UEFA

FT Wednesday, March 24, 2021
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France DWLWW 1
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Match Report

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France held by Ukraine in lacklustre opening World Cup qualifier

France kicked off their World Cup qualifying campaign in unconvincing fashion as they were held to a 1-1 home draw by Ukraine on Wednesday.

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Team Stats

3
Fouls
17
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
6
0
Corner Kicks
12
2
Saves
0
36.7
Possession
63.3
3
SHOTS
18
1
ON GOAL
3
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
388
Accurate Passes
722
470
Passes
788
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
7
4
Crosses
33
0.0
Cross %
0.2
47
Long Balls
31
16
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
0
Blocked Shots
6
11
Effective Tackles
6
18
Tackles
8
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
11
Interceptions
9
36
Effective Clearances
2
36
Clearances
2

Head to Head

FRA leads series 4-1

Lineups

FRA · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 3Presnel KimpembeCD-L
  3. 4Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 21Lucas HernándezLB
  5. 2Benjamin PavardRB
  6. 7Antoine GriezmannAM
  7. 14Adrien RabiotLM
  8. 13N'Golo KantéRM
  9. 9Olivier GiroudF
  10. 10Kylian MbappéAM-L
  11. 15Kingsley ComanAM-R

UKR · 5-3-2

  1. 1Georgiy BushchanG
  2. 4Serhiy KryvtsovCD
  3. 22Mykola MatviyenkoCD-L
  4. 3Illia ZabarnyiCD-R
  5. 16Vitaliy MykolenkoLB
  6. 21Oleksandr KaravaevRB
  7. 5Serhiy SydorchukCM
  8. 17Oleksandr ZinchenkoCM-L
  9. 7Mykola ShaparenkoCM-R
  10. 9Roman YaremchukCF-L
  11. 8Ruslan MalinovskyiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 19' Goal! France 1, Ukraine 0. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
  2. 29' Benjamin Pavard (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 57' Goal! France 1, Ukraine 1. Serhiy Sydorchuk (Ukraine) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Oleksandr Karavaev.
  4. 63' Substitution, France. Paul Pogba replaces Olivier Giroud.
  5. 63' Substitution, France. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Kingsley Coman.
  6. 72' Substitution, Ukraine. Júnior Moraes replaces Roman Yaremchuk.
  7. 77' Substitution, France. Anthony Martial replaces Kylian Mbappé.
  8. 79' Substitution, Ukraine. Viktor Kovalenko replaces Serhiy Sydorchuk.
  9. 86' Substitution, Ukraine. Oleksandr Zubkov replaces Mykola Shaparenko.

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