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FT Wednesday, June 2, 2021
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France WWDWW 3
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Match Report

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France's Karim Benzema misses penalty, Kylian Mbappe scores in win over Wales

Karim Benzema missed a penalty and hit the post but delivered a fine performance in his France comeback as the world champions beat 10-man Wales.

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Team Stats

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Fouls
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Yellow Cards
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0
Red Cards
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Offsides
0
0
Corner Kicks
0
0
Saves
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0
Possession
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SHOTS
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ON GOAL
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0.0
On Target %
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Penalty Goals
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Penalty Kicks Taken
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Accurate Passes
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Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
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0
Accurate Crosses
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Crosses
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Cross %
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0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
0
Blocked Shots
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0
Effective Tackles
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0
Tackles
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0.0
Tackle %
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Interceptions
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Effective Clearances
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Clearances
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Head to Head

FRA leads series 1-0

Lineups

FRA · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 3Presnel KimpembeCD-L
  3. 4Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 12Corentin TolissoDM
  5. 21Lucas HernándezLB
  6. 2Benjamin PavardRB
  7. 7Antoine GriezmannAM
  8. 14Adrien RabiotLM
  9. 6Paul PogbaRM
  10. 10Kylian MbappéCF-L
  11. 19Karim BenzemaCF-R

WAL · 4-3-3

  1. 12Danny WardG
  2. 6Joe RodonCD-L
  3. 22Chris MephamCD-R
  4. 2Chris GunterLB
  5. 14Connor RobertsRB
  6. 16Joe MorrellCM
  7. 3Neco WilliamsLM
  8. 7Joe AllenRM
  9. 8Harry WilsonF
  10. 20Daniel JamesLF
  11. 11Gareth BaleRF

Timeline

  1. 26' Neco Williams (Wales) is shown the red card.
  2. 27' Penalty saved! Karim Benzema (France) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
  3. 34' Goal! France 1, Wales 0. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner.
  4. 45' Jules Koundé (France) Substitution at 45'
  5. 45' Lucas Digne (France) Substitution at 45'
  6. 45' Substitution, France. Jules Koundé replaces Benjamin Pavard.
  7. 45' Substitution, France. Lucas Digne replaces Lucas Hernández.
  8. 47' Goal! France 2, Wales 0. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
  9. 59' Substitution, Wales. Kieffer Moore replaces Gareth Bale.
  10. 59' Substitution, Wales. Aaron Ramsey replaces Harry Wilson.
  11. 59' Substitution, Wales. Dylan Levitt replaces Joe Allen.
  12. 59' Substitution, Wales. Ben Davies replaces Chris Mepham.
  13. 63' Substitution, France. Kingsley Coman replaces Paul Pogba.
  14. 64' Substitution, France. Moussa Sissoko replaces Corentin Tolisso.
  15. 73' Substitution, Wales. David Brooks replaces Daniel James.
  16. 73' Substitution, France. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Kylian Mbappé.
  17. 79' Goal! France 3, Wales 0. Ousmane Dembélé (France) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner.
  18. 83' Substitution, Wales. Rubin Colwill replaces Joe Morrell.
  19. 84' Substitution, France. Wissam Ben Yedder replaces Antoine Griezmann.
  20. 90'+2' Kieffer Moore (Wales) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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