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FT Tuesday, June 8, 2021
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France WDWWW 3
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Stade de France · ESPN+

Match Report

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France's Oivier Giroud shines after Karim Benzema's injury scare in win

France substitute Olivier Giroud made the most of his time on the pitch with a double as the world champions beat Bulgaria 3-0.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
11
8
Saves
0
30.1
Possession
69.9
1
SHOTS
26
0
ON GOAL
11
0.0
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
213
Accurate Passes
595
288
Passes
675
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
8
8
Crosses
24
0.1
Cross %
0.3
44
Long Balls
47
16
Accurate Long Balls
41
0.4
Long Balls %
0.9
0
Blocked Shots
6
9
Effective Tackles
8
21
Tackles
14
0.4
Tackle %
0.6
13
Interceptions
10
28
Effective Clearances
10
28
Clearances
10

Head to Head

FRA leads series 2-0

Lineups

FRA · 4-1-2-1-2

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 3Presnel KimpembeCD-L
  3. 4Raphaël VaraneCD-R
  4. 13N'Golo KantéDM
  5. 21Lucas HernándezLB
  6. 2Benjamin PavardRB
  7. 7Antoine GriezmannAM
  8. 12Corentin TolissoLM
  9. 6Paul PogbaRM
  10. 10Kylian MbappéCF-L
  11. 19Karim BenzemaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 18Lucas DigneSUB
  2. 23Mike MaignanSUB
  3. 25Jules KoundéSUB
  4. 11Ousmane DembéléSUB
  5. 5Clément LengletSUB
  6. 8Thomas LemarSUB
  7. 15Kurt ZoumaSUB
  8. 17Moussa SissokoSUB
  9. 16Steve MandandaSUB
  10. 22Wissam Ben YedderSUB
  11. 9Olivier GiroudSUB
  12. 24Léo DuboisSUB

BUL · 4-1-4-1

  1. 1Daniel NaumovG
  2. 4Valentin AntovCD-L
  3. 25Petko HristovCD-R
  4. 18Ivaylo ChochevDM
  5. 15Vasil BozhikovLB
  6. 2Ivan TuritsovRB
  7. 12Ilian IlievCM-L
  8. 10Bozhidar KraevCM-R
  9. 7Dominik IankovLM
  10. 11Kiril DespodovRM
  11. 19Atanas IlievF

Substitutes

  1. 21Momchil CvetanovSUB
  2. 22Petar VitanovSUB
  3. 20Dimitar IlievSUB
  4. 6Birsent KaragerenSUB
  5. 24Yanis KarabelyovSUB
  6. 23Ivan KaradzhovSUB
  7. 26Georgi MinchevSUB
  8. 9Andrej GalabinovSUB
  9. 3Andrea HristovSUB
  10. 8Antonio VutovSUB
  11. 17Lachezar KotevSUB
  12. 13Nikolay MihaylovSUB

Timeline

  1. 29' Goal! France 1, Bulgaria 0. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  2. 41' Substitution, France. Olivier Giroud replaces Karim Benzema because of an injury.
  3. 45' Substitution, France. Lucas Digne replaces Lucas Hernández.
  4. 48' Kiril Despodov (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 52' Substitution, Bulgaria. Petar Vitanov replaces Ivaylo Chochev.
  6. 58' Substitution, Bulgaria. Georgi Minchev replaces Atanas Iliev.
  7. 58' Substitution, Bulgaria. Momchil Tsvetanov replaces Bozhidar Kraev.
  8. 58' Substitution, Bulgaria. Dimitar Iliev replaces Kiril Despodov.
  9. 65' Substitution, France. Thomas Lemar replaces N'Golo Kanté.
  10. 66' Substitution, France. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Antoine Griezmann.
  11. 71' Substitution, Bulgaria. Andrea Hristov replaces Dominik Yankov.
  12. 71' Substitution, Bulgaria. Birsent Karagaren replaces Ivan Turitsov.
  13. 83' Goal! France 2, Bulgaria 0. Olivier Giroud (France) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Benjamin Pavard with a cross.
  14. 84' Substitution, France. Moussa Sissoko replaces Corentin Tolisso.
  15. 84' Substitution, France. Wissam Ben Yedder replaces Kylian Mbappé.
  16. 90' Goal! France 3, Bulgaria 0. Olivier Giroud (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Wissam Ben Yedder.

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