International Friendly

France vs Bulgaria, 2021 International Friendly

· International Friendly
France
  • 29': Antoine Griezmann
  • 83': Olivier Giroud
  • 90': Olivier Giroud
FT
3 - 0
Bulgaria

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    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 4': Attempt blocked. Benjamin Pavard (France) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 4': Foul by Bozhidar Kraev (Bulgaria).
    • 4': Kylian Mbappé (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 6': Attempt missed. Karim Benzema (France) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lucas Hernández with a cross.
    • 8': Atanas Iliev (Bulgaria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 8': Foul by Raphael Varane (France).
    • 9': Corentin Tolisso (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 9': Foul by Ivan Turitsov (Bulgaria).
    • 9': Foul by Corentin Tolisso (France).
    • 9': Ivan Turitsov (Bulgaria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 11': Attempt missed. Karim Benzema (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
    • 12': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
    • 12': Corner, France. Conceded by Valentin Antov.
    • 15': Attempt saved. Karim Benzema (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 19': Attempt missed. Karim Benzema (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Paul Pogba.
    • 21': Atanas Iliev (Bulgaria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 21': Foul by Raphael Varane (France).
    • 23': Corner, France. Conceded by Petko Hristov.
    • 25': Foul by Raphael Varane (France).
    • 25': Kiril Despodov (Bulgaria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 25': Corner, Bulgaria. Conceded by Paul Pogba.
    • 27': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Karim Benzema.
    • 29': Goal! France 1, Bulgaria 0. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
    • 31': Corner, France. Conceded by Vasil Bozhikov.
    • 32': Attempt missed. Raphael Varane (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Benjamin Pavard with a headed pass following a corner.
    • 35': Foul by Corentin Tolisso (France).
    • 35': Ivan Turitsov (Bulgaria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 35': Foul by Ivan Turitsov (Bulgaria).
    • 35': Lucas Hernández (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 40': Attempt saved. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
    • 40': Corner, France. Conceded by Daniel Naumov.
    • 41': Substitution, France. Olivier Giroud replaces Karim Benzema because of an injury.
    • 44': Attempt saved. Olivier Giroud (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
    • 44': Attempt blocked. N'Golo Kanté (France) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Corentin Tolisso.
    • 45'+1': Bozhidar Kraev (Bulgaria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+1': Foul by Corentin Tolisso (France).
    • 45'+1': Foul by Atanas Iliev (Bulgaria).
    • 45'+1': Paul Pogba (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+3': Corner, France. Conceded by Valentin Antov.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, France 1, Bulgaria 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins France 1, Bulgaria 0.
    • 45': Substitution, France. Lucas Digne replaces Lucas Hernández.
    • 47': Foul by N'Golo Kanté (France).
    • 47': Ilian Iliev (Bulgaria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 48': Foul by Kiril Despodov (Bulgaria).
    • 48': Paul Pogba (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 48': Kiril Despodov (Bulgaria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 49': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucas Digne.
    • 49': Attempt blocked. Antoine Griezmann (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
    • 50': Foul by N'Golo Kanté (France).
    • 50': Ilian Iliev (Bulgaria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 50': Corner, France. Conceded by Ivan Turitsov.
    • 51': Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 51': Corner, France. Conceded by Ivan Turitsov.
    • 52': Substitution, Bulgaria. Petar Vitanov replaces Ivaylo Chochev.
    • 55': Corner, Bulgaria. Conceded by Benjamin Pavard.
    • 58': Substitution, Bulgaria. Georgi Minchev replaces Atanas Iliev.
    • 58': Substitution, Bulgaria. Momchil Tsvetanov replaces Bozhidar Kraev.
    • 58': Substitution, Bulgaria. Dimitar Iliev replaces Kiril Despodov.
    • 59': Foul by Raphael Varane (France).
    • 59': Momchil Tsvetanov (Bulgaria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 63': Foul by Georgi Minchev (Bulgaria).
    • 63': Presnel Kimpembe (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 64': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lucas Digne.
    • 64': Attempt missed. Benjamin Pavard (France) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Corentin Tolisso.
    • 65': Substitution, France. Thomas Lemar replaces N'Golo Kanté.
    • 66': Substitution, France. Ousmane Dembélé replaces Antoine Griezmann.
    • 66': Attempt missed. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ousmane Dembélé.
    • 68': Attempt saved. Lucas Digne (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Thomas Lemar.
    • 68': Corner, France. Conceded by Daniel Naumov.
    • 68': Attempt missed. Presnel Kimpembe (France) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Thomas Lemar with a cross following a corner.
    • 70': Attempt blocked. Ousmane Dembélé (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
    • 71': Substitution, Bulgaria. Andrea Hristov replaces Dominik Yankov.
    • 71': Substitution, Bulgaria. Birsent Karagaren replaces Ivan Turitsov.
    • 72': Attempt missed. Thomas Lemar (France) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Olivier Giroud.
    • 73': Foul by Valentin Antov (Bulgaria).
    • 73': Kylian Mbappé (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 74': Corner, France. Conceded by Petko Hristov.
    • 77': Offside, Bulgaria. Georgi Minchev tries a through ball, but Dimitar Iliev is caught offside.
    • 77': Foul by Andrea Hristov (Bulgaria).
    • 77': Olivier Giroud (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 78': Foul by Raphael Varane (France).
    • 78': Georgi Minchev (Bulgaria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 79': Attempt missed. Birsent Karagaren (Bulgaria) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dimitar Iliev.
    • 81': Attempt blocked. Olivier Giroud (France) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Benjamin Pavard.
    • 81': Corner, France. Conceded by Valentin Antov.
    • 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.
    • 84': Substitution, France. Moussa Sissoko replaces Corentin Tolisso.
    • 84': Substitution, France. Wissam Ben Yedder replaces Kylian Mbappé.
    • 85': Birsent Karagaren (Bulgaria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 85': Foul by Thomas Lemar (France).
    • 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.
    • 90'+2': Corner, France. Conceded by Andrea Hristov.
    • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Paul Pogba (France) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lucas Digne.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, France 3, Bulgaria 0.
    • 0': Match ends, France 3, Bulgaria 0.

    Statistics

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    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

    Game Information

    Competition: International Friendly

    Venue: Stade de France
    Location: Saint-Denis, France

    Line-Ups

    FRA France (4-1-2-1-2)

    No. Name
    1 Hugo Lloris (GK)
    3 Presnel Kimpembe
    4 Raphaël Varane
    13 N'Golo Kanté
    21 Lucas Hernández
    2 Benjamin Pavard
    7 Antoine Griezmann
    12 Corentin Tolisso
    6 Paul Pogba
    10 Kylian Mbappé
    19 Karim Benzema
    France Substitutes:
    Lucas Digne, Mike Maignan, Jules Koundé, Ousmane Dembélé, Clément Lenglet, Thomas Lemar, Kurt Zouma, Moussa Sissoko, Steve Mandanda, Wissam Ben Yedder, Olivier Giroud, Léo Dubois.

    BUL Bulgaria (4-1-4-1)

    No. Name
    1 Daniel Naumov (GK)
    4 Valentin Antov
    25 Petko Hristov
    18 Ivaylo Chochev
    15 Vasil Bozhikov
    2 Ivan Turitsov
    12 Ilian Iliev
    10 Bozhidar Kraev
    7 Dominik Iankov
    11 Kiril Despodov Yellow Card
    19 Atanas Iliev
    Bulgaria Substitutes:
    Momchil Cvetanov, Petar Vitanov, Dimitar Iliev, Birsent Karageren, Yanis Karabelyov, Ivan Karadzhov, Georgi Minchev, Andrej Galabinov, Andrea Hristov, Antonio Vutov, Lachezar Kotev, Nikolay Mihaylov.

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