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FT Friday, March 25, 2022
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Match Report

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Giroud on the spot in France comeback win over Ivory Coast

Olivier Giroud defied the doubters again as he marked his France comeback by scoring his 47th international goal in a win over Ivory Coast.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
16
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
5
Corner Kicks
6
4
Saves
3
49.8
Possession
50.2
9
SHOTS
13
4
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
457
Accurate Passes
461
515
Passes
516
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
8
9
Crosses
13
0.0
Cross %
0.6
49
Long Balls
36
30
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
11
15
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
9
11
Effective Clearances
9
11
Clearances
9

Head to Head

FRA leads series 1-0-1

Lineups

FRA · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 4Raphaël VaraneCD
  3. 21Lucas HernándezCD-L
  4. 5Jules KoundéCD-R
  5. 6Paul PogbaCM-L
  6. 8Aurélien TchouaméniCM-R
  7. 7Antoine GriezmannAM
  8. 22Theo HernándezLM
  9. 11Kingsley ComanRM
  10. 9Olivier GiroudCF-L
  11. 12Christopher NkunkuCF-R

CIV · 4-3-3

  1. 23Badra Ali SangaréG
  2. 6Willy BolyCD-L
  3. 21Eric BaillyCD-R
  4. 3Ghislain KonanLB
  5. 17Sèrge AurierRB
  6. 4Jean Michaël SeriCM
  7. 8Franck KessiéLM
  8. 18Ibrahim SangaréRM
  9. 22Sébastien HallerF
  10. 9Wilfried ZahaLF
  11. 19Nicolas PépéRF

Timeline

  1. 7' Jean Michaël Seri (Côte d'Ivoire) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 19' Goal! France 0, Côte d'Ivoire 1. Nicolas Pépé (Côte d'Ivoire) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ibrahim Sangaré.
  3. 22' Goal! France 1, Côte d'Ivoire 1. Olivier Giroud (France) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Theo Hernández with a cross.
  4. 58' Substitution, France. William Saliba replaces Raphaël Varane.
  5. 68' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Odilon Kossounou replaces Eric Bailly because of an injury.
  6. 75' Substitution, France. Wissam Ben Yedder replaces Christopher Nkunku.
  7. 75' Substitution, France. Mattéo Guendouzi replaces Antoine Griezmann.
  8. 76' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Paul Akouokou replaces Ibrahim Sangaré.
  9. 84' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Max-Alain Gradel replaces Wilfried Zaha.
  10. 84' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Karim Konaté replaces Sébastien Haller.
  11. 84' Substitution, Côte d'Ivoire. Maxwel Cornet replaces Nicolas Pépé.
  12. 88' Substitution, France. Jonathan Clauss replaces Kingsley Coman.
  13. 88' Substitution, France. Adrien Rabiot replaces Paul Pogba.
  14. 90' Karim Konaté (Côte d'Ivoire) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+3' Goal! France 2, Côte d'Ivoire 1. Aurélien Tchouaméni (France) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mattéo Guendouzi with a cross following a corner.

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