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5 years ago

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Our coverage of the match between Finland and France on Matchday 10 of Group D in the European qualifiers for the World Cup in Qatar 2022 is coming to an end.

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Key moments

  1. 4:35 PM ET90+3'End of match
  2. 4:19 PM ET76'Goal · France 0-2
  3. 4:10 PM ET66'Goal · France 0-1
  4. 3:48 PM ETSecond half begins
  5. 3:31 PM ET45'End of first half
  6. 2:54 PM ET9'Yellow card
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90+3'5 years ago

End of match

The match ends at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki. FRANCE WON AND LEFT FINLAND WITH NO CHANCE OF CHANCES TO GO TO THE WORLD CUP! Didier Deschamps' men finish the qualifiers undefeated.

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90'5 years ago

Additional time

Three more minutes will be played in the match.

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86'5 years ago

Substitution in France

Jordan Veretout replaces Adrien Rabiot.

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82'5 years ago

Doble cambio en Finlandia

Entran Joel Phjanpalo y Onni Valakari en lugard de Daniel O'Shaughnessy y Urho Nissilä.

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80'5 years ago

GREAT SAVE BY HRADECKY!

Good long-range shot from Mbappé and the Finnish goalkeeper prevents the third goal of the match.

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76'5 years ago

GOOOAL for France!

KYLIAN MBAPPÉ! A great run by the PSG player down the left, he broke into the box and put in a nice right-footed shot that Hradecky couldn't save. Finland are out of the running with this result.

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72'5 years ago

Substitution in Finland

Robert Taylor replaces Jere Uronen.

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67'5 years ago

Substitution in France

Matteo Guendouzi replaces Antoine Griezmann.

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66'5 years ago

GOOOOOAL for France!

BENZEMA! The Madrid striker made a great one-two with Mbappé and then scored the first goal of the match.

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64'5 years ago

Finland substitution

Marcus Forss replaces Rasmus Schüller.

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60'5 years ago

Change the story for Finland!

Ukraine has just scored in its corresponding match against Bosnia and now Finland is missing the chance to play in the play-offs. Changes are coming for the home team.

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58'5 years ago

France came close

Karim Benzema's shot was caught by goalkeeper Hradecky.

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57'5 years ago

Double substitution in France

Kinsgley Coman and Karim Benzema replace Jules Koundé and Moussa Diaby.

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50'5 years ago

Quiet start to the second half

France knows that it is Finland that has the need to look for the game and gives them the ball in the first minutes of the second half.

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5 years ago

Second half begins

The second half of the match begins. There was one change for France, with Benjamin Pavard replacing Leo Dubois, who suffered an injury at the end of the first half.

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45'5 years ago

End of first half

The first half of the match is over. 0-0 draw between Finland and France.

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44'5 years ago

Finland came closer

Väisänen headed a cross from the left, but the ball went into the left side of the goal.

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40'5 years ago

Last five minutes

The end of the first half is near. Finland has had the ball for a while now and has made France give way.

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33'5 years ago

Finland came closer

Teemu Pukki's shot went over the goal. The Finnish team is a little more daring.

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30'5 years ago

Finland came closer

Teemu Pukki's shot was caught by Lloris.

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29'5 years ago

France came closer

Mbappé's shot went just wide of the right post.

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25'

France had it!

Crossed ball to Mbappé and goalkeeper Hradecky denied, but the rebound was left for Griezmann, who shot, but the ball went over the goal.

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20'5 years ago

The score remains 0-0

Not much happens in these last minutes. The teams are fighting for possession in the middle of the pitch. France tries to be more vertical, but lacks clarity in the middle of the pitch.

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15'5 years ago

First quarter of the match

The match becomes very frictional. France tries to be very practical and take advantage of the speed of its players on the wings.

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11'5 years ago

France came close

Lucas Digne's low shot was deflected wide left.

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9'5 years ago

Yellow card

Rasmus Schüller is cautioned in Finland for a foul on Mbappé.

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5'5 years ago

France had a chance!

Mbappé played to the left flank with Digne, who sent in a low cross, which was rejected by the defense, the rebound was again left for the French fullback who in a new attempt found Diaby, who shot at goal, but the ball remained in the hands of Hradecky.

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5 years ago

Match starts!

The game is underway! Finland and France are already facing each other.

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5 years ago

Teams on the field!

The players of Finland and France take the field at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki.

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5 years ago

Substitutes - France

16. Benoit Costil (GK), 23. Alphonse Aréola (GK), 02. Benjamin Pavard, 05. Clément Lenglet, 06. Jordan Veretout, 09. Wissam Ben Yedder, 11. Kinsgley Coman, 12. Leo Dubois, 13. N'Golo Kanté, 17. Matteo Guendouzi, 19. Karim Benzema, 21. Luca Hernández, 22. Theo Hernández.

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5 years ago

Starting XI - France

1-3-4-1-2
| 01. Hugo Lloris |
| 03. Jules Koundé | 04. Dajot Upamecano | 15. Kurt Zouma |
| 12. Leo Dubois | 08. Aurélien Tchouameni | 14. Adrien Rabiot | 18. Lucas Digne |
| 21. Antoine Griezmann |
| 20. Moussa Diaby | 10. Kylian Mbappé |

Coach: Didier Deschamps

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5 years ago

Substitutes - Finland

12. Jesse Joronen (GK), 23. Carljohan Eriksson (GK), 02. Paulus Arajuuri, 04. Joona Toivio, 05. Miro Tenho, 07. Robert Taylor, 09. Fredrik Jensen, 13. Albin Granlund, 14. Onni Valakari, 19. Marcus Forss, 20. Joel Pohjanpalo, 22. Ilmari Niskanen.

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5 years ago

Starting XI - Finland

1-5-3-2
| 01. Lukas Hradecky |
| 17. Robert Ivanov | 15. Leo Väisänen | 03. Daniel O'Shaughnessy |
| 19. Jere Uronen |                       | 21. Niko Hämäläinen |
| 16. Urho Nissilä | 11. Rasmus Schüller | 06. Glen Kamara |
| 10. Teemu Pukki | 08. Robin Lod |

Coach: Markku Kanerva

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5 years ago

Match Officials

Referee: Marco Guida - Italy
Assistant No.1: Alessandro Giallatini - Italy
Assistant No.2: Fabiano Preti - Italy
Cuarto árbitro: Giovanni Ayroldi - Italy
VAR: Paolo Valeri - Italy
Assistant VAR: Maurizio Mariani - Italy

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5 years ago

Last five matches - France

November 13 - WC Qualifiers: 8-0 vs Kazakhstan (Won)

October 10 - UEFA Nations League: 1-2 vs Spain (Won)

October 7 - UEFA Nations League: 2-3 vs Belgium (Won)

September 7 - WC Qualifiers: vs Finland (Won)

September 4 - WC Qualifiers: 1-1 vs Ukraine

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5 years ago

Last five matches - Finland

November 13 - WC Qualifiers: 1-3 vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (Won)

October 12 - WC Qualifiers: 0-2 vs Kazakhstan (Won)

October 9 - WC Qualifiers: 1-2 vs Ukraine (Lost)

September 7 - WC Qualifiers: 2-0 vs France (Lost)

September 4 - WC Qualifiers: 1-0 vs Kazakhstan (Won)

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5 years ago

Squad List - France

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Squad List - Finland

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