International Friendly

France vs Luxembourg, 2024 International Friendly

· International Friendly
France
  • 43': Randal Kolo Muani
  • 70': Jonathan Clauss
  • 85': Kylian Mbappé
FT
3 - 0
Luxembourg

    Mbappé goal, assists help France win Euro 2024 warm-up

    Kylian Mbappé scored once and added two assists in his first outing since his move to Real Madrid was announced, as France strolled to a comfortable 3-0 win over Luxembourg in a pre-Euro 2024 friendly in Metz on Wednesday.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 4': Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté.
    • 4': Corner, France. Conceded by Maxime Chanot.
    • 6': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté.
    • 7': Attempt saved. Marcus Thuram (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
    • 12': Attempt missed. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Randal Kolo Muani.
    • 12': Antoine Griezmann (France) hits the left post with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé.
    • 12': Corner, France. Conceded by Sébastien Thill.
    • 13': Attempt blocked. Youssouf Fofana (France) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 13': Offside, France. Dayot Upamecano is caught offside.
    • 14': Foul by Gerson Rodrigues (Luxembourg).
    • 14': N'Golo Kanté (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 15': Foul by Eldin Dzogovic (Luxembourg).
    • 15': Théo Hernández (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 16': Attempt missed. Dayot Upamecano (France) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann with a cross following a set piece situation.
    • 16': Christopher Martins (Luxembourg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 16': Foul by Marcus Thuram (France).
    • 16': Foul by Danel Sinani (Luxembourg).
    • 16': Youssouf Fofana (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 19': Foul by Christopher Martins (Luxembourg).
    • 19': Kylian Mbappé (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 20': Corner, Luxembourg. Conceded by Dayot Upamecano.
    • 22': Attempt blocked. Gerson Rodrigues (Luxembourg) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Danel Sinani.
    • 22': Corner, Luxembourg. Conceded by Ibrahima Konaté.
    • 26': Attempt saved. Kylian Mbappé (France) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann with a headed pass.
    • 26': Corner, France. Conceded by Anthony Moris.
    • 26': Offside, France. Marcus Thuram is caught offside.
    • 28': Danel Sinani (Luxembourg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 28': Foul by Marcus Thuram (France).
    • 31': Corner, France. Conceded by Enes Mahmutovic.
    • 32': Attempt missed. Randal Kolo Muani (France) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann with a cross following a corner.
    • 32': Hand ball by Marcus Thuram (France).
    • 34': Foul by Christopher Martins (Luxembourg).
    • 34': N'Golo Kanté (France) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 37': Delay in match because of an injury Sébastien Thill (Luxembourg).
    • 38': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 38': Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (France).
    • 38': Gerson Rodrigues (Luxembourg) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 39': Offside, Luxembourg. Mathias Olesen is caught offside.
    • 39': Delay in match (France).
    • 40': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 41': Foul by Dirk Carlson (Luxembourg).
    • 41': Kylian Mbappé (France) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 41': Dirk Carlson (Luxembourg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 42': Delay in match because of an injury Sébastien Thill (Luxembourg).
    • 42': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 43': Goal! France 1, Luxembourg 0. Randal Kolo Muani (France) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé following a set piece situation.
    • 44': Substitution, Luxembourg. Mirza Mustafic replaces Sébastien Thill because of an injury.
    • 45': Corner, France. Conceded by Maxime Chanot.
    • 45'+2': First Half ends, France 1, Luxembourg 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins France 1, Luxembourg 0.
    • 45': Substitution, France. Jonathan Clauss replaces Théo Hernández.
    • 45': Substitution, France. William Saliba replaces Dayot Upamecano.
    • 47': Attempt missed. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Youssouf Fofana.
    • 49': Attempt missed. Kylian Mbappé (France) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jules Koundé with a cross.
    • 51': Attempt blocked. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jules Koundé with a cross.
    • 51': Corner, France. Conceded by Maxime Chanot.
    • 52': Delay in match because of an injury Mirza Mustafic (Luxembourg).
    • 54': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 55': Foul by Christopher Martins (Luxembourg).
    • 55': Kylian Mbappé (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 55': Substitution, Luxembourg. Chris Philipps replaces Mirza Mustafic because of an injury.
    • 58': Attempt saved. Youssouf Fofana (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 58': Foul by Ibrahima Konaté (France).
    • 58': Gerson Rodrigues (Luxembourg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 60': Attempt saved. Danel Sinani (Luxembourg) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 64': Substitution, France. Warren Zaïre-Emery replaces N'Golo Kanté.
    • 64': Substitution, France. Benjamin Pavard replaces Jules Koundé.
    • 66': Attempt blocked. Marcus Thuram (France) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonathan Clauss with a headed pass.
    • 69': Attempt blocked. Youssouf Fofana (France) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
    • 69': Corner, France. Conceded by Christopher Martins.
    • 70': Goal! France 2, Luxembourg 0. Jonathan Clauss (France) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Kylian Mbappé following a corner.
    • 72': Attempt missed. Antoine Griezmann (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jonathan Clauss.
    • 75': Attempt missed. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann with a through ball.
    • 79': Foul by Chris Philipps (Luxembourg).
    • 79': Marcus Thuram (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 80': Attempt missed. Antoine Griezmann (France) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
    • 81': Substitution, France. Olivier Giroud replaces Antoine Griezmann.
    • 81': Substitution, France. Bradley Barcola replaces Marcus Thuram.
    • 81': Substitution, Luxembourg. Fabio Lohei replaces Eldin Dzogovic.
    • 82': Corner, Luxembourg. Conceded by Youssouf Fofana.
    • 82': Enes Mahmutovic (Luxembourg) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by Danel Sinani with a cross following a corner.
    • 82': Offside, Luxembourg. Maxime Chanot is caught offside.
    • 84': Corner, France. Conceded by Maxime Chanot.
    • 85': Goal! France 3, Luxembourg 0. Kylian Mbappé (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bradley Barcola.
    • 87': Christopher Martins (Luxembourg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 87': Foul by Randal Kolo Muani (France).
    • 89': Substitution, France. Eduardo Camavinga replaces Youssouf Fofana.
    • 90'+1': Eduardo Camavinga (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90'+1': Foul by Chris Philipps (Luxembourg).
    • 90'+2': Corner, France. Conceded by Dirk Carlson.
    • 90'+3': Second Half ends, France 3, Luxembourg 0.
    • 0': Match ends, France 3, Luxembourg 0.

    Statistics

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    9 Fouls 6
    1 Yellow Cards 0
    0 Red Cards 0
    2 Offsides 2
    3 Corner Kicks 9
    5 Saves 1
    38.2 Possession 61.8
    3 SHOTS 21
    1 ON GOAL 7
    0.3 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    337 Accurate Passes 601
    400 Passes 645
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
    3 Accurate Crosses 6
    7 Crosses 23
    0.4 Cross % 0.3
    44 Long Balls 22
    21 Accurate Long Balls 18
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.8
    1 Blocked Shots 5
    11 Effective Tackles 9
    17 Tackles 12
    0.6 Tackle % 0.8
    7 Interceptions 7
    17 Effective Clearances 5
    17 Clearances 5

    Game Information

    Competition: International Friendly

    Venue: Stade Saint-Symphorien
    Location: Metz, France
    Attendance: 25,590

    Line-Ups

    FRA France (3-4-2-1)

    No. Name
    16 Mike Maignan (GK)
    24 Ibrahima Konaté
    4 Dayot Upamecano
    5 Jules Koundé
    19 Youssouf Fofana
    13 N'Golo Kanté
    22 Theo Hernández
    12 Randal Kolo Muani
    10 Kylian Mbappé
    15 Marcus Thuram
    7 Antoine Griezmann
    France Substitutes:
    Eduardo Camavinga, Benjamin Pavard, Olivier Giroud, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Bradley Barcola, William Saliba, Jonathan Clauss, Adrien Rabiot, Ferland Mendy, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Ousmane Dembélé, Kingsley Coman, Brice Samba, Alphonse Areola.

    LUX Luxembourg (4-5-1)

    No. Name
    1 Anthony Moris (GK)
    3 Enes Mahmutovic
    2 Maxime Chanot
    18 Laurent Jans
    20 Eldin Dzogovic
    21 Sebastien Thill
    19 Mathias Olesen
    8 Christopher Martins Pereira
    13 Dirk Carlson Yellow Card
    9 Danel Sinani
    10 Gerson Rodrigues
    Luxembourg Substitutes:
    Tiago Pereira, Jayson Videira, Aiman Dardari, Sofiane Ikene, Chris Philipps, Vahid Selimovic, David Jonathans, Alessio Curcio, Ralph Schon, Fabio Lohei, Mirza Mustafic, Lucas Fox.

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