- Internationals
- 31 May 2012, 8:00pm
- Stade Auguste Delaune II
France | v | Serbia |
2
| 0 |
live commentary
Match ends, France 2, Serbia 0.
90+3 mins:Second Half ends, France 2, Serbia 0.
90+2 mins:Offside, France. Hatem Ben Arfa tries a through ball, but Jérémy Menez is caught offside.
90+1 mins:Jérémy Menez (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
90+1 mins:Foul by Nemanja Tomic (Serbia).
90 mins:Attempt saved. Ivan Radovanovic (Serbia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
90 mins:Foul by Jérémy Menez (France).
90 mins:Branislav Ivanovic (Serbia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
89 mins:Foul by Marvin Martin (France).
89 mins:Ivan Radovanovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88 mins:Gaël Clichy (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
88 mins:Foul by Pavle Ninkov (Serbia).
86 mins:Attempt missed. Nemanja Tomic (Serbia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Pavle Ninkov.
85 mins:Offside, Serbia. Pavle Ninkov tries a through ball, but Nemanja Tomic is caught offside.
81 mins:Substitution, Serbia. Nemanja Tomic replaces Dusan Tadic.
76 mins:Substitution, Serbia. Darko Lazovic replaces Bosko Jankovic.
76 mins:Substitution, France. Hatem Ben Arfa replaces Florent Malouda.
76 mins:Marvin Martin (France) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
76 mins:Foul by Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia).
75 mins:Delay over. They are ready to continue.
74 mins:Delay in match Bosko Jankovic (Serbia) because of an injury.
73 mins:Attempt saved. Dusan Tadic (Serbia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Pavle Ninkov.
72 mins:Substitution, France. Adil Rami replaces Philippe Mexes.
71 mins:Foul by Olivier Giroud (France).
71 mins:Nikola Maksimovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
70 mins:Offside, Serbia. Dusan Tadic tries a through ball, but Stefan Scepovic is caught offside.
70 mins:Foul by Jérémy Menez (France).
70 mins:Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
69 mins:Hand ball by Jérémy Menez (France).
68 mins:Philippe Mexes (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
68 mins:Foul by Dusan Tadic (Serbia).
67 mins:Philippe Mexes (France) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
66 mins:Foul by Philippe Mexes (France).
66 mins:Srdjan Mijailovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
66 mins:Gaël Clichy (France) wins a free kick on the left wing.
66 mins:Foul by Ivan Radovanovic (Serbia).
64 mins:Jérémy Menez (France) wins a free kick on the right wing.
64 mins:Foul by Srdjan Mijailovic (Serbia).
63 mins:Anthony Réveillere (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
63 mins:Foul by Aleksandar Kolarov (Serbia).
62 mins:Attempt saved. Dusan Tadic (Serbia) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Bosko Jankovic.
61 mins:Substitution, France. Jérémy Menez replaces Franck Ribéry.
61 mins:Substitution, France. Olivier Giroud replaces Karim Benzema.
61 mins:Substitution, France. Marvin Martin replaces Yohan Cabaye.
60 mins:Substitution, Serbia. Aleksandar Kolarov replaces Filip Mladenovic.
60 mins:Substitution, Serbia. Srdjan Mijailovic replaces Nemanja Matic.
60 mins:Substitution, Serbia. Ivan Radovanovic replaces Lubomir Fejsa.
59 mins:Attempt missed. Filip Mladenovic (Serbia) left footed shot from long range on the left is too high. Assisted by Bosko Jankovic following a corner.
58 mins:Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Alou Diarra.
53 mins:Foul by Florent Malouda (France).
53 mins:Lubomir Fejsa (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
49 mins:Attempt missed. Laurent Koscielny (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
49 mins:Corner, France. Conceded by Zeljko Brkic.
48 mins:Corner, Serbia. Conceded by Hugo Lloris.
48 mins:Attempt saved. Branislav Ivanovic (Serbia) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Bosko Jankovic.
47 mins:Dangerous play by Philippe Mexes (France).
47 mins:Bosko Jankovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Second Half begins France 2, Serbia 0.
45+1 mins:First Half ends, France 2, Serbia 0.
45 mins:Offside, Serbia. Slobodan Rajkovic tries a through ball, but Stefan Scepovic is caught offside.
44 mins:Attempt blocked. Bosko Jankovic (Serbia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Pavle Ninkov with a cross.
43 mins:Attempt missed. Bosko Jankovic (Serbia) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right from a direct free kick.
43 mins:Foul by Yohan Cabaye (France).
43 mins:Lubomir Fejsa (Serbia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
41 mins:Attempt missed. Anthony Réveillere (France) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
40 mins:Attempt saved. Florent Malouda (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Samir Nasri with a cross.
40 mins:Attempt saved. Karim Benzema (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Franck Ribéry.
36 mins:Attempt saved. Yohan Cabaye (France) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Samir Nasri.
36 mins:Corner, France. Conceded by Branislav Ivanovic.
36 mins:Attempt blocked. Yohan Cabaye (France) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Samir Nasri.
35 mins:Attempt blocked. Florent Malouda (France) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alou Diarra.
32 mins:Attempt missed. Gaël Clichy (France) left footed shot from long range on the left is too high.
32 mins:Attempt blocked. Karim Benzema (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Yohan Cabaye.
31 mins:Foul by Franck Ribéry (France).
31 mins:Lubomir Fejsa (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
30 mins:Corner, France. Conceded by Branislav Ivanovic.
27 mins:Offside, France. Gaël Clichy tries a through ball, but Karim Benzema is caught offside.
26 mins:Attempt missed. Samir Nasri (France) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Yohan Cabaye.
25 mins:Attempt saved. Pavle Ninkov (Serbia) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
22 mins:Foul by Laurent Koscielny (France).
22 mins:Stefan Scepovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
21 mins:Attempt blocked. Yohan Cabaye (France) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alou Diarra.
17 mins:Hand ball by Bosko Jankovic (Serbia).
16 mins:Foul by Anthony Réveillere (France).
16 mins:Filip Mladenovic (Serbia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
15 mins:Goal! France 2, Serbia 0. Florent Malouda (France) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Anthony Réveillere.
14 mins:Corner, France. Conceded by Zeljko Brkic.
14 mins:Attempt saved. Karim Benzema (France) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Florent Malouda with a through ball.
11 mins:Goal! France 1, Serbia 0. Franck Ribéry (France) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
7 mins:Attempt blocked. Dusan Tadic (Serbia) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
6 mins:Franck Ribéry (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
6 mins:Foul by Dusan Tadic (Serbia).
5 mins:Substitution, France. Alou Diarra replaces Yann M'Vila because of an injury.
5 mins:Delay over. They are ready to continue.
5 mins:Delay in match Yann M'Vila (France) because of an injury.
3 mins:Pavle Ninkov (Serbia) wins a free kick on the right wing.
3 mins:Foul by Gaël Clichy (France).
2 mins:Delay over. They are ready to continue.
1 mins:Delay in match Yann M'Vila (France) because of an injury.
1 mins:Yann M'Vila (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
1 mins:Foul by Dusan Tadic (Serbia).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- Internationals
- 31 May 2012, 8:00pm
- Stade Auguste Delaune II
| France | v | Serbia |
2
| 0 |
match report
An injury to key midfielder Yann M'Vila took the shine off an otherwise encouraging 2-0 victory for France over Serbia on Thursday.
Rennes midfielder M'Vila took a kick to the ankle from Dusan Tadic in the opening exchanges and although he tried to carry on he left the pitch in obvious distress with just four minutes on the clock.
His team-mates went on to win with ease, scoring early goals through Franck Ribery and Florent Malouda while creating several other chances, but it will be the diagnosis for his central lynchpin that will most concern Laurent Blanc tonight, with less than two weeks until the start of their Euro 2012 campaign.
He would later return to the bench without crutches, but a scan is still expected on the ankle with a clear concern as to his fitness.
France were still rocking from the loss of M'Vila when Ribery lifted the mood at the Stade Auguste-Delaune in Reims, rifling in a loose ball in the 10th minute after Zeljko Brkic spilled Gael Clichy's cross.
Moments later, Malouda's first-time pass had Karim Benzema through one-on-one with Brkic and the goalkeeper did well to palm it away for a corner.
Malouda then doubled the lead in the 16th minute with a stunning strike, taking advantage of sloppy play from Serbia on the edge of their area to power home a swerving shot that was never going to be stopped by the fingertips Brkic got to it.
France were buzzing now, and Ribery and Benzema linked up well on the right, with Ribery almost feeding the Real Madrid man for an easy finish only to see him lose his footing at the vital moment.
Yohan Cabaye's deflected shot then went narrowly wide while Benzema's cute flick from Ribery's cross was blocked by a despairing hand from Brkic.
Serbia's first chance of the match came in the 43rd minute when Bosko Jankovic screwed a free-kick wide, but it was a taste of things to come as the visitors looked much improved in the second half as the substitutions began.
Branislav Ivanovic flashed a shot narrowly wide soon after the break, but there was a scare for the Serbs moments later when Brkic fluffed a backpass and was lucky to see the ball roll wide of the net.
Just after the hour mark, Tadic gave Hugo Lloris his first test with a shot on the turn, but the France goalkeeper held it comfortably.
The game petered out as the substitutions mounted, and it will now be the results of M'Vila's expected scan that concern Blanc as much as the outcome here.
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