2nd Half Spain 1-1 France
France and Spain get a point each. Wow.
There was a turnover atmidfield.... Rivery with the pass... Giroud with the goal. WOW! Talk about last minute heroics!
90+3 uh oh! last chance for FRANCE!!! GOAL! GIROUD! THE EQUALIZE!!! THEY TIE!!! THEY TIE!!!!!!!
90+2 Spain to inbound.... TOrres has the ball on the left. Corner kick coming for spain
90+1 French had free kick.. Valbuena with the kick... Ramos with the clear
JUtst seconds away from the conclusion..... YELLOW CARD GIVEN......
90' NOBODY THERE FOR THE CROSS FOR THE FRENCH!!! Busquet with the tip out
89' French control... Ribery gets shot blocked! French attack again!!
88' French control on other side ... Sissoko brings it down... Valbuena to Sissoko... Ribery with the ball... Kick it back out to midfield... Casillas clears ball after turnover
88' French get turnover.. Sissoko on the outside.. Gives it up. Cross sent. Header by Giroud... Cannot line it up...
87' Giroud in, Benzema out
86' Juanfran with a cros to nobody. Spain controls. Fabregas in the middle... Torres has.. Whistle blown. Pick set on Sissoko by Fabregas
85' Benzema goes down... He is well... Spaniards control
84' French control as time is winding down
82' Xavi cannot complete pass to Torres... French ball
80' nothing happening for either team... Ribery gets fouled...
79' Sissoko brings it down! Benzema with the kick!.... Wide right....
77' Spain controls... Torres has ball.. Tries to go by three French defenders, but slips
76' Torres fouls... A little over anxious
Torres in for Iniesta! Receives a crazy roar from the crowd
72' Sissoko wpicks it off... Benzema with one man to beat. Gives the cross.. Sissoko too hard with kick
71' Alba with bad cutback pass
70' Spain controls once again... French lose the ball. Spain has it.. Torres warming up ....
70' Xavi with the kick... RAMOS WITH THE HEADER TOO STRONG!!
68' Pedro has ball overthrown... Spain control after French inbound... Fabregas goes for the kick... Deflected off of French player.. Corner!
67' Menez OUT Sissoko IN--- Benzema wastes another opportunity. taking too long to unload
65' Spain controls .. Juanfran on the right Lioris steps up as he say play developing ahead of him! .... Benzema open by himself... WIde right!!!!
64' French control now... MISS OPPORTUNITY!!! Were right in front of the goal. Casillas with the deflection
63' Spain controls on left side... Frnech goalie comes out for the save
63' Valbuena with foul..... Harmless thogugh as it occurred at midfield
61' Pedro with beautiful feed! Xavi takes too long to set and ball gets taken away.
60' Benzema penetrates Spanish defenders! Casillas with the save... Spain goes the other way. French do not clear... Spain still possess, physical play from France. No foul
The French improving their attack
59' Fabregas cannot handle pass behind him! Spain misses golden opportunity. Ribery on the move... Benzema offsides!!!
57' RIBERY HITS THE Left SIDE OF THE NET MISSING WIDE LEFT!!
56' French corner coming up!... Nothing on the corner. Ball deflected right to goalkeeper
54' Corner coming for Spain... No, inbound fro right side, sorry... France controls now
54' Spain on the attack. Huan fran on the outside... Inbound ball on the right side of the field
52' Lioris with the save. Iniesta controls... Surrounded by French players
52' France's Benzema called for foul
51' Spain inbounds ball from left side of field. Turns it over.. Regain ball... Juanfrna gets beautiful touch... Truns ball over. France on the attack....
49' Foul on France... Juanfran in teh game for Arbeloa
47' Arbeloa injured and gets off field...
46' Spain quickly attacks. France truns ball over... Spain gets ball back. Frnace intercepts then turns ball over. Spain controls
45' Spain get ball first.....
2ND HALF---------------------------------------------------------
Spaniards controlled the ball for 73% of the first half
45+____ ------------------------FIRST HALF IS OVER-----------------------------
44' France coughs the ball up on own side of field.. Pedro on the attack.. LIORIS WITH TWO SAVES!!!!! Fabregas and Pedro miss back-to-back shots!
43' Koscielny received yellow card for foul on Pedro.... France controls... Spain gets ball back
41' Pedro will get penalty--- Fabregas gets the kick and LIORIS WITH THE SAVE!!!
40' Spain in cntrol. Pedro with the cross... Pedro gets beautiful touch..... Koscielny commits the penalty!!!
39' France clear's Xavi's free kick with header... Spain controls in French territory
38' FRENCH SCORE BUT GOAL TAKEN AWAY AFTER OFFSIDES!!! Spain attacks. Pedro loses ball. Then gets fouled... Free kick coming from left side... Right next to the side lines
37' Free kick for France on right side of field just yards away from penalty area
36' Ball cleared by France as Spain was attacking.. Pedro had an opening but did not pull trigger! PEDRO HAD SPACE! Gave it to Iniesta who then overshot it and ball was deflected... French control
35' French with the foul on Iniesta... Spain controls
34' Debuchy down on the floor. Took knee on his behind. French inbound, but Spain controls
33' Benzema with the shot! Casillas with the SAVE! Corner comes... Frnace gets nothing
30' corner for spain. Xavi keeps it short... Arbeloa flipped by Benzema. Little bit of contact. Spain controls
28' Spain backed up in French territory... French get turnover... Cross sent to Benze man... France controls on left.... Spain clears
27' Frances wanted a foul, but a little bit of acting, faking a takedown
26' Pedro misses wide right with kick as Spain comes back for more
24' Ramos misses header!! French defense falls asleep. Ramos puts it in the top of the net. GOAL! GOAL for SPAIN. Ramos does a cartwheel as a celebration.
24' Alba working the French defense.. another cornerkick coming for Spain
23' France controls... but ball over kicked... Soain has ball
22' Corner kick.. Iniesta tackled had... Iniesta with a weak kick following the corner by Spain
21' France in control. But not for long. Spain inbounds in left side
19' Spain offsides in attempted attack
18' Spain controls at midfield. Now on left side... work it back and across to the right side
17' Lioris gets easy save. Spain's attack getting closer though
16' Spain controls once again.. Spain has ball on the left. pass over the middle intercepted, Spain gains ball back.. France intercepts. Spain regains control
14' Long corner from Xavi... Spain controls... Cazorla with kick right to Lioris, French goalkeep
13' Spain controls. Cazorla comes in attacking... France clears ball right to Xavi. Ball blocked by French defenders. Corner kick coming
12' France wastes opportunity to score... Cazorla in to play
11' push it up the right side , back to midfield now... France gets the turnover..... too long on the pass to Benzema
10' back to the action... Carzola warming up... Spain controls in French territory
8' French clear a dangerous ball by Spain... Spain then creates turnover. Control in the left of the field. Silva might have a cramp. Lays on the ground.
7' Benzema called for foul... Spain controls.
6' Spain's Casillas kicks it in... Spain controls after it looked like Menez touched ball with hand... Spain has it on the right.France pushes it forward. Spain clears
5' France possess... there is a foul... France controls.
3' Alba to strong of pass to Silva.. France inbounds... Spain in possession and almost commits turnover at midfield... Xavi with ball and opens it up to the right... France gets the turnover.
2' France defends well... Silva with a long pass. France controls
1' Spain in possession ... Fabregas attacks... Spain with ball on left side of field
0' France has ball first
Felix Byrch the official.
National anthems have been sung... Players on on the field---
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Spain gets ready to host France in Group I matchup at 3 p.m. ET. It will be a battle of undefeated teams as both are at the top of their perspective standings.
Spain defeated Belarus 4-0 last week and beat Georgia 1-0. France also beat Belarus 3-1 and they escaped out of their match against Finland with a 1-0 victory.
As you can see, Spain has not allowed a goal and are sitting in first place because of this. Today's matchup is important because it will dictate who takes the first spot in the Group I standings.
Possible Lineups (Source Goal.com)
Spain: Casillas, Arbeloa, Albiol, Ramos, Alba, Xavi, Busquets, Alonso, Pedro, Fabregas, Iniesta
France: Lloris, Debuchy, Koscielny, Sakho, Evra, Sissoko, Cabaye, Matuidi, Menez, Benzema, Ribery
Prediction:
Fans at Goal.com spoke. They give the edge to Spain as 69 percent of fans expect the Spaniards to walk out with the victory on Tuesday. 22 percent expect a win by France and about nine percent expect a draw.
Of the 69 percent who expect a Spanish victory, 17 percent expect a score of 3-1 close to 15 percent expect a 2-0 shutout and about 11 percent think it will be a close 2-1 score.
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