FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011

Matches

10/08/2011

France Ecuador

1:0

1:0 (0:0)

Antoine GRIEZMANN (75')

Match 44 - Round of 16

Cartagena
Estadio Olímpico Jaime Morón León

Referee: KIM Dong Jin (KOR)

Summary

France edge Ecuador for last-eight berth

A solitary second-half goal from Antoine Griezmann secured a narrow 1-0 victory for France over Ecuador in their Round of 16 contest and a place in the quarter-finals.

Highlights

Line-up

FRA

ECU

21 Jonathan LIGALI (GK) $.img{src:'/s/339649.png'} FRA21 Jonathan LIGALI	1 (GK) John JARAMILLO $.img{src:'/s/336854.png'} ECU1 John JARAMILLO
2 Loic NEGO $.img{src:'/s/336456.png'} FRA2 Loic NEGO	2 Mario PINEIDA $.img{src:'/s/336855.png'} ECU2 Mario PINEIDA
3 Thomas FONTAINE $.img{src:'/s/339654.png'} FRA3 Thomas FONTAINE	3 John NARVAEZ $.img{src:'/s/336856.png'} ECU3 John NARVAEZ
5 Sebastien FAURE $.img{src:'/s/336431.png'} FRA5 Sebastien FAURE	5 (C) Dennis QUINONEZ $.img{src:'/s/336860.png'} ECU5 Dennis QUINONEZ
6 Clement GRENIER $.img{src:'/s/336434.png'} FRA6 Clement GRENIER	6 Edder FUERTES $.img{src:'/s/336861.png'} ECU6 Edder FUERTES
8 Gueida FOFANA (C) $.img{src:'/s/336433.png'} FRA8 Gueida FOFANA	7 Fernando GAIBOR $.img{src:'/s/336862.png'} ECU7 Fernando GAIBOR
10 Gilles SUNU $.img{src:'/s/336458.png'} FRA10 Gilles SUNU (-88' )	9 Marlon DE JESUS $.img{src:'/s/336865.png'} ECU9 Marlon DE JESUS
11 Antoine GRIEZMANN $.img{src:'/s/336435.png'} FRA11 Antoine GRIEZMANN (-76' )	11 Marcos CAICEDO $.img{src:'/s/336867.png'} ECU11 Marcos CAICEDO
13 Francis COQUELIN $.img{src:'/s/336429.png'} FRA13 Francis COQUELIN	13 Edson MONTANO $.img{src:'/s/336868.png'} ECU13 Edson MONTANO
14 Timothee KOLODZIEJCZAK $.img{src:'/s/336442.png'} FRA14 Timothee KOLODZIEJCZAK	14 Dixon ARROYO $.img{src:'/s/336859.png'} ECU14 Dixon ARROYO
17 Cedric BAKAMBU $.img{src:'/s/336425.png'} FRA17 Cedric BAKAMBU (-50' )	19 (-46'HT ) Brayan DE LA TORRE $.img{src:'/s/344629.png'} ECU19 Brayan DE LA TORRE

Substitute(s)

1 Pierrick CROS (GK) $.img{src:'/s/339647.png'} FRA1 Pierrick CROS	12 (GK) Johan PADILLA $.img{src:'/s/344579.png'} ECU12 Johan PADILLA
16 Lucas VERONESE (GK) $.img{src:'/s/339723.png'} FRA16 Lucas VERONESE	21 (GK) Freddy CARCELEN $.img{src:'/s/344581.png'} ECU21 Freddy CARCELEN
4 Florian LEJEUNE $.img{src:'/s/339657.png'} FRA4 Florian LEJEUNE	4 Wilson MORANTE $.img{src:'/s/344624.png'} ECU4 Wilson MORANTE
7 Gael KAKUTA $.img{src:'/s/336439.png'} FRA7 Gael KAKUTA (+76')	8 Yeison ORDONEZ $.img{src:'/s/344628.png'} ECU8 Yeison ORDONEZ
9 Yannis TAFER $.img{src:'/s/336460.png'} FRA9 Yannis TAFER	10 Juan GOVEA $.img{src:'/s/344632.png'} ECU10 Juan GOVEA
15 Lionel CAROLE $.img{src:'/s/339656.png'} FRA15 Lionel CAROLE	15 (+46'HT) Juan CAZARES $.img{src:'/s/336866.png'} ECU15 Juan CAZARES
18 Maxime COLIN $.img{src:'/s/339651.png'} FRA18 Maxime COLIN	16 Christian CRUZ $.img{src:'/s/344626.png'} ECU16 Christian CRUZ
19 Alexandre LACAZETTE $.img{src:'/s/336447.png'} FRA19 Alexandre LACAZETTE (+50')	17 Jorge CUESTA $.img{src:'/s/344633.png'} ECU17 Jorge CUESTA
20 Enzo REALE $.img{src:'/s/336457.png'} FRA20 Enzo REALE (+88')	18 Danny LUNA $.img{src:'/s/344637.png'} ECU18 Danny LUNA
12 Kalidou KOULIBALY $.img{src:'/s/339820.png'} FRA12 Kalidou KOULIBALY	20 Christian ONA $.img{src:'/s/336871.png'} ECU20 Christian ONA

Coaches

Francis SMERECKI (FRA)

(ECU) Sixto VIZUETE

Officials

Referee: KIM Dong Jin (KOR)Assistant Referee 1: LEE Jungmin (KOR)Assistant Referee 2: YANG Byoung Eun (KOR)Fourth official: Abdulrahman ABDOU (QAT)

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Latest Comments:

16/08/2011 at 01:50

A.Mazumder (USA)

France is indeed a good team. I hope they can manage to upset Portugal. But after that, they're playing Brazil or Mexico, who are both my teams.

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12/08/2011 at 01:12

Dr.AndresY2. (USA)

the ecuadorian players were too selfish when they were in the box. de jesus, montano, and caicedo each wanted to do everything on his own-- each wanted to be a superstar on his own. they were shooting the ball from 1,000 miles away or trying to dribble around 1,000 players. that's not the way to play soccer, and that's not the way to play life. but these kids are only kids, so i blame the adults for the loss. the coaches have to properly prepare their players and intelligently manage the game.

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12/08/2011 at 00:37

reliquias (Costa Rica)

French soccer has improved a lot since they have Mynor Escoe (the best Costa Rican player on U-20 Colombia tournament) playing in France with the Llorient...

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Statistics

FRA

ECU

12	Shots	22
3	Corner kicks	6
1	Yellow cards	1
0	Second yellow card and red card	0
0	Red Cards	0
52%	Possession (%)	48%

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Quotes

"Today was a clash between two national teams with the same profile, the same playing philosophy. It was an evenly matched game, both teams had good chances and it was clear that whoever scored first would win."
Francis Smerecki, France coach

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FIFA U-20 World Cup Colombia 2011

Matches

FranceEcuador

Summary

Line-up

FRA21

ECU1

FRA2

ECU2

FRA3

ECU3

FRA5

ECU5

FRA6

ECU6

FRA8

ECU7

FRA10

ECU9

FRA11

ECU11

FRA13

ECU13

FRA14

ECU14

FRA17

ECU19

Substitute(s)

FRA1

ECU12

FRA16

ECU21

FRA4

ECU4

FRA7

ECU8

FRA9

ECU10

FRA15

ECU15

FRA18

ECU16

FRA19

ECU17

FRA20

ECU18

FRA12

ECU20

Coaches

Officials

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Statistics

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Quotes

France Ecuador