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18/06/2011 - WeatherClear
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Summary

French maul lethargic Argentina
Argentina looked tired and out of sorts in their Group B opener against France, who looked anything but, putting in a fine performance behind the outstanding Yassine Benzia. More »

Line-up

16
12
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
7
8
10
9
13
10
15
11
17
20
18

Substitute(s)

1
1
19
21
7
6
12
8
13
9
14
11
15
14
17
16
18
19
21
20

Coaches

Patrick GONFALONE (FRA)
(ARG) Oscar GARRE

Officials

Referee: Roberto GARCIA (MEX)Assistant Referee 1: Alejandro AYALA (MEX)Assistant Referee 2: Victor CALDERON (MEX)Fourth official: Paul DELGADILLO (MEX)

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Statistics

23Shots8
6Corner kicks2
1Yellow cards0
0Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards0
46%Possession (%)54%
  • Yassine Benzia of France celebrates after scoring du
  • Sebastian Haller and Raphael Calvet celebrate with Abdakllah Yaisien
  • Abdakllah Yaisien of France celebrates after scoring
  • Abdakllah Yaisien of France celebrates after scoring during the Group
  • Adam Nkusu of France tackles Ezequeil Baez of Argentina during the Grou
  • Sebastian Haller of France goes past Enzo Beloso and Maximiliano Padil
"This team of Argentina has a lot attacking potential. We didn't want to give them any chance to use it," France coach Patrick Gonfalone.
TeamMPGFGAPts
JPN3527
FRA3525
ARG3373
JAM3241

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