Match | Date | Time | Venue / Stadium | Attendance |
| 34 | 22 June 2010 | 16:00 | Mangaung/Bloemfontein / Free State Stadium | 39415 |
Referee Oscar RUIZ (COL) | Assistant Referee 1 Abraham GONZALEZ (COL) | |
Fourth Official Hector BALDASSI (ARG) | Assistant Referee 2 Humberto CLAVIJO (COL) | |
Match Commissioner Rignaal FRANCISCA (CUW) | Fifth Official Ricardo CASAS (ARG) |
| France (FRA) | Statistics | South Africa (RSA) |
| 10 | Shots | 21 |
| 4 | Shots on goal | 10 |
| 10 | Fouls Committed | 12 |
| 3 | Corner kicks | 5 |
| 1 | Direct Free Kicks to Goal | 3 |
| 0 | Indirect Free Kicks to Goal | 0 |
| 0 / 0 | Penalty Kicks | 0 / 0 |
| 6 | Offsides | 3 |
| 0 | Own Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Cautions | 0 |
| 0 | Expulsions due to Second Caution | 0 |
| 1 | Direct Expulsions | 0 |
| 50% | Possession (%) | 50% |
| 31 | Actual playing time | 31 |
| France (FRA) | Ball Possession Heat Map | South Africa (RSA) |
| 6% | 22% | 4% |
| 13% | 18% | 13% |
| 5% | 16% | 3% |
| 4% | 18% | 8% |
| 9% | 21% | 10% |
| 6% | 17% | 7% |
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 1 | Hugo LLORIS | GK | 90 | 2 | ||||||||
| 2 | Bakari SAGNA | D | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 5 | William GALLAS | D | 90 | |||||||||
| 7 | Franck RIBERY | F | 90 | 1/2 | 4 | |||||||
| 8 | Yoann GOURCUFF | M | 25 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 9 | Djibril CISSE | F | 55 | 1/3 | 1 | |||||||
| 11 | Andre Pierre GIGNAC | F | 46 | 1/2 | 2 | |||||||
| 17 | Sebastien SQUILLACI | D | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| 18 | Alou DIARRA | M | 82 | 1 | ||||||||
| 19 | Abou DIABY | M | 90 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| 22 | Gael CLICHY | D | 90 | 1 | ||||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Sidney GOVOU | F | 8 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 12 | Thierry HENRY | F | 35 | 0/2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 15 | Florent MALOUDA | M | 44 | 1 | 1/1 | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 4/10 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| # | Name | Pos | Min | GF | GA | SG/S | PK | Fouls | Y | 2Y=R | R | |
| FC | FS | |||||||||||
| 1 | Moneeb JOSEPHS | GK | 90 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | Tsepo MASILELA | D | 90 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 4 | Aaron MOKOENA | D | 90 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 5 | Anele NGCONGCA | D | 55 | |||||||||
| 6 | MacBeth SIBAYA | M | 90 | 0/1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 8 | Siphiwe TSHABALALA | M | 90 | 1/5 | 1 | |||||||
| 9 | Katlego MPHELA | F | 90 | 1 | 5/7 | 2 | ||||||
| 10 | Steven PIENAAR | M | 90 | 2/3 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| 17 | Bernard PARKER | F | 68 | 1/1 | ||||||||
| 20 | Bongani KHUMALO | D | 90 | 1 | 1/1 | 1 | ||||||
| 23 | Thanduyise KHUBONI | M | 78 | 0/1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| Substitutes | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Siboniso GAXA | D | 35 | 1 | ||||||||
| 11 | Teko MODISE | M | 12 | 0/2 | ||||||||
| 18 | Siyabonga NOMVETHE | F | 22 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 10/21 | 12 | 10 | |||||||
| a.e.t.: | After extra time | (C): | Captain | PSO: | Penalty Shoot-out |
| GK: | Goalkeeper | N: | Not eligible to play | I: | Injured |
| Y: | Yellow cards | Pos: | Positions | A: | Absent |
| D: | Defender | M: | Midfielder | Min: | Minutes played |
| GF: | Goals for | GA: | Goals against | PK: | Penalty Kicks |
| FC: | Fouls Committed | FS: | Fouls Suffered | R: | Direct Expulsions |
| F: | Forward | SG/S: | Shots on Goal/Shots | Y: 2Y=R: | Yellow cards Expulsions due to Second Caution |
Match Report