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World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone 2010 - Group 7

Stade de France - Saint-Denis - France

September 10, 2008

53 027

France

2 - 1

Serbia

Assist by Sidney Govou (right foot) Thierry Henry

54'

Assist by Yoann Gourcuff (right foot) Nicolas Anelka

64'

76'

Branislav Ivanovic (header) Assist by Bosko Jankovic

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5' - Substitution Dejan Stankovicis substituted by Gojko Kacar

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46' - Substitution Karim Benzemais substituted by Nicolas Anelka46

54' - Goal Thierry Henry54

57' - Substitution Ivan Ergicis substituted by Nikola Zigic

64' - Goal Nicolas Anelka64

69' - Substitution Miralem Sulejmaniis substituted by Milos Krasic

76' - Goal Branislav Ivanovic

82' - Substitution Sidney Govouis substituted by Alou Diarra82

94' - Substitution Yoann Gourcuffis substituted by Mathieu Flamini94

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Team line-ups

France

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Henry54

Thierry Henry

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age31 years

H1m88

positionStriker

Benzema46

Karim Benzema

France

B.date19/12/1987

Age20 years

H1m82

positionCentre forward

Gourcuff90+4

Yoann Gourcuff

France

B.date11/07/1986

Age22 years

H1m85

positionPlaymaker

Govou82

Sidney Govou

France

B.date27/07/1979

Age29 years

H1m78

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Toulalan

Jérémy Toulalan

France

B.date10/09/1983

Age25 years

H1m83

positionDefensive Midfielder

L. Diarra

Lassana Diarra

France

B.date10/03/1985

Age23 years

H1m73

positionDefensive Midfielder

Clichy

Gaël Clichy

France

B.date26/07/1985

Age23 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Abidal

Éric Abidal

France

B.date11/07/1979

Age29 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

Gallas

William Gallas

France

B.date17/08/1977

Age31 years

H1m81

positionLeft central defender

Sagna

Bacary Sagna

France

B.date14/02/1983

Age25 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

Mandanda

Steve Mandanda

France

B.date28/03/1985

Age23 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Steve Mandanda		23	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Éric Abidal		29	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	William Gallas		31	67	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Bacary Sagna		25	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gaël Clichy		23	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Lassana Diarra		23	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Jérémy Toulalan		25	19	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Sidney Govou	82	29	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yoann Gourcuff	90+4	22	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Karim Benzema	46	20	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Thierry Henry	54	31	105	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Serbia

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Pantelic

Marko Pantelic

Serbia

B.date15/09/1978

Age29 years

H1m83

positionStriker

Sulejmani69

Miralem Sulejmani

Serbia

B.date05/12/1988

Age19 years

H1m79

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Jankovic

Bosko Jankovic

Serbia

B.date01/03/1984

Age24 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Stankovic5

Dejan Stankovic

Serbia

B.date11/09/1978

Age29 years

H1m81

positionPlaymaker

Kuzmanovic

Zdravko Kuzmanovic

Serbia

B.date22/09/1987

Age20 years

H1m86

positionLeft central midfielder

Ergic57

Ivan Ergic

Serbia

B.date21/01/1981

Age27 years

H1m86

positionCentre Midfield

Tosic

Dusko Tosic

Serbia

B.date19/01/1985

Age23 years

H1m84

positionLeft full-back

Krstajic

Mladen Krstajic

Serbia

B.date04/03/1974

Age34 years

H1m91

positionLeft central defender

Vidic

Nemanja Vidic

Serbia

B.date21/10/1981

Age26 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

Ivanovic76

Branislav Ivanovic

Serbia

B.date22/02/1984

Age24 years

H1m88

positionRight full-back

Stojkovic

Vladimir Stojkovic

Serbia

B.date28/07/1983

Age25 years

H1m95

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Vladimir Stojkovic		25	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mladen Krstajic		34	10	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Nemanja Vidic		26	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Branislav Ivanovic	76	24	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Dusko Tosic		23	9	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ivan Ergic	57	27	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Zdravko Kuzmanovic		20	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dejan Stankovic	5	29	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Miralem Sulejmani	69	19	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Bosko Jankovic		24	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Marko Pantelic		29	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Alou Diarra	82	27	15	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Mathieu Flamini	90+4	24	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nicolas Anelka	6446	29	53	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Milos Krasic	69	23	13	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gojko Kacar	5	21	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Nikola Zigic	57	27	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Éric Abidal

Philippe Mexès

OUT

Gaël Clichy

Patrice Evra

OUT

Yoann Gourcuff

Samir Nasri

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mladen Krstajic

Ivica Dragutinovic

OUT

Vladimir Stojkovic

Vladimir Disljenkovic

OUT

Miralem Sulejmani

Milos Krasic

OUT

Branislav Ivanovic

Antonio Rukavina

OUT

Bosko Jankovic

Zoran Tosic

OUT

Ivan Ergic

Nenad Milijas

OUT

Dusko Tosic

Ivan Obradovic

OUT

Zdravko Kuzmanovic

Nikola Zigic

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Raymond Domenech

Success rate in this team:

56 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

50 %

Domenech vs Serbia

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 2008

Domenech vs Antic

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Radomir Antic

Success rate in this team:

50 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

43 %

Antic vs France

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 2008

Antic vs Domenech

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on September 10, 2008

Referee

Olegario Benquerença

1 victory	1 draw	0 loss	France2 matches	General total	Serbia2 matches	0 victory	1 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	France1 match	Season total	Serbia1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on September 10, 2008					Latest figure on September 07, 2010

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Important actions

90+4'		End of game.
90+4'		Yoann Gourcuff is substituted by Mathieu Flamini.
90+2'		Cross deflected by Nikola Zigic.
86'		Nikola Zigic misses the target.
85'		Yoann Gourcuff misses the target.
84'		Cross deflected by Gaël Clichy.
82'		Sidney Govou is substituted by Alou Diarra.
81'		Cross deflected by Bosko Jankovic.
80'		Milos Krasic misses the target.
79'		Cross deflected by Bosko Jankovic.
79'		Corner.
78'		Foul conceded by Thierry Henry.
78'		Cross deflected by Sidney Govou.
76'		GOOOAAAAL!! Branislav Ivanovic scores. Assist by Bosko Jankovic.
76'		Cross deflected by Bosko Jankovic.
76'		Corner.
75'		Bacary Sagna misses the target.
73'		Yoann Gourcuff misses the target.
72'		Nikola Zigic is caught offside.
71'		Cross deflected by Milos Krasic.
71'		Cross deflected by Yoann Gourcuff.
69'		Miralem Sulejmani is substituted by Milos Krasic.
68'		Cross deflected by Yoann Gourcuff.
68'		Corner.
68'		Thierry Henry shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
64'		GOOOAAAAL!! Nicolas Anelka scores. Assist by Yoann Gourcuff.
64'		Nicolas Anelka shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
62'		Jérémy Toulalan misses the target.
61'		Cross deflected by Yoann Gourcuff.
61'		Corner.
61'		Nicolas Anelka shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
60'		Nicolas Anelka shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
57'		Ivan Ergic is substituted by Nikola Zigic.
54'		GOOOAAAAL!! Thierry Henry scores. Assist by Sidney Govou.
54'		Thierry Henry shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
50'		Cross deflected by Yoann Gourcuff.
50'		Yellow card! Branislav Ivanovic is shown a YELLOW CARD.
50'		Foul on Thierry Henry conceded by Branislav Ivanovic.
48'		Nicolas Anelka shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
48'		Foul on Thierry Henry.
47'		Cross deflected by Bacary Sagna.
46'		Karim Benzema is substituted by Nicolas Anelka.
45'		Second half.
45+3'		Half time.
45+2'		Cross deflected by Sidney Govou.
45+1'		William Gallas misses the target.
44'		Jérémy Toulalan misses the target.
44'		Cross deflected by Bacary Sagna.
43'		Foul on Vladimir Stojkovic conceded by Lassana Diarra.
42'		Cross deflected by Yoann Gourcuff.
42'		Corner.
42'		Karim Benzema misses the target.
41'		Yoann Gourcuff shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
39'		Cross deflected by Yoann Gourcuff.
39'		Corner.
39'		Yoann Gourcuff misses the target.
38'		Foul conceded by Thierry Henry.
34'		Nemanja Vidic misses the target.
33'		Cross deflected by Miralem Sulejmani.
33'		Corner.
31'		Karim Benzema shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
31'		Cross deflected by Yoann Gourcuff.
30'		Cross deflected by Gaël Clichy.
29'		Cross deflected by Miralem Sulejmani.
27'		Foul conceded by Thierry Henry.
23'		Cross deflected by Bosko Jankovic.
20'		Cross deflected by Bacary Sagna.
18'		Foul conceded by Jérémy Toulalan.
17'		Cross deflected by Yoann Gourcuff.
17'		Corner.
16'		Cross deflected by Yoann Gourcuff.
16'		Thierry Henry shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
16'		Cross deflected by Bacary Sagna.
13'		Cross deflected by Gaël Clichy.
12'		Cross deflected by Gaël Clichy.
11'		Karim Benzema shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
10'		Cross deflected by Karim Benzema.
8'		Corner.
8'		Cross deflected by Gojko Kacar.
5'		Foul on Yoann Gourcuff.
5'		Dejan Stankovic is substituted by Gojko Kacar.
3'		Lassana Diarra shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
2'		Cross deflected by Gaël Clichy.
1'		Foul on Thierry Henry conceded by Dejan Stankovic.
0'		First half.

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Key figures

It's the first time Thierry Henry scores a goal in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone since the 07/09/2005 (with France vs Ireland )

It's the first time Nicolas Anelka scores 1 goal in World Cup Qualifying - Europe Zone

It's the first time Branislav Ivanovic scores a goal in his professional career with since the 12/09/2007 (with vs )

Read the next 13 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFrance 2-0 Lithuania17/10/2007

DFrance 2-2 Morocco16/11/2007

VFrance 1-0 England26/03/2008

VFrance 2-0 Ecuador27/05/2008

DFrance 0-0 Paraguay31/05/2008

VFrance 1-0 Colombia03/06/2008

Overall

VFrance 1-0 Colombia03/06/2008

DRomania 0-0 France09/06/2008

LNetherlands 4-1 France13/06/2008

LFrance 0-2 Italy17/06/2008

VSweden 2-3 France20/08/2008

LAustria 3-1 France06/09/2008

Current form

Away

DArmenia 0-0 Serbia13/10/2007

VAzerbaijan 1-6 Serbia17/10/2007

DNorth Macedonia 1-1 Serbia06/02/2008

LUkraine 2-0 Serbia26/03/2008

DIreland 1-1 Serbia24/05/2008

LGermany 2-1 Serbia31/05/2008

Overall

DNorth Macedonia 1-1 Serbia06/02/2008

LUkraine 2-0 Serbia26/03/2008

DIreland 1-1 Serbia24/05/2008

LRussia 2-1 Serbia28/05/2008

LGermany 2-1 Serbia31/05/2008

VSerbia 2-0 Faroe Islands06/09/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	0
Loosing streak	0	1
Unbeaten streak	6	0
Winless streak	0	1
Drawless streak	1	4
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	0	4
Invincibility streak	4	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	0	1
Loosing streak	1	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	4	0
Drawless streak	1	3
Scoring streak	2	4
Conceding streak	5	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

1	Number of games (Competition total)	1
0	Number of games (Home / Away)	0
0	Victories (Competition total)	1
0	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	0
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	0
0	Losses (Home / Away)	0

Goals

1	Goals scored (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
3	Goals conceded (Competition total)	0
0	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	2
0	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
3	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	0
0	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	0

Betting aid

1	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	0
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
0	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
1	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0

Bookings

0	Yellow cards (Competition total)	1
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

Sidney Govou	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	1 goal	Nikola Zigic
Patrice Evra	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)		-
Sidney Govou	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Nikola Zigic