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France 2-0 Luxembourg - October 12, 2010 / Eliminatoires Euro 2012

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Eliminatoires Euro 2012 - Groupe D

Stade Saint-Symphorien - Longeville-lès-Metz - France

October 12, 2010

24 710

France

2 - 0

Luxembourg

Assist by Yoann Gourcuff (left foot) Karim Benzema

22'

Assist by Dimitri Payet (right foot) Yoann Gourcuff

76'

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22' - Goal Karim Benzema22

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53' - Substitution Aurélien Joachimis substituted by Joel Kitenge

54' - Red card René Peters

63' - Substitution Florent Maloudais substituted by Samir Nasri photo Dimitri Payet

63' - Substitution Karim Benzemais substituted by Dimitri Payet63

69' - Substitution Tom Laterzais substituted by Jeff Strasser

73' - Substitution Guillaume Hoarauis substituted by Loïc Rémy73

76' - Goal Yoann Gourcuff76

85' - Substitution Gilles Bettmeris substituted by Daniel da Mota

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Team line-ups LIVE Key figures Pre-match Competition info

France

2 - 0

Luxembourg

France Luxembourg

Team line-ups

France

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Hoarau73

Guillaume Hoarau

France

B.date05/03/1984

Age26 years

H1m92

positionStriker

Benzema2263

Karim Benzema

France

B.date19/12/1987

Age22 years

H1m82

positionCentre forward

Gourcuff76

Yoann Gourcuff

France

B.date11/07/1986

Age24 years

H1m85

positionPlaymaker

Malouda63

Florent Malouda

France

B.date13/06/1980

Age30 years

H1m81

positionLeft Winger

Diaby

Abou Diaby

France

B.date11/05/1986

Age24 years

H1m91

positionCentre Midfield

Diarra

Alou Diarra

France

B.date15/07/1981

Age29 years

H1m90

positionDefensive Midfielder

Clichy

Gaël Clichy

France

B.date26/07/1985

Age25 years

H1m76

positionLeft full-back

Mexès

Philippe Mexès

France

B.date30/03/1982

Age28 years

H1m87

positionSweeper

Rami

Adil Rami

France

B.date27/12/1985

Age24 years

H1m90

positionCentral defender

Réveillère

Anthony Réveillère

France

B.date10/11/1979

Age30 years

H1m81

positionRight full-back

Lloris

Hugo Lloris

France

B.date26/12/1986

Age23 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Hugo Lloris		23	18	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Philippe Mexès		28	16	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Adil Rami		24	5	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Anthony Réveillère		30	8	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Gaël Clichy		25	9	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Alou Diarra		29	29	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Abou Diaby		24	11	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Yoann Gourcuff	76	24	24	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Guillaume Hoarau	73	26	3	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Florent Malouda	63	30	61	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Karim Benzema	2263	22	31	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.9 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Luxembourg

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

Joachim53

Aurélien Joachim

Luxembourg

B.date10/08/1986

Age24 years

H1m84

positionStriker

Leweck

Charles Leweck

Luxembourg

B.date19/07/1983

Age27 years

H1m73

positionRight Offensive Midfielder

Bettmer85

Gilles Bettmer

Luxembourg

B.date31/03/1989

Age21 years

H1m75

positionMidfield

Payal

Ben Payal

Luxembourg

B.date08/09/1988

Age22 years

H1m80

positionCentre Midfield

Laterza69

Tom Laterza

Luxembourg

B.date09/05/1992

Age18 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Peters54

René Peters

Luxembourg

B.date15/06/1981

Age29 years

positionMidfield

Mutsch

Mario Mutsch

Luxembourg

B.date03/09/1984

Age26 years

H1m73

positionRight full-back

Hoffmann

Eric Hoffmann

Luxembourg

B.date21/06/1984

Age26 years

positionCentral defender

Blaise

Guy Blaise

Luxembourg

B.date12/12/1980

Age29 years

H1m84

positionLeft central defender

Schnell

Tom Schnell

Luxembourg

B.date08/10/1985

Age25 years

H1m80

positionRight full-back

Joubert

Jonathan Joubert

Luxembourg

B.date12/09/1979

Age31 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

			Age	Match num	Note
G	Jonathan Joubert		31	38	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Eric Hoffmann		26	68	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Guy Blaise		29	11	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Tom Laterza	69	18	7	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Tom Schnell		25	16	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
D	Mario Mutsch		26	44	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Gilles Bettmer	85	21	37	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Ben Payal		22	34	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	René Peters	54	29	80	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Charles Leweck		27	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Aurélien Joachim	53	24	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.3 years

Average number of matches played for the team

			Age	Match num	Note
M	Samir Nasri	63	23	18	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
M	Dimitri Payet	63	23	2	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Loïc Rémy	73	23	5	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

			Age	Match num	Note
D	Jeff Strasser	69	36	98	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Daniel da Mota	85	25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
F	Joel Kitenge	53	22	25	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Yoann Gourcuff

Samir Nasri

OUT

Abou Diaby

Mathieu Valbuena

OUT

Guillaume Hoarau

Yann M'Vila

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Mario Mutsch

Kim Kintziger

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Laurent Blanc

Success rate in this team:

60 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

59 %

Blanc vs Luxembourg

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 12, 2010

Blanc vs Holtz

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on October 12, 2010

Manager

Age

Match num

Luc Holtz

Success rate in this team:

0 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

55 %

Holtz vs France

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 12, 2010

Holtz vs Blanc

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on October 12, 2010

Referee

Matej Jug

1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	France1 match	General total	Luxembourg1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	France1 match	Season total	Luxembourg1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on October 12, 2010					Latest figure on October 12, 2010

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22:51		Merci de nous avoir suivi, et bonne soirée !
22:51		C'est fini ! Victoire poussive des Bleus, la troisième consécutive, la France reste en tête du groupe. D'ici au mois de mars, Laurent Blanc a encore beaucoup de travail.
90+4'		Fin du match.
90+3'		Faute on Samir Nasri.
90+3'		Samir Nasri oblige le gardien à un arrêt de grande classe. Belle frappe tendue après un joli numéro !
90+2'		Adil Rami envoie le ballon directement dans les tribunes.
90+1'		Payet tombe dans la surface, l'arbitre ne dit rien.
90+1'		Centre by Dimitri Payet. Centre trop puissant de Payet pour Gourcuff !
89'		Yoann Gourcuff voit sa tentative bloquée par le gardien. Bonne tête du Lyonnais, qui finit dans les gants de Joubert.
89'		Centre by Dimitri Payet.
89'		Dimitri Payet est signalé en position de hors-jeu.
87'		Centre by Dimitri Payet.
86'		Centre repoussé par la défense by Gaël Clichy.
85'		Gilles Bettmer is substituted by Daniel da Mota.
83'		Faute on Joel Kitenge conceded by Alou Diarra.
82'		La France mène 2-0, mais ne s'est pas du tout rassurée dans son jeu.
80'		Samir Nasri ne réussit pas à cadrer sa tentative.
80'		Centre en retrait by Loïc Rémy.
80'		Faute on Joel Kitenge conceded by Yoann Gourcuff.
78'		Faute on Charles Leweck.
77'		Et de deux ! Payet joue vite le coup-franc pour Gourcuff, qui trompe de 20 mètres un Joubert suspect sur le coup !
76'		GOOOAAAAL!! Yoann Gourcuff marque un but de l'extérieur de la surface de réparation. Assist by Dimitri Payet.
76'		Faute on Loïc Rémy conceded by Charles Leweck.
75'		Guy Blaise oblige le gardien à s'employer. Joli retourné sur ce corner, heureusement Lloris veille !
74'		Corner. Corner laissé bêtement par Mexès !
73'		Guillaume Hoarau is substituted by Loïc Rémy. Le Parisien n'a pas très bien été trouvé dans la surface.
73'		Centre manqué by Gaël Clichy.
71'		Guillaume Hoarau voit sa tentative frôler les montants. Frappe en déséquilibre, ça passe tout près !
71'		Centre en retrait by Samir Nasri.
70'		Faute on Dimitri Payet.
69'		Tom Laterza is substituted by Jeff Strasser.
69'		Faute on Philippe Mexès conceded by Joel Kitenge.
67'		Encore 25 minutes à tenir pour les joueurs luxembourgeois, qui souffrent terriblement.
66'		Faute on Ben Payal conceded by Dimitri Payet.
65'		Centre by Anthony Réveillère.
65'		Yoann Gourcuff oblige le gardien à un arrêt de grande classe.
64'		On attends toujours que la France se mette définitivement à l'abri et soigne sa différence de buts !
64'		Faute on Yoann Gourcuff.
63'		Florent Malouda is substituted by Samir Nasri.
63'		Karim Benzema is substituted by Dimitri Payet.
61'		Tentative contrée de Bettmer à l'entrée de la surface !
61'		Faute on Ben Payal conceded by Florent Malouda.
60'		Florent Malouda ne réussit pas à cadrer sa tentative. Ballon piqué de Gourcuff, Joubert se troue mais la tête de Malouda passe à côté !
60'		Centre by Yoann Gourcuff.
59'		Ça devient compliqué pour le Grand-Duché !
58'		Gaël Clichy ne réussit pas à cadrer sa tentative.
58'		Centre en retrait by Anthony Réveillère.
57'		Abou Diaby voit sa tentative frôler les montants. Tête au premier poteau, juste à côté !
57'		Centre by Anthony Réveillère.
56'		Centre repoussé par la défense by Gaël Clichy.
56'		Le néo Lyonnais va finalement revenir sur la pelouse.
55'		Guillaume Hoarau voit sa tentative bloquée par le gardien.
54'		Carton rouge mérité, Gourcuff va devoir sortir sur une civière... gros coup dur pour la France et l'OL...
54'		Red card! René Peters reçoit un 2e carton jaune synonyme de ROUGE.
53'		Faute on Yoann Gourcuff conceded by René Peters.
53'		Aurélien Joachim is substituted by Joel Kitenge.
51'		Corner botté by Yoann Gourcuff.
51'		Corner.
50'		La France joue plus haut, et se crée des occasions.
48'		Guillaume Hoarau oblige le gardien à s'employer. Bon relais de Gourcuff pour Hoarau, et Joubert se jette devant l'attaquant parisien !
48'		Faute on Mario Mutsch conceded by Anthony Réveillère.
46'		Ballon de Malouda vers Hoarau, Joubert intervient.
46'		C'est reparti !!
45'		Deuxième période.
45+2'		Mi-temps.
45+1'		Faute on Mario Mutsch conceded by Abou Diaby.
45'		Centre by Anthony Réveillère. C'est la pause ! Le Luxembourg a parfaitement tenu son plan, à savoir défendre à onze et ne laisser aucun espace. Malgré tout, l'essentiel est fait, avec ce petit but d'avance. A dans 15 minutes !
44'		On assiste à une fin de mi-temps sans rythme, hachée par les fautes.
42'		Yellow card! Adil Rami écope d'un CARTON JAUNE. Mauvais tacle de Rami, logiquement averti.
42'		Tacle les deux pieds décolés du sol on Charles Leweck conceded by Adil Rami.
40'		Centre repoussé par la défense by Florent Malouda.
39'		Faute de main conceded by René Peters.
38'		Faute on Aurélien Joachim conceded by Philippe Mexès.
37'		Autant Diaby joue collectif, autant Malouda s'entête dans des actions individuelles sans intérêt ni réussite.
36'		Abou Diaby oblige le gardien à s'employer. La même que tout à l'heure, et là encore Joubert bloque !
35'		Faute on Yoann Gourcuff conceded by René Peters.
34'		Guillaume Hoarau voit sa tentative frôler les montants. Belle tête de 15 mètres, à côté ! Enfin un bon centre !
34'		Centre by Florent Malouda.
33'		Abou Diaby oblige le gardien à s'employer. Belle frappe tendue, Joubert capte en deux temps.
31'		Le Luxembourg se risque dans le camp français, grâce à Mutsch, sans grand danger finalement.
29'		Yellow card! René Peters écope d'un CARTON JAUNE.
29'		Tacle les deux pieds décolés du sol on Alou Diarra conceded by René Peters.
29'		Yoann Gourcuff ne réussit pas à cadrer sa tentative. Frappe de 25 mètres, tendue, qui passe à côté.
28'		Malgré tout, la France joue trop dans l'axe, et délaisse trop les couloirs. Du coup, les occasions se font rares.
26'		Et la ola se saisit de Saint-Symphorien !
24'		Deux tirs cadrés, un but : l'efficacité est là. Joubert ne pouvait rien.
22'		GOOOAAAAL!! Karim Benzema marque un but !. Assist by Yoann Gourcuff. Et le but !!! Sur ce deuxième corner consécutif, le centre de Goucruff survole tout le monde et parvient à Benzema, tout seul, qui contrôle et marque du gauche dans le petit filet opposé ! La France ouvre enfin le score !
22'		Corner botté by Yoann Gourcuff.
22'		Corner.
22'		Philippe Mexès oblige le gardien à s'employer.
22'		Centre capté par le gardien by Florent Malouda.
21'		Corner.
20'		Le Luxembourg repousse ce ballon de Gourcuff.
20'		Faute on Florent Malouda conceded by Tom Laterza. Attention à ce coup-franc à 40 mètres !
17'		Le plan du Grand-Duché fonctionne à merveille pour l'instant, mais ça va être compliqué de tenir ce rythme longtemps.
15'		Faute on Ben Payal conceded by Florent Malouda.
15'		Réveillère déborde et veut centrer, mais il est contré dans la surface.
13'		Abou Diaby dévisse complètement son tir. Essai de 25 mètres, ça passe à gauche du but de Joubert.
11'		Gaël Clichy envoie le ballon directement dans les tribunes. Corner mal repoussé, Clichy tente sa chance, c'est raté.
11'		Corner botté by Florent Malouda.
10'		Corner.
10'		Centre by Anthony Réveillère.
9'		Le Luxembourg est dominé mais Joubert n'a pas encore vu de frappe le menacer.
9'		Faute on Yoann Gourcuff conceded by Ben Payal.
7'		Faute on Alou Diarra conceded by Mario Mutsch.
6'		Les Bleus souffrent pour trouver des espaces face à une équipe regroupée autour de sa surface.
5'		Croc-en-jambe on Ben Payal conceded by Abou Diaby.
3'		La possession est exclusivement française d'entrée, ça fait deux minutes que le Luxembourg n'a pas touché le ballon.
1'		C'est parti !!
0'		Première période.

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Key figures

Luxembourg keeps its 13 consecutive matches without a win away from home running (since 31/07/1948). It's a record streak. The first of history

France keeps its 15 matches with at least 2 goals scored vs Luxembourg running (since 29/10/1911). It's a record streak. The first of history

France keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a loss vs Luxembourg at home in Eliminatoires Euro running (since 26/11/1966). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 51 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VFrance 3-1 Austria14/10/2009

DFrance 1-1 Ireland18/11/2009

LFrance 0-2 Spain03/03/2010

VFrance 2-1 Costa Rica26/05/2010

LFrance 0-1 Belarus03/09/2010

VFrance 2-0 Romania09/10/2010

Overall

LFrance 0-2 Mexico17/06/2010

LSouth Africa 2-1 France22/06/2010

LNorway 2-1 France11/08/2010

LFrance 0-1 Belarus03/09/2010

VBosnia and Herzegovina 0-2 France07/09/2010

VFrance 2-0 Romania09/10/2010

Current form

Away

LLatvia 2-0 Luxembourg01/04/2009

DMoldova 0-0 Luxembourg05/09/2009

LIsrael 7-0 Luxembourg09/09/2009

LGreece 2-1 Luxembourg14/10/2009

LWales 5-1 Luxembourg11/08/2010

LAlbania 1-0 Luxembourg07/09/2010

Overall

LLuxembourg 1-2 Azerbaijan03/03/2010

DLuxembourg 0-0 Faroe Islands04/06/2010

LWales 5-1 Luxembourg11/08/2010

LLuxembourg 0-3 Bosnia and Herzegovina03/09/2010

LAlbania 1-0 Luxembourg07/09/2010

DLuxembourg 0-0 Belarus08/10/2010

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	4	6
Scoring streak	1	2
Invincibility streak	1	2

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Drawing streak	0	1
Loosing streak	4	0
Unbeaten streak	0	1
Winless streak	6	17
Drawless streak	4	0
Goalless streak	1	3
Conceding streak	4	0
Invincibility streak	0	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

3	Number of games (Competition total)	3
2	Number of games (Home / Away)	1
2	Victories (Competition total)	0
1	Victories (Home / Away)	0
0	Draws (Competition total)	1
0	Draws (Home / Away)	0
1	Losses (Competition total)	2
1	Losses (Home / Away)	1

Goals

4	Goals scored (Competition total)	0
2	Goals scored (Home / Away)	0
1	Goals conceded (Competition total)	4
1	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	1
1.33	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0
1	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0
0.33	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.33
0.5	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1

Betting aid

0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	1
0	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	0
2	Clean sheets (Competition total)	1
1	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
1	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	3
1	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	1
0	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	0
0	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	0
0-1 (1 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-1 (1 times)

Bookings

3	Yellow cards (Competition total)	5
2	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	2
0	Red cards (Competition total)	1
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	1

Key players

Florent Malouda	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	-
Yoann Gourcuff	1 goal	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	-
Alou Diarra	1 assist	Player with most assists (Competition total)	-
Alou Diarra	1 assist	Player with most assists (Home / Away)	-
Yoann Gourcuff	1 goal during the last match	The fittest player	-

Historical head to head

Home

6 matches

6 v

0 d

0 l

32 gf

2 ga

Away

8 matches

7 v

0 d

1 l

32 gf

9 ga

Total

14 matches

13 v

0 d

1 l

64 gf

11 ga

Historical head to head

Home

8 matches

1 v

0 d

7 l

9 gf

32 ga

Away

6 matches

0 v

0 d

6 l

2 gf

32 ga

Total

14 matches

1 v

0 d

13 l

11 gf

64 ga

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 0	December 27, 1953
Home	8 - 0	December 27, 1953

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 4	February 08, 1914
Away	No success yet

Latest head to head

October 30, 1985 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1986

France

6 - 0

Luxembourg logo Luxembourg

October 13, 1984 - Eliminatoires Coupe du Monde - Zone Europe 1986

Luxembourg

0 - 4

France

February 25, 1979 - Eliminatoires Euro 1980

France

3 - 0

Luxembourg logo Luxembourg

October 07, 1978 - Eliminatoires Euro 1980

Luxembourg

1 - 3

France

December 23, 1967 - Eliminatoires Euro 1968

France

3 - 1

Luxembourg logo Luxembourg

Best historical scorers against Luxembourg

Eugène Maes	5 goals	1913 - 1913
Jean Nicolas	4 goals	1934 - 1934
Just Fontaine	3 goals	1953 - 1953
Charly Loubet	3 goals	1967 - 1967
Dominique Rocheteau	3 goals	1985 - 1985
Louis Mesnier	2 goals	1911 - 1911

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/10/1911. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against France

Jean Massard	4 goals	1914 - 1914
Louis Pilot	1 goal	1965 - 1965
Jean Klein	1 goal	1967 - 1967
Théophile Speicher	1 goal	1934 - 1934
Romain Michaux	1 goal	1978 - 1978
Albert Elter	1 goal	1911 - 1911

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/10/1911. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Luxembourg

Maxime Bossis	4 matches	1978 - 1985
Patrick Battiston	4 matches	1978 - 1985
Marcel Artelesa	3 matches	1964 - 1966
Jean Ducret	3 matches	1911 - 1914
André Chorda	3 matches	1964 - 1966
Jean Djorkaeff	3 matches	1964 - 1967

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 29/10/1911. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs France

Carlo Weis	4 matches	1978 - 1985
Jean-Pierre Hoffstetter	4 matches	1964 - 1967
François Konter	4 matches	1964 - 1967
Gilbert Dresch	4 matches	1978 - 1985
Ady Schmit	4 matches	1964 - 1967
Hubert Meunier	4 matches	1978 - 1985