France 1-0 Germany

Venue: Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany

Referee: Carlos del Cerro (Spain)

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Managers:

France: Didier Deschamps

Germany: Joachim Löw

Starting XIs

France: (4-3-1-2) Lloris; Pavard, Varane, Kimpembe, Lucas; Pogba, Kanté, Rabiot; Griezmann; Benzema, Mbappé.

Germany: (3-4-3) Neuer; Ginter, Hummels, Rudiger; Kimmich, Kroos, Gundogan, Gosens; Haverz, Muller, Gnabry.

Bench

France: Mandanda, Lemar, Giroud, Dembélé, Tolisso, Zouma, Lenglet, Digne, Coman, Ben Yedder, Maignan, Koundé.

Germany: Trapp, Volland, Werner, Leno, Sule, Klostermann, Neuhaus, Sané, Halstenberg, Can, Koch, Gunter.

Match Events:

0’ We are underway!

3’ Germany chance! Kroos sends the free kick onto the box for Hummels to head it above goal.

6’ Yellow card for Kimmich as he fouls Hernandez.

14’ Great play by France as Kante finds Pavard on the right side but he cannot quite connect the ball to Benzema. Ball’s out for a corner.

15’ Griezmann’s corner finds Pogba’s head but the header goes just above the post.

17’ Great individual play by Mbappé as he shoots inside the box forcing Neuer to a save.

18’ Neuer pulls off a Neuer as he sweeps a ball on his very right flank way outside his box.

19’ GOAL FOR FRANCE!! Beautiful ball by Pogba to find Lucas out wide. Hernandez sends the ball in and Hummels accidentaly pushes it inside the net!!

23’ Kanté trips Gundogan right outside the box as Germany finds itself with a great chance to tie the game.

25’ Pogba trips Muller and another free kick for Germany, just a tad further out than the previous one.

37’ Gundogan finds himself in a good position inside the box but he cannot quite connect the shot properly and it goes out of bounds.

39’ Hernandez and Kimmich fall together and the latter’s foot finds Lucas’ head. Free kick for France.

45’ End of the first half

Halftime

Second Half:

45’ Second half’s underway!

51’ Great chance for France! Benzema finds Rabiot through on goal and his shot hits the post and goes out of play!

53’ Huge chance for Germany to equalise! Gnabry cannot quite connect the shot and it goes out wide!

58’ Nasty collision as Gosens slams onto Pavard. Game’s stopped at the moment.

65’ Benzema is found out wide as he cuts inside and blasts a shot that gets blocked by Ginter!

66’ Goal ruled out for France! Mbappe with a good individual play and an even better finish finds the net, but the goal gets ruled out as both him and Griezmann were offside in the previous play.

74’ Substitution for Germany. Sané and Werner make their way onto the pitch as Havertz and Gnabry leave the pitch.

77’ Penalty shout for France! Mbappé won the ball by sprinting at an insane level of speed and Hummels tackled him from behind. Ref says no pen.

84’ Goal for France!! Another amazing pass from Pogba to find Mbappe’s run. He sends the ball to Benzema across the penalty box and Benzema pushes it into the net! RULED OUT FOR OFFSIDE

86’ Substitution for Germany. Ginter and Gosens OFF, Can and Volland ON

88’ Substitution for France. Tolisso ON, Benzema OFF.

90’ 6 minutes of added time.

90+4 **Substitution Rabiot comes off to make way for Dembélé