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0¹ An exceptional effort from ABRAHAM scraped the upright. 1¹ A pin-point pass bobbled toward BENZEMA and his left foot effort floated narrowly wide. 11¹ FODEN's shot beat the French 'keeper but rebounded off the French upright. 13¹ A fine ball from AKLIOUCHE on the left found FOFANA who scuffed his shot over the bar. 16¹ A corner was collected by BENZEMA who flicked the ball over. 25¹ SALIBA headed over the bar. 29¹ FODEN rushed through the French defence but shot straight at the 'keeper. 33¹ GOAL!! After some good play on the left RASHFORD came inside and hit the ball into the roof of the net. (1-0 England) 35¹ GOAL!! A mishit goal-kick was intercepted by TCHOUAMÉNI who setup BENZEMA with an easy chance. (1-1) 38¹ HERNÁNDEZ beat four English players and slammed a shot inches over. 39¹ GOAL!! After being forced wide DOUÉ managed to ram the ball in from the narrowest of angles. (2-1 France) 45¹ FOFANA chipped the ball to SALIBA who flicked it over the bar. 48¹ GOAL!! A nice run by FOFANA on the right was capped by a delightful cross which HERNÁNDEZ turned in at the far post. (3-1 France) 0² BENZEMA kicked the ball wide from the edge of the box. 1² GOAL!! A great twenty-five yard shot from EZE hit the post and in the ensuing scramble the ball was hoofed into the net by FODEN. (3-2 France) 5² The stunned English 'keeper stared in disbelief as a backpass from BURN fell just over. 6² A penalty box scramble resulted in SALIBA tapping a low shot over. 8² AKLIOUCHE snapped at a simple chance. 11² A mix up in the English defence enabled BENZEMA to hit the ball over the bar. 20² BENZEMA beat STONES and drilled the ball to HERNÁNDEZ who dragged his shot wide. 21² ABRAHAM brought the ball round AKLIOUCHE and stabbed a tame shot well wide. 21² PALMER whacked a right foot shot over the bar from thirty yards out. 24² A weak shot from KOUNDÉ bounced agonisingly wide. 25² ABRAHAM fired the ball through a crowd of players but the 'keeper was a match for it as he dived to his left. 28² BENZEMA shot over. 37² DOUÉ was put clear by SALIBA and he raced past the English 'keeper but rammed his shot just beyond the far post.

England

Line-ups Nick POPE 5  1 5½ Guillaume RESTES Trevoh CHALOBAH 7½ 2 7½ Jules KOUNDÉ Dan BURN 7½ 3 7  Lucas HERNÁNDEZ Ebere EZE 7½ 4 7  Aurélien TCHOUAMÉNI John STONES 7  5 7½ William SALIBA (c)Chris SMALLING 5½ 6 6½ Wesley FOFANA Cole PALMER 6½ 7 7½ Maghnes AKLIOUCHE Phil FODEN 6½ 8 7  Désiré DOUÉ (p)Tammy ABRAHAM 6  9 7  Karim BENZEMA(c,p) (f)Mason GREENWOOD 6  10 7  Youssouf FOFANA(f) Marcus RASHFORD 6  11 5½ Bradley BARCOLA Manager Lee AVRAMOVIC Jamie GITTENS    12    Adrien RABIOT Jack BUTLAND    13    Brice SAMBA Archie GRAY    14    Eduardo CAMAVINGA Tyrick MITCHELL    15    Rayan CHERKI Harvey ELLIOTT    16 6½ Olivier GIROUD

France

France go through to the next round

Statistics

England 2 France 3 (Half-time: 1-3) Rashford 33¹, Foden 1² Scorers Substitutions Sent off Bookings Corners Fouls Offsides Shots on Shots off Total shots Shots saved Possession Benzema 35¹, Doué 39¹, Hernández 48¹   TchouaménióGiroud 4²         2 5 7 6 2 1 5 3 3 15 8 18 3 0 41% 59% ¶ Man of the match: Maghnes Akliouche ¶