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France 2-0 Netherlands - March 05, 2014 / Friendlies 2014

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Friendlies 2014 - Europe

Stade de France - Saint-Denis - France

March 05, 2014

80 000

2 - 0

Netherlands

Assist by Blaise Matuidi (right foot) Karim Benzema

32'

Assist by Mathieu Valbuena (right foot) Blaise Matuidi

41'

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32' - Goal Karim Benzema32

39' - Substitution Kevin Strootmanis substituted by Stijn Schaars

41' - Goal Blaise Matuidi41

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46' - Substitution Patrice Evrais substituted by Lucas Digne46

52' - Substitution Daley Blindis substituted by Karim Rekik

63' - Substitution Mathieu Valbuenais substituted by Franck Ribéry63

68' - Substitution Antoine Griezmannis substituted by Loïc Rémy68

72' - Substitution Wesley Sneijderis substituted by Davy Klaassen

73' - Substitution Jean-Paul Boëtiusis substituted by Memphis Depay

81' - Substitution Paul Pogbais substituted by Olivier Giroud photo Moussa Sissoko

81' - Substitution Karim Benzemais substituted by Moussa Sissoko81

87' - Substitution Mathieu Debuchyis substituted by Bacary Sagna87

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

France

2 - 0

Netherlands

France Netherlands

Team line-ups

France

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

10Benzema3281

Karim Benzema

France

B.date19/12/1987

Age26 years

H1m82

positionCentre forward

11Griezmann68

Antoine Griezmann

France

B.date21/03/1991

Age22 years

H1m76

positionSecond striker

8Valbuena63

Mathieu Valbuena

France

B.date28/09/1984

Age29 years

H1m67

positionPlaymaker

14Matuidi41

Blaise Matuidi

France

B.date09/04/1987

Age26 years

H1m75

positionLeft central midfielder

19Pogba81

Paul Pogba

France

B.date15/03/1993

Age20 years

H1m88

positionBox-to-box midfielder

6Cabaye

Yohan Cabaye

France

B.date14/01/1986

Age28 years

H1m75

positionRight central midfielder

3Evra46

Patrice Evra

France

B.date15/05/1981

Age32 years

H1m73

positionLeft full-back

13Mangala

Eliaquim Mangala

France

B.date13/02/1991

Age23 years

H1m87

positionLeft central defender

4Varane

Raphaël Varane

France

B.date25/04/1993

Age20 years

H1m91

positionRight central defender

2Debuchy87

Mathieu Debuchy

France

B.date28/07/1985

Age28 years

H1m76

positionRight full-back

1Lloris

Hugo Lloris

France

B.date26/12/1986

Age27 years

H1m88

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Hugo Lloris		27	55	5.7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Raphaël Varane		20	5	6.3You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	D	Eliaquim Mangala		23	2	7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
2	D	Mathieu Debuchy	87	28	19	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
3	D	Patrice Evra	46	32	55	4.7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Paul Pogba	81	20	8	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
14	M	Blaise Matuidi	41	26	20	7.7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	M	Yohan Cabaye		28	27	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Mathieu Valbuena	63	29	31	5.7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Karim Benzema	3281	26	65	6.7You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	M	Antoine Griezmann	68	22	1	6You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

25.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Netherlands

forward

offensive midfielder

midfielder

defensive midfielder

defender

sweeper

goalkeeper

9van Persie

Robin van Persie

Netherlands

B.date06/08/1983

Age30 years

H1m83

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

Boëtius73

Jean-Paul Boëtius

Netherlands

B.date22/03/1994

Age19 years

H1m78

positionLeft Winger

10Sneijder72

Wesley Sneijder

Netherlands

B.date09/06/1984

Age29 years

H1m70

positionPlaymaker

Promes

Quincy Promes

Netherlands

B.date04/01/1992

Age22 years

H1m74

positionRight Winger

Clasie

Jordy Clasie

Netherlands

B.date27/07/1991

Age22 years

H1m69

positionRight central midfielder

Strootman39

Kevin Strootman

Netherlands

B.date13/02/1990

Age24 years

H1m86

positionLeft central midfielder

5Blind52

Daley Blind

Netherlands

B.date09/03/1990

Age23 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

4Martins Indi

Bruno Martins Indi

Netherlands

B.date08/02/1992

Age22 years

H1m85

positionLeft central defender

Vlaar

Ron Vlaar

Netherlands

B.date16/02/1985

Age29 years

H1m89

positionRight central defender

12van der Wiel

Gregory van der Wiel

Netherlands

B.date03/02/1988

Age26 years

H1m83

positionRight full-back

1Cillessen

Jasper Cillessen

Netherlands

B.date22/04/1989

Age24 years

H1m85

positionGoalkeeper

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Jasper Cillessen		24	5	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	D	Ron Vlaar		29	23	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
4	D	Bruno Martins Indi		22	13	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	D	Daley Blind	52	23	9	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
12	D	Gregory van der Wiel		26	37	4.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Kevin Strootman	39	24	25	5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Jordy Clasie		22	7	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Wesley Sneijder	72	29	97	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
9	F	Robin van Persie		30	82	4You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Jean-Paul Boëtius	73	19	1	3.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Quincy Promes		22	1	4.5You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

24.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
17	D	Lucas Digne	46	20	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
15	D	Bacary Sagna	87	31	39	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
18	M	Moussa Sissoko	81	24	14	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Franck Ribéry	63	30	81	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	F	Loïc Rémy	68	27	22	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	F	Olivier Giroud	81	27	27	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
	D	Karim Rekik	52	19	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
	M	Stijn Schaars	39	30	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
20	M	Davy Klaassen	72	21	1	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Memphis Depay	73	20	4	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Antoine Griezmann

Franck Ribéry

OUT

Eliaquim Mangala

Mamadou Sakho

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Jordy Clasie

Rafael van der Vaart

OUT

Robin van Persie

Siem De Jong

OUT

Wesley Sneijder

Jeremain Lens

OUT

Jean-Paul Boëtius

Memphis Depay

OUT

Bruno Martins Indi

Joël Veltman

OUT

Quincy Promes

Stijn Schaars

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Didier Deschamps

Success rate in this team:

47 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

51 %

Deschamps vs Netherlands

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 05, 2014

Deschamps vs van Gaal

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on March 05, 2014

Manager

Age

Match num

Louis van Gaal

Success rate in this team:

58 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

61 %

van Gaal vs France

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 05, 2014

van Gaal vs Deschamps

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on March 05, 2014

Referee

Martin Atkinson

1 victory	0 draw	1 loss	France2 matches	General total	Netherlands4 matches	1 victory	0 draw	3 losses
1 victory	0 draw	0 loss	France1 match	Season total	Netherlands1 match	0 victory	0 draw	1 loss
Latest figure on June 09, 2017					Latest figure on March 05, 2014

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Important actions

90+3'		End of game.
90+2'		Robin van Persie is caught offside.
90+1'		Foul on Quincy Promes conceded by Blaise Matuidi.
89'		Yohan Cabaye has his shot end up close to the posts.
88'		Foul on Olivier Giroud conceded by Bruno Martins Indi.
87'		Mathieu Debuchy is substituted by Bacary Sagna.
85'		Cross captured by the goalkeeper by Jordy Clasie.
85'		Corner.
85'		Cross deflected by Memphis Depay.
84'		Blaise Matuidi shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
82'		Cross at the second post by Mathieu Debuchy.
81'		Paul Pogba is substituted by Moussa Sissoko.
81'		Karim Benzema is substituted by Olivier Giroud.
81'		Foul on Blaise Matuidi.
80'		Franck Ribéry oblige le gardien à s'employer.
80'		Cutback by Loïc Rémy.
78'		Cross repelled by defense by Loïc Rémy.
77'		Yellow card! Yohan Cabaye is shown a YELLOW CARD.
77'		Foul on Memphis Depay conceded by Yohan Cabaye.
77'		Missed cross by Karim Benzema.
75'		Lucas Digne is caught offside.
74'		Foul on Memphis Depay conceded by Paul Pogba.
73'		Jean-Paul Boëtius is substituted by Memphis Depay.
72'		Wesley Sneijder is substituted by Davy Klaassen.
70'		Foul on Eliaquim Mangala conceded by Robin van Persie.
68'		Antoine Griezmann is substituted by Loïc Rémy.
66'		Ron Vlaar is caught offside.
66'		Foul on Jean-Paul Boëtius conceded by Mathieu Debuchy.
64'		Foul on Eliaquim Mangala.
63'		Mathieu Valbuena is substituted by Franck Ribéry.
59'		Raphaël Varane has his shot end up close to the posts.
59'		Corner taken by Mathieu Valbuena.
59'		Corner.
59'		Cross deflected by Antoine Griezmann.
59'		Corner.
58'		Cross at the first post by Karim Benzema.
56'		Paul Pogba misses the target.
56'		Cross deflected by Mathieu Valbuena.
55'		Foul on Yohan Cabaye.
54'		Corner taken by Wesley Sneijder.
54'		Corner.
54'		Cross deflected by Jean-Paul Boëtius.
52'		Daley Blind is substituted by Karim Rekik.
52'		Robin van Persie is caught offside.
49'		Cross repelled by defense by Gregory van der Wiel.
48'		Cross at the second post by Lucas Digne.
46'		Patrice Evra is substituted by Lucas Digne.
45'		Second half.
45+2'		Half time.
45+2'		Eliaquim Mangala misses the target.
45+1'		Foul on Mathieu Valbuena conceded by Stijn Schaars.
44'		Foul conceded by Raphaël Varane.
44'		Cross repelled by defense by Antoine Griezmann.
44'		Antoine Griezmann is caught offside.
43'		Gregory van der Wiel has his shot end up close to the posts.
41'		GOOOAAAAL!! Blaise Matuidi scores. Assist by Mathieu Valbuena.
41'		Perfect cross by Mathieu Valbuena.
39'		Kevin Strootman is substituted by Stijn Schaars.
38'		Mathieu Valbuena enroule parfaitement son ballon et oblige le gardien à plonger pour sauver son but.
37'		Yellow card! Gregory van der Wiel is shown a YELLOW CARD.
37'		AGGRESSION on Antoine Griezmann conceded by Gregory van der Wiel.
36'		Antoine Griezmann is caught offside.
35'		Ron Vlaar misses the target.
35'		Cross at the second post by Wesley Sneijder.
33'		Foul on Daley Blind.
32'		GOOOAAAAL!! Karim Benzema envoie un missile qui fait mouche. Assist by Blaise Matuidi.
32'		Eliaquim Mangala misses the target.
32'		Cross deflected by Mathieu Valbuena.
31'		Obstruction on Mathieu Debuchy conceded by Daley Blind.
30'		Robin van Persie oblige le gardien à s'employer.
30'		Corner taken by Wesley Sneijder.
30'		Corner.
30'		Corner taken by Wesley Sneijder.
29'		Corner.
29'		Corner taken by Wesley Sneijder.
29'		Corner.
27'		Grosse faute on Paul Pogba conceded by Bruno Martins Indi.
25'		Cross captured by the goalkeeper by Patrice Evra.
23'		Foul on Blaise Matuidi conceded by Jordy Clasie.
22'		Karim Benzema is caught offside.
20'		Karim Benzema se voit refuser un but pour une position de hors-jeu.
19'		Karim Benzema shoots but the goalkeeper makes the save.
19'		Cross deflected by Antoine Griezmann.
19'		Cross deflected by Mathieu Valbuena.
16'		Foul on Mathieu Debuchy conceded by Jean-Paul Boëtius.
15'		Foul on Paul Pogba.
14'		Corner taken by Wesley Sneijder.
14'		Corner.
11'		Antoine Griezmann misses the target.
11'		Cross deflected by Mathieu Valbuena.
11'		Cross deflected by Mathieu Debuchy.
8'		Foul on Patrice Evra conceded by Robin van Persie.
8'		Cross deflected by Jean-Paul Boëtius.
7'		Cross repelled by defense by Quincy Promes.
4'		Cross deflected by Mathieu Debuchy.
2'		Foul on Mathieu Valbuena conceded by Gregory van der Wiel.
1'		Jeu dangereux on Patrice Evra conceded by Quincy Promes.
0'		First half.

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Key figures

It's the first time Blaise Matuidi scores 1 goal in Friendlies

It's the first time Karim Benzema scores 1 goal vs in his professional career

France keeps its 3 matches without conceding any goal in Friendlies running (since 14/08/2013). The last time this streak has been beaten, it was during the 31/05/2012-15/08/2012 time period (3 matches).

Read the next 16 key stats

Pre-match

Current form

Home

LFrance 1-2 Germany06/02/2013

VFrance 3-1 Georgia22/03/2013

LFrance 0-1 Spain26/03/2013

VFrance 6-0 Australia11/10/2013

VFrance 3-0 Finland15/10/2013

VFrance 3-0 Ukraine19/11/2013

Overall

DGeorgia 0-0 France06/09/2013

VBelarus 2-4 France10/09/2013

VFrance 6-0 Australia11/10/2013

VFrance 3-0 Finland15/10/2013

LUkraine 2-0 France15/11/2013

VFrance 3-0 Ukraine19/11/2013

Current form

Away

VIndonesia 0-3 Netherlands07/06/2013

VChina 0-2 Netherlands11/06/2013

DPortugal 1-1 Netherlands14/08/2013

DEstonia 2-2 Netherlands06/09/2013

VAndorra 0-2 Netherlands10/09/2013

VTurkey 0-2 Netherlands15/10/2013

Overall

DEstonia 2-2 Netherlands06/09/2013

VAndorra 0-2 Netherlands10/09/2013

VNetherlands 8-1 Hungary11/10/2013

VTurkey 0-2 Netherlands15/10/2013

DNetherlands 2-2 Japan16/11/2013

DNetherlands 0-0 Colombia19/11/2013

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	3	1
Unbeaten streak	3	1
Drawless streak	8	5
Scoring streak	3	1
Invincibility streak	3	1

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Winning streak	2	0
Drawing streak	0	2
Unbeaten streak	8	17
Winless streak	0	2
Drawless streak	2	0
Scoring streak	10	0
Goalless streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	2	1

Statistical comparison of the season

Results

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

Goals

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

Betting aid

0	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)	0
0	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	0
0	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	0
0	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)	0
0	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	0
0	Red cards (Competition total)	0
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	0

Key players

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Historical head to head

Home

9 matches

4 v

2 d

3 l

18 gf

19 ga

Away

11 matches

4 v

1 d

6 l

16 gf

28 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

0 v

1 d

1 l

1 gf

4 ga

Total

22 matches

8 v

4 d

10 l

35 gf

51 ga

Historical head to head

Home

11 matches

6 v

1 d

4 l

28 gf

16 ga

Away

9 matches

3 v

2 d

4 l

19 gf

18 ga

Neutral ground

2 matches

1 v

1 d

0 l

4 gf

1 ga

Total

22 matches

10 v

4 d

8 l

51 gf

35 ga

Largest victory

Overall	4 - 0	May 26, 1947
Home	4 - 0	May 26, 1947

Largest victory

Overall	8 - 1	April 02, 1923
Away	6 - 1	January 12, 1936

Latest head to head

June 13, 2008 - Euro 2008

Netherlands

4 - 1

France

March 31, 2004 - Rencontres amicales 2004

Netherlands

0 - 0

France

June 21, 2000 - Euro 2000

Netherlands

3 - 2

France

February 26, 1997 - Rencontres amicales 1997

France

2 - 1

Netherlands logo Netherlands

June 22, 1996 - Euro 1996

France

0 - 0

Netherlands logo Netherlands

Best historical scorers against Netherlands

Jean Baratte	5 goals	1947 - 1950
Jean Nicolas	4 goals	1934 - 1937
Patrice Loko	2 goals	1995 - 1997
Pierre Flamion	2 goals	1950 - 1950
Émile Veinante	2 goals	1931 - 1931
Roger Courtois	2 goals	1936 - 1937

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/05/1908. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against France

Eberhard Bakhuys	5 goals	1934 - 1936
Jan van Gendt	3 goals	1921 - 1921
Willem Lagendaal	3 goals	1931 - 1931
Theo Timmermans	3 goals	1949 - 1949
Kieck Smit	3 goals	1934 - 1937
Wim Roetert	2 goals	1923 - 1923

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/05/1908. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Netherlands

Marcel Desailly	5 matches	1995 - 2004
Lilian Thuram	5 matches	1995 - 2008
Laurent Blanc	4 matches	1992 - 1997
Bernard Lama	4 matches	1995 - 2000
Étienne Mattler	4 matches	1931 - 1937
Christian Karembeu	4 matches	1995 - 2000

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 10/05/1908. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs France

Puck van Heel	4 matches	1931 - 1937
Philip Cocu	4 matches	1996 - 2004
Aaron Winter	4 matches	1992 - 2000
Frank Wels	4 matches	1931 - 1937
Marc Overmars	4 matches	1995 - 2004
Edwin van der Sar	4 matches	1996 - 2008