Goal

List of goalscorers

K. Mbappé
14'
1 - 0
1 - 1
67'
R. Babel
O. Giroud
74'
2 - 1
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End of match

End of match

  • 94'
    FT: France 2-1 Holland. That is indeed that! Kylian Mbappe's opener looked to have put the hosts in complete control, only for Ryan Babel's bundled effort against the run of play to level things in the second half. France needn't have worried, though, as goal-shy striker Olivier Giroud fired home a brilliant winner from a Benjamin Mendy cross with 15 minutes left to play. The win leaves France top of their Nations league group with four points from two games, Germany sit second with one from on
  • 92'
    Janmaat is unable to control a looping cross deep at the far post and another Holland attack breaks down. That may be that.
  • 90'
    4 minutes added on. Do Holland have another big attack in them?
  • 87'
    Ryan Babel makes way for Luuk de Jong for Holland, with Olivier Giroud departing for Ousmane Dembele for France.
  • 86'
    Propper looks to latch onto a ball over the top but he can't bring the ball under his spell. There are a couple of half-hearted appeals for a penalty on the Holland bench but there's nothing in it.
  • 85'
    The visitors are really having a go here now, getting plenty of men forward as they search for a leveller.
Substitution

Substitution

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  • 82'
    Tete makes way for Janmaat for the Dutch.
Substitution

Substitution

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  • 81'
    A change for the hosts as Steven N'Zonzi replaces Antoine Griezmann.
Card

Yellow card

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  • 80'
    Pavard is booked for raking his studs down the achilles of an opponent off the ball. The Stuttgart man is a lucky boy!
  • 75'
    GOAL! FRANCE! GIROUD! 2-1! The big man is back! The Chelsea striker finally gets his goal as he meets Mendy's cross from the left first time to guide a volley beyond Cillessen and into the far corner. Advantage France!
  • 73'
    France overplay and waste a promising opening having briefly been three against three. Babel tracks back to conceded a corner, but the Dutch do their jobs and clear. We could be in for a grandstand finale here!
  • 69'
    Depay is everywhere at the moment as he powers an effort into the side-netting from the edge of the box!
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
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  • 67'
    GOAL! HOLLAND! BABEL! 1-1! Talk about against the run of play! Memphis Depay sprints away from his man down the right and puts the ball into the centre, where Babel gets across Pavard to convert first time with what looked like his knee. Areola got a decent hand on it but couldn't keep it out. Time for the champs to show their World Cup-winning credentials.
Substitution

Substitution

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  • 62'
    France make the game's first change as Manchester City's Benjamin Mendy replaces Lucas Hernandez.
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Yellow card

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  • 56'
    Griezmann receives the first booking of the game as he pulls Wijnaldum back by the shorts. No arguments there.
  • 54'
    The Dutch enjoy some rare possession and force a corner but it comes to nothing. Very little sign of Ronaldo Koeman's side getting back into the game so far.
  • 51'
    Mbappe speeds away from a couple of challenges before lifting an effort over from 25 yards. The PSG man is a real livewire.
  • 48'
    France have started where they left off so far, but Holland continue to defend in numbers.
  • 46'
    France get us back underway here. Will there be a twist in the tale in this second half?
  • 45'
    HT: France 1-0 Holland. France deservingly lead at the break. the hosts flew out of the blocks early on and were rewarded when Kylian Mbappe tapped home with 14 minutes gone. Since then they've had all the ball, but have so far been unable to add to their advantage.
  • 40'
    It's one off the training ground from France as they look to unlock the Dutch defence but Cillessen is quickly off his line to deny Mbappe.
  • 40'
    One Barcelona target denies another as Frenkie de Jong tugs back Griezmann. Another free-kick for the hosts.
  • 35'
    CHANCE! Griezmann clips it in again and Umtiti rises highest but he can't generate any power on his effort and Cillessen gathers.
  • 33'
    A marauding Matuidi is felled by Tete and the visitors have another free-kick to defend.
  • 30'
    A few fouls sneaking into the game now as France's dominance subsides slightly.
  • 26'
    Griezmann clips an inviting ball in but Mbappe's looping header is claimed by Cillessen beneath his own crossbar.
  • 25'
    Pogba is wrestled to the ground as he looks to surge form midfield and Griezmann will have a chance to deliver.
  • 22'
    Holland really struggling to get any sort of foothold on this one.
  • 19'
    CHANCE! Griezmann slips Lucas Hernandez in with a wonderful slide-rule through ball but the left-back is always stretching to get his effort away from the angle and he screws his effort high and wide.
  • 17'
    It's a cauldron of noise here at the Stade de France, the 12th man very much present and correct in the French capital.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
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  • 14'
    GOAL! FRANCE! MBAPPE! 1-0! It had to be! Holland fail to clear Matuidi's initial cross and a poorly-judged header from Promes gives him another chance to deliver, with his low ball in perfect for Mbappe to tap home unmarked at the far post. Easy.
  • 11'
    Mbappe calls Cillessen into another routine save after Griezmann's clipped pass picked him out. France maintaining their stranglehold on the encounter.
  • 8'
    France have started to put their foot on the ball now, with the Dutch doing their best to remain solid out of possession.
  • 5'
    France really look in the mood tonight, you sense they could have a field day if they get an early goal.
  • 3'
    Promes drags an effort wide from just outside the box at the other end, it's been an electric start here!
  • 1'
    CHANCE! Mbappe is the golden boy of French football and he almost sends the crowd in to raptures here. He beats his man on the outside down the right, before forcing Cillessen into a fairly routine save at the near post.
  • 1'
    An early chance for Holland to get the ball in the box as Pavard fouls his man down the left, but Depay's ball in is poor and France clear.
  • 1'
    We're off! Holland get us underway here at the Stade de France!
Start of match

Start of match

  • PRVW
    Out come the players! An incredible card display in the crowd shows two stars on one stand, the World Cup trophy on another and "World Champions" on the pitch. There a party-like atmosphere to this one!
  • PRVW
    The warm-ups have been completed here in Saint Denis and we're closing in on kick-off.
  • PRVW
    Memphis Depay will be the one to watch for Holland today:
  • PRVW
    Here's how these two sides have fared recently going into this one:
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    Holland boss Ronald Koeman: "France deservedly won the World Cup. It's a great achievement, but also a thing of the past. It's now up to us to have a good game against the world champions and get a result. Everything that has already been and gone no longer counts. What happened then has no value on the here and now. The team have to be more compact than then, we have to be very good and everything has to be right. And we shouldn't make any mistakes against this kind of opposition. Of course, th
  • PRVW
    France boss Didier Deschamps on misfiring striker Olivier Giroud: "It happens to attackers that they have a longer or shorter period where they are not always efficient. Before that period, he scored several consecutive goals. He is our fourth best scorer. It is important, he has a different game. He is not in the profile of other players. When he is not there, we realise how useful he is to us even more. Obviously, he must not focus on finding that goal. Personally, I do not hide that it would
  • PRVW
    No shocks whatsoever from France as they name their first-choice XI, with just the one exception as Alphonse Areola continues between the sticks with Hugo Lloris still sidelined with a groin problem.
  • PRVW
    France: Areola; Pavard, Varane, Umtiti, Lucas Hernandez; Pogba, Kante; Mbappe, Griezmann, Matuidi; Giroud.
  • PRVW
    So, not a hugely surprising team from the Dutch but the formation is certainly something of a shock. They're listing it as a 3-4-2-1 with Ryan Babel at left wing-back and Giorginio Wijnaldum joining Quincy Promes in playing behind lone front man Memphis Depay. Surely a 4-3-3 with Blind at left-back, Wijnaldum as part of a three-man midfield and Babel, Promes and Depay as a front three would make more sense?
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    Holland: Cillessen; De Ligt, Van Dijk, Blind; Tete, Propper, De Jong, Babel; Promes, Wijnaldum; Depay.
  • PRVW
    There will be a trophy presentation and lap of honour from the French players after the game, but for now it's all attention on 90 minutes of competitive football. France held a much-improved Germany to a goalless draw in their opening game in this competition on Thursday, with Holland coming from behind to unconvincingly defeat Peru in Wesley Sneijder's farewell.
Info

Pre-match

09 September 2018, 20:45

Referee: Undiano Mallenco

Stadium: Stade de France

  • PRVW
    Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the UEFA Nations League clash between France and Holland as 'Les Blues' play a home game for the first time since their World Cup-winning heroics in the summer.