France U21		Cuba U21
AJA-433	Tactics	5-3-2 plus
45%	Possession	55%
54%	Play in the half	46%
4	Shots	10
4	Fouls	1
2	Yellow cards	0
0	Red cards	0
6	Offsides	0
58.9	average mark	57.8
very good	Shooting	very good
solid	Passing	solid
excellent	Defending	excellent

2 minute.
Mujica passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Paneque takes over possession. Paneque makes a one-touch pass. Carballo just manages to reach the ball first. Carballo takes a swing and hits it... The keeper drops the ball. Butter-fingers!

20 minute.
Silvestre plays the ball off with his head. Casañas attempts to pass. Chang takes over possession. Chang has a fantastic effort at goal. Jacquemin makes a tremendous dive, but misses the ball.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
France U21 - Cuba U21 0:1

26 minute.
Carballo approaches the ball. André approaches the ball. Griezmann just manages to reach the ball first. Carballo wins the ball from behind. Carballo shoots.
GOOOAAAAAAL!!!
France U21 - Cuba U21 0:2

27 minute.
Lagarde makes an instep pass. Piot takes over possession. Fargeon takes over possession. Piot takes over possession. Piot takes a swing and hits it... Rivas palms the ball clear.

30 minute.
Chang wins the ball from behind. Lebel cleverly intercepts the pass. The assistant referee points to the corner. There is a bit of a scramble inside the box. Casañas takes the corner-kick. Carballo gets his head on it.
Missed by few inches.

38 minute.
Offside. Piot caught by the offside trap. Sanz approaches the set piece. Lebel ineptly catches the ball. Chang approaches the ball. Chang shoots. Jacquemin tries to get hold of the ball but it slips out of his hands.

42 minute.
Throw-in. Bruneau approaches to take the throw-in. He is well-known for his good throws. Le Brun just manages to reach the ball first. Le Brun passes, it`s a high ball. Piot makes a diving header. Rivas palms the ball away with the tips of his fingers.

43 minute.
Galindo lobs the ball high into the air. The ball is kicked out of play. Bruneau, swiftly takes the throw-in. Le Brun passes, it`s a high ball. Lagarde makes a diving header.
What a tremendous chance!

44 minute.
Fargeon approaches the ball. Piot takes over possession. Lagarde just manages to reach the ball first. Lagarde takes a swing and hits it...
Missed by few inches.

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: France U21 47%, Cuba U21 53%.
France U21 - Cuba U21 0:2

46 minute.
Villalta comes on to the pitch.

64 minute.
The linesman holds his flag up. Piot is off-side. Lair comes on to the pitch.

65 minute.
The linesman holds his flag up. Piot is off-side. Capote comes on to the pitch.

79 minute.
We are going to have another corner. Michelet comes on to the pitch. Mekhloufi comes on to the pitch. Abreu comes on to the pitch. Sanz comes on to the pitch. Verbrugge comes on to the pitch.

81 minute.
Throw-in. Perdigón comes on to the pitch.

82 minute.
Casañas approaches to take the throw-in. He is well-known for his good throws. Abreu takes over possession. The referee whistles for a foul Le Brun is guilty of misconduct. Le Brun is cautioned.

84 minute.
Perdigón passes the ball on the spur of the moment. Sanz approaches the ball. Mekhloufi takes the opponents legs away. Mekhloufi is cautioned.

86 minute.
Capote has problems with catching the ball. Abreu just manages to reach the ball first. Lebel fouls inside the box. Penalty! Abreu is being dressed by the doctor, he gets up, limping. Abreu may influence the final score. Abreu runs up to the ball and takes a clever kick. Jacquemin palms the ball away with the tips of his fingers. The ball dips, but not enough, it clips the bar.

The teams leave the pitch at the end of the half. The fans applaud great play from both sides.
The statistics of play in the half: France U21 60%, Cuba U21 40%.
France U21 - Cuba U21 0:2