France vs Germany Summary
Meeting each other for the 34th time, Germany shocked the home team with an early goal from Florian Wirtz who sent the ball in with a screamer at the Groupama Stadium, Lyon. Four minutes into the second half, Die Manschaft extended the lead after Kai Havertz beat Brice Samba to score his 15th goal for the national team.
Germany have won against France in the last two meetings, but the two-time World Cup winner still have more victory than the opponent with 15 to 13. France will have another friendly match against Chile, before playing their opening game of Euro 2024 in June. Germany on the other hand, would travel home to host Netherlands in another friendly next week.
France Player Ratings
Brice Samba – 7.1| Made multiple saves for France despite conceding twice
Jules Kounde – 6.7| Delivering one key pass and 80 percent successful rate overall
Benjamin Pavard – 6.7| Guarding the defensive line pretty well, got robbed by two Germany’s goals.
Dayot Upamecano – 6.7| Winning three out of five ground duels with 95 percent of accurate passes.
Lucas Hernandez – 7.2| Winning all of his ground duels in six attempts.
Warren Zaïre-Emery – 6.4| Successfully delivered 21 accurate passes in 24 attempts.
Adrien Rabiot -7.3|Delivering 90 percent of his passes successfully, winning five ground duels
Aurélien Tchouaméni – 7| Guarding the midfield with 94 percent of successful passes.
Ousmane Dembele – 6.8| Losing the ball 20 times, committing one foul.
Kylian Mbappe – 6.3| Losing the ball 23 times with only delivering 69 percent of his passes.
Marcus Thuram – 6.7| Winning all of his ground duels, losing the ball four times.
Substitution
Theo Hernandez – 6.5| Substituting his brother, Theo made 86 percent of successful pass
Jonathan Clauss – 6.9| Winning all of his ground duels in two attempts.
Eduardo Camavinga – 6.5| Made multiple duels to occupy the midfield area
Olivier Giroud – 6.3| Delivering one successful pass
Youssouf Fofana – 6.6| 79 pecent of accurate passes.
Randal Kolo Muani – 6.8| Replacing Ousmane Dembele seven minutes to the stoppage time, no significant contribution.
Germany Player Ratings
Marc-André ter Stegen – 7.1| Made two saves to prevent France from scoring.
Maximilian Mittelstädt – 7.3|Working brilliantly on the far wide side of the pitch.
Joshua Kimmich – 7.6| Composed in in both attacking and defending throughout the match.
Antonio Rudiger – 6.8| Solid performance in front of the goalkeeper.
Jonathan Tah – 6.6| Good partnership with Rudiger at the back
Toni Kroos – 8.4| Occupying the midfield area with his vision and passes, successfully delivered 95 percent of completed passes.
Robert Andrich – 6.9| Winning duels in the midfield area
Florian Wirtz – 8.4| Scored the opening goal in the first minute of the match.
Ilkay Gundogan – 6.6| Distributing the ball really well, being subbed of at the 72nd minute.
Jamal Musiala – 7.4| Decent performance from the number 10 with his 95 percent of accurate passes.
Kai Havertz – 7.2| Doubled Germany’s lead with his only shot on target of the match.
Substitution
Chris Fuchrich – 7| Winning duels in his operation area
Thomas Muller – 6.9| Distributing successful 11 passes in 12 attempts.
NIklas Fullkrug – | Delivering 100 percent of successful passes after 11 minutes being on the pitch.
Deniz Undav – 6.6| Losing the ball and duels.
Waldemar Anton – N.A| Winning duels and dribbles after replacing Toni Kroos.
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