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French team celebrating victory [Photo: Time of India]

French team celebrating victory [Photo: Time of India]

10-man France down England in lively friendly

byTunde Eludini
June 14, 2017
2 min read

Ousmane Dembele scored the winner as 10-man France beat England 3-2 in an entertaining friendly on Tuesday.

Harry Kane had scored twice for the visitors and France’s Raphael Varane was sent off early in the second half.

Winger Dembele sealed the victory with an angled shot from inside the box 12 minutes from fulltime after being nicely set up by fellow youngster Kylian Mbappe.

England captain, Kane, put them ahead from close range from a low Ryan Bertrand cross before the 10-minute mark.

He levelled the game at 2-2 with a penalty kick early in the second half after Varane was sent off for bringing down Dele Alli in the box.

France had fought back to lead 2-1 at halftime, after defenders Samuel Umtiti and Djibril Sidibe each scored their first goal for their country.

The two efforts were similar, with Umtiti and Sidibe both following up to finish after saves by England goalkeeper Tom Heaton, first from an Olivier Giroud header, then from a shot by Dembele.

Kane, who struck the late equaliser in a 2-2 draw with Scotland in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday, has now scored 11 goals in his past five appearances for club and country combined.

It was not enough, however, to deny a spirited and daring French side.

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“We saw in that game the things we’re very good at and equally the things we need to get better at, like defending as a team and managing a result,” England coach Gareth Southgate told a news conference.

France coach Didier Deschamps, who was criticised for conservative tactics in a 2-1 defeat by Sweden in a World Cup qualifier on Saturday, revamped his team.

He put exciting newcomers Mbappe, Thomas Lemar and Dembele in his starting line-up.

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The trio gave the England defence a hard time on several occasions, notably Mbappe, who rattled the crossbar with a curled left-foot shot.

This was shortly before he set up Dembele for his maiden goal for France.

“We scored a goal with 10 men against a good England side, which is quite an achievement,” Deschamps told a news conference.

“The players looked fresher and showed more initiative than against Sweden.”

Tuesday’s match, which was attended by French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Theresa May, was the first senior England fixture with a video assistant referee.

He was consulted for Varane’s red-card offence and the penalty kick that resulted from it.

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Prior to kick-off, fans at the Stade de France paid tribute to the victims of the recent militant attacks in Manchester and London.

The Oasis song “Don’t Look Back in Anger” rang out as the teams emerged from the tunnel, with fans holding up red and white placards to form the England flag.

(Reuters/NAN)

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