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Austria v France LIVE - Updates from Euro 2024 clash as Kylian Mbappe captains Les Bleus

Euro / Group Stage
Merkur Spiel-Arena / 17.06.2024
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    Matt Jones

    Updated 17/06/2024 at 21:06 GMT


    45+1'
    ONE MINUTE ADDED ON
    Just the additional sixty seconds at the end of the first half
    44'
    FRANCE SLOWING THE PACE DOWN
    When they get the ball, France are certainly trying to bring the tempo down, surely in a bid to make sure they get to the break with their one goal advantage still intact
    41'
    WILL THAT OPEN THE GAME UP?
    That goal came against the run of play to a degree, because it felt like Austria were just beginning to get a little bit more adventurous when they went forward. Perhaps they will now commit a few more men forward as they attempt to equalise
    38'
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    GOAL! AUSTRIA 0-1 FRANCE (Max Wober own goal)
    France finally break the deadlock, and Mbappe is at the heart of it of course! A magnificent burst of pace to drift past three defenders before crossing into the middle, where Wober accidentally flicks into his own net. 1-0!
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    M. Wöber
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    Yellow Cards1
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    36'
    BAUMGARTNER COMES CLOSE
    That's the best chance of the game so far, and what a move by Austria! An out-swinging Michael Gregoritsch cross is knocked down by Marcel Sabitzer to Christoph Baumgartner, who should score, but can't bundle home from close range as Maignan saves!
    34'
    MWENE BOOKED
    A second yellow goes Austria's way, this time for a Mwene lunge on Dembele
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    Austria
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    Fouls3
    33'
    LAIMER TESTS MAIGNAN
    That's changed now! Austria break into a little channel between Hernandez and Saliba and it results in Konrad Laimer having a deflected shot saved
    31'
    STATS
    France have had 54% of the ball so far, and four shots, one of which has been on target. At the other end, Austria are yet to muster a single effort on goal
    28'
    ALL CREDIT TO THE AUSTRIAN FULL-BACKS
    Phillipp Mwene and Stefan Posch are really up against it tonight, with Dembele and Thuram out wide for France, but neither has been allowed too much time or space going forward to this point
    25'
    A PLEASING START FOR AUSTRIA?
    25 minutes in, and you would imagine Rangnick is pretty please with what he has seen from his side. They haven't had much of an attacking impact on the game, but they are just about holding France at bay
    22'
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    19'
    GREIZMANN SHOT BLOCKED
    Could he have passed? Dembele certainly things so, as Greizmann breaks forward after an error from Wober, cuts inside and sees his effort charged down and out for a corner
    16'
    FIRST YELLOW CARD GOES AUSTRIA'S WAY
    Brilliant play by Ousmane Dembele, dancing his way in side from the France right. He draws the foul from Wober, who is duly booked.
    It's a dangerous place for a free-kick too, with Greizmann poised to whip it into the box, but it goes straight into the arms of Patrick Pentz
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    14'
    HERNANDEZ'S CROSS IS BEGGING TO BE TOUCHED HOME
    You cannot keep the full-back out of the game at the moment! He breaks into the Austria box and slaps a low cross right in front of goal. It just needs a touch to make it 1-0, but there is nobody there to convert
    12'
    AUSTRIA GET FORWARD FOR THE FIRST TIME
    A delightful whipped cross comes in from the left, but Hernandez is on hand to head away from the on-coming striker, with Mike Maignan doing the tidying up
    9'
    MBAPPE SHOT SAVED
    The first chance for France and Mbappe shows his pace as he perfectly times his run onto Theo Hernandez's pass, powers away from the defender and aims for the near bottom corner, only for the goalkeeper to palm around the post
    7'
    FRANCE WASTE A COUPLE OF EARLY FREE-KICKS
    Les Bleus get in and around the Austrian box on a couple of occasions, and manage to draw two fouls too, but they amount to nothing, the Antoine Greizmann's delivery cleared on each occasion
    4'
    POSITIVE START FROM FRANCE
    What else would you expect? They're dominating the ball in the early exchanges, without doing a great deal with it. But they're certainly setting the tempo
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    HERE WE GO!
    We are underway in Group D! The other two teams in this group are the Netherlands and Poland, who play tomorrow. But for now, we're focused on tournament favourites France against Austria, and it's the latter who kick things off in Düsseldorf
    19:58
    THE HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD
    These two teams last met in the UEFA Nations League in 2022, with France winning 2-0 thanks to goals from Kylian Mbappe and Olivier Giroud. Indeed, Les Bleus have won seven of the ten clashes since 1970, including their most recent head-to-head at a tournament, a 1-0 success at the 1982 World Cup thanks to Bernard Genghini's strike.
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    19:54
    AUSTRIA'S EUROPEAN RECORD
    Things aren't so good at the Euros for Austria, who've won only two of their previous ten matches at the tournament, losing on six occasions.
    They are, however, on a run of seven games without defeat across all internationals, winning six times!