At 4:15 a.m. Beijing time on March 26, the world's no. 3 France and Côte d'Ivoire played a friendly match. In the first half, Griezmann's close-range shot was deflected, Theo's powerful shot was blocked, Pepe's small angled shot broke the goal, Olivier Giroud's header equalised, and Nkunku's header was high. In the second half, Lowry saved consecutive shots from Konan and Oriye, Griezmann's close-range shots were deflected, Giroud's header was confiscated by the goalkeeper, and Joan Ameni's header was deflected. In the end, France beat Ivory Coast 2-1.
France line-up 3412 formations for this match. Lowry serves as the starting goalkeeper. Conde, Varane and Lucas Hernandez form a three-back. Koeman, Joan Ameni, Pogba and Theo Hernandez teamed up in 4 midfielders. The attacking trident combination of Griezmann, Nkunku and Giroud joined forces. Mbappe, Ben yedder, Diaby, Rabio, Kimpembe and Digne are all on the bench.
Shortly after the game began, France had a good chance when Griezmann inserted a volley in front of the right side of the penalty area, did not kick the right part, and the ball deflected off the right upright. Two minutes later, France played a sharp counter-attack, Nkunku advanced the ball to the front, and he distributed the ball to Theo in front of the left. Te O carried the ball into the box and fired a powerful shot, which was blocked by the defender in front of him. In the 10th minute, Pepe cut inside the near corner with the ball on the right side of the field, the ball slowed down a little and the goalkeeper pounced on the ball to confiscate it.
In the 14th minute, Griezmann sent a clever pass, and Theo, who was inserted on the left side of the penalty area, directly volleyed into the air and kicked away. Four minutes later, Ivory Coast scored! Sangaray sent an oblique pass, Pepe inserted the ball forward and burst into the box, relying on skillful fake action to shake off the defenders, burst to a small angle near the bottom line to shoot into the near corner, and the ball was scored! This goal is entirely a reflection of personal ability. However, after only 3 minutes, France equalized! Theo picked up the ball from the left and crossed, Olivier Giroud grabbed a nod in front of the goal and the ball went in! In the 30th minute, France won a free kick on the left side of the field. Griezmann took the penalty, he passed the ball to the goal and Nkunku headed the ball into the goal, slightly higher. At the end of the half, the two sides played in a 1-1 draw.
The second half was easy to fight again. In the 48th minute, Conan tried a long-range shot outside the box, and the ball flew to the right side of the goal, the angle was very tricky, but Lowry judged accurately and flew to save the ball, defusing the danger! Seven minutes later, Aurier's long-range shot was extremely threatening, but was again saved by Lowry. Lori is a bit fierce!
In the 62nd minute, France almost scored. Griezmann wrapped up a shovel in front of goal and the goalkeeper reacted very quickly, single-handedly saving the ball. It's incredible that such a close-range shot was defused. In the 86th minute, Olivier Giroud nodded the ball inside the penalty area and the goalkeeper once again saved the ball. In the 92nd minute, France scored! Joan Ameni's header is deadly! In the end, France beat Ivory Coast 2-1.