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European Qualifiers - France 1-0 Ireland win two in a row, Pavard wins from distance and Meignan makes back-to-back saves

author:Football Tribes

At 2:45 a.m. Beijing time on March 28, in the second round of Group B of the Euro 2024 Qualifiers, France challenged Ireland away. Pavard scored the only goal of the game from distance and Meignan made successive saves in the final moments to keep the goal intact. In the end, France narrowly beat Ireland 1-0 away to win two in a row.

European Qualifiers - France 1-0 Ireland win two in a row, Pavard wins from distance and Meignan makes back-to-back saves

In the first round of the European qualifiers, France beat the Netherlands 4-0 in a strong match, while Ireland won 3-2 against Latvia in the warm-up match. In this match, Mbappe continued to start as the captain of the French team.

In the 9th minute, Yu Pamecano sent a pick pass in midfield, Muani cut forward into the box to receive the ball, he swung past the attacking goalkeeper, knocked the ball back on the heel of the baseline, and the follower Giroud pushed it out.

European Qualifiers - France 1-0 Ireland win two in a row, Pavard wins from distance and Meignan makes back-to-back saves

In the 16th minute, France's cross from the left side of the pitch was cleared, Kylian Mbappe's shot in front of the box was blocked again, and Irish goalkeeper Bazounu held the ball before Giroud's shot.

In the 24th minute, France's left-hand corner kick drove into the box and Giroud's header from the centre hit two Irish defenders twice in a row, and Bazounu struggled to hold the ball before the French player could shoot.

European Qualifiers - France 1-0 Ireland win two in a row, Pavard wins from distance and Meignan makes back-to-back saves

In the 32nd minute, Te'o fired a left-footed shot from distance in front of the box and the ball hit Griezmann's body in the box. In the 38th minute, Pavard stepped forward to the right side of the field to receive a cross and Griezmann's header from the front of the penalty area was deflected over the goal. At the end of the first half, neither team scored.

In the 50th minute, Pavard cut off a cross in front of the penalty area, he fired a long-range shot with his right foot, the ball hit the crossbar and went into the net, giving France a 1-0 lead over Ireland.

European Qualifiers - France 1-0 Ireland win two in a row, Pavard wins from distance and Meignan makes back-to-back saves

In the 55th minute, France won a free-kick in front of the penalty area and Griezmann hit the wall and went off the line. In the 58th minute, Ireland played a quick counter-attack and Knight's shot was blocked by Griezmann, who was actively returning to the defense.

In the 69th minute, Griezmann slid diagonally to the right in front of the penalty area, Diaby received the ball and dunked the defender's powerful left-footed volley, and Bazunu saved the ball sideways.

European Qualifiers - France 1-0 Ireland win two in a row, Pavard wins from distance and Meignan makes back-to-back saves

In the 75th minute, Rabiot came to the top of the arc with his left foot and hit the ball hard, and Bazunu pounced sideways to block the ball. In the 83rd minute, Ireland crossed low from the left side of the pitch, Michael Johnstone received the ball into the box and volleyed from a small angle, Meignan saved the ball.

European Qualifiers - France 1-0 Ireland win two in a row, Pavard wins from distance and Meignan makes back-to-back saves

In the 88th minute, the French midfielder picked out a pass, and Mbappe, who inserted at high speed, entered the box to receive the ball to form a single knife, but his pick shot was ridiculously high and failed to threaten.

European Qualifiers - France 1-0 Ireland win two in a row, Pavard wins from distance and Meignan makes back-to-back saves

In the 89th minute, Ireland's right-hand corner kick drove into the box, Conde headed it over his own goal, and Meignan single-handedly lifted the ball off the crossbar.

European Qualifiers - France 1-0 Ireland win two in a row, Pavard wins from distance and Meignan makes back-to-back saves

In the 90th minute, Ireland continued to take a corner kick, the right corner kick drove into the box, Nathan Collins jumped high and flicked his head to score, and Meignan once again saved the ball with one hand.

European Qualifiers - France 1-0 Ireland win two in a row, Pavard wins from distance and Meignan makes back-to-back saves

In the end, the match was over, and France beat Ireland 1-0.

European Qualifiers - France 1-0 Ireland win two in a row, Pavard wins from distance and Meignan makes back-to-back saves

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