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At 2:45 a.m. Beijing time on September 8, a match in the fifth round of the group stage of the European Cup qualifiers will be contested, with world No. 2 France hosting world No. 53 Ireland. The luxurious French team has always been the favorite to win major competitions. In the qualifiers, they have been doing well, and in the first four group games, France have won all of their group games and kept clean sheets, which is a very remarkable achievement. This time France faced Ireland. When the two sides met in the first leg, France narrowly won by one goal. Now that they meet again, France have a home advantage, and naturally there is no suspense. As a result, France won and continued to march forward.
In this match, the French team played 4231 formation. Giroud is at the top. The attacking combination of Kylian Mbappe, Griezmann and Dembele joined forces. Chuameni and Rabiot partner at the back of the double. Conde, Yu Palmecano, Lucas Hernandez and Teo Hernandez started at the back four. Meignan plays as the starting goalkeeper. Muani, Koeman, Fofana, Camavinga and Pavard were all on the bench.
From the start of the game, the French team played very aggressively and constantly created shooting opportunities. But neither Rabiot nor Mbappe scored a shot. However, France's goal did not wait long. France scored in the 19th minute, it was Chuameni who scored and his world wave was perfect.
However, the worse thing for the French team is that Giroud is injured. Mbappe was also unlucky and managed to score a goal, but was ruled offside. At half-time, France led Ireland 1-0. France had 64 percent possession in the first half, making 12 crazy shots on goal, but only three shots on target and scoring one goal. Ireland had only two shots on goal in the first half, but none of them were on target.
In the second half, the side was changed again, and the French team continued to frantically suppress Ireland. Thuram extended the score for France. Mbappe, on the other hand, was unlucky and did not score alone. Dembele came close to scoring when his shot was denied by the upright. Ireland were under siege, but none of the likes of Griezmann and Mbappe scored. Thuram had two chances in the final minute, but his close-range header headed a bounce high over the goal. The final score was fixed at 2-0, and France beat Ireland. Mbappe had 5 shots on goal in this game, but none of them scored, completely muted, too depressed. Real Madrid star Chuameni scored a game-high 8.3 points after the game, and he performed well, scoring one goal and three steals.
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