A 72nd minute goal from Loic Remy was all France needed for a 1-0 win over the United States at Stade de France on Friday. USA goalkeeper Tim Howard did a lot of work to keep the score manageable, with France holding a decisive lead in shots taken and shots on goal. Hugo Lloris kept the clean sheet for France.
“From a technical perspective, the shape, working, and really finding a rhythm was good,” US coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. “The real piece that was missing was scoring a goal. I told them at halftime ‘guys, you can absolutely compete here. You can go for a win.’ Obviously it was difficult after their goal. In these types of games, if you make one or two mistakes you get punished. It was still impressive how they came back. They pushed forward and were getting close. We made life very, very difficult for France, and they realized after 30 minutes there is a team that has a go at them. Obviously you want to score a couple of goals sooner or later, so I wish there was one or two.”
— GAME REPORT —
Date: Nov. 11, 2011
Competition: International Friendly
Venue: Stade de France – Paris
Kickoff: 3 p.m. ET
Attendance: 70,018
Weather: Cloudy, 50 degrees
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
France 0 1 1
USA 0 0 0
FRA – Loïc Rémy (Marvin Martin) 73rd minute
Lineups:
USA: 1-Tim Howard; 2-Steve Cherundolo, 4-Clarence Goodson, 5-Carlos Bocanegra (capt.), 3-Timmy Chandler; 8-Maurice Edu (18-Edson Buddle, 77), 6-Kyle Beckerman (16-Jermaine Jones, 66), 10-Clint Dempsey; 11-Brek Shea (17- DaMarcus Beasley, 71), 7-Danny Williams (15-Fabian Johnson, 71), 9-Jozy Altidore
Subs not used: 12-Bill Hamid, 13-Michael Orozco Fiscal, 14-Michael Bradley
Head Coach: Jurgen Klinsmann
FRA: 1-Hugo Lloris; 2-Matthieu Debuchy, 4-Adil Rami, 5-Laurent Koscielny, 3-Jérémy Mathieu; 14-Jérémy Ménez, 18- Alou Diarra, 17- Yann M'Vila (11-Maxime Gonalons, 60), 7- Franck Ribéry (21-Loïc Rémy, 64); 10- Karim Benzema (8-Marvin Martin, 65), 20- Kevin Gameiro (9-Olivier Giroud, 60)
Subs not used: 6-Yohan Cabaye, 12-Mamadou Sakho, 13-Anthony Réveillère, 15-Florent Malouda, 16-Cédric Carrasso, 22-Eric Abidal, 23-Steve Mandanda
Head coach: Laurent Blanc
Misconduct Summary:
FRA – Laurent Koscielny (caution) 78th minute
FRA – Matthieu Debuchy (caution) 80
Officials:
Referee: Michael Koukoulakis (GRE)
Assistant Referee 1: Dimitrios Saraidaris (GRE)
Assistant Referee 2: Dimitrios Bozatzidis (GRE)
Fourth Official: Huseyin Ocak (GRE)
