Hello and welcome to Truth Live News LIVE commentary of the World Cup group D fixture between France and Denmark!
A thumping 4-1 win over Australia got Les Bleus off to the perfect start, with Olivier Giroud’s brace putting him level with Thierry Henry as the nation’s most prolific goal scorer. A win would put Didier Deschamps’ squad through into the knock-out round, in what is their third meeting with Denmark in 2022.
DENMARK SUBS: Oliver Christensen, Frederik Ronnow, Simon Kjaer, Jens Stryger Larsen, Robert Skov, Alexander Bah, Mathias Jensen, Andreas Skov Olsen, Daniel Wass, Christian Norgaard, Martin Braithwaite, Kasper Dolberg, Jonas Wind, Yussuf Poulsen.
DENMARK XI (3-4-3): Kasper Schmeichel; Andreas Christensen, Victor Nelsson, Joachim Andersen; Joakim Maehle, Christian Eriksen, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Rasmus Kristensen; Mikkel Damsgaard, Andreas Cornelius, Jesper Lindstrom.
FRANCE SUBS: Steve Mandanda, Alphonse Areola, Benjamin Pavardc, Axel Disasi, William
FRANCE XI (4-2-3-1): Hugo Lloris; Jules Kounde, Raphael Varane, Dayot Upamecano, Theo Hernandez; Aurelien Tchouameni, Adrien Rabiot; Ousmane Dembele, Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe; Olivier Giroud.
1′ Denmark get the match underway from the kick-off!
10′ CHANCE! Hernandez teases a lovely cross to the far post for Rabiot, who rises above his marker to nod the ball down. Giroud is on the spot and attempts to hit his finish on the volley but he swings at air – giving Denmark an opportunity to scramble it away.
22′ FANTASTIC SAVE! Griezmann fires his free-kick from deep in midfield out to the right for Dembele, who puts the ball on his left foot to hook an inswinging cross. Rabiot meets the accurate delivery with a thumping header but Schmeichel is equal to it, leaping to his right to push it away.
35′ CLOSE! Denmark come forward on their first real counter-attack of the match, with Lindstrom winning the ball back and immediately finding Cornelius. The two work a passing move down the pitch to evade Varane, putting the striker in a spot to trouble Lloris but the striker sends his effort whistling wide!
