France v Korea Republic, 18 June 2006
| Score | 1-1 |
| Referee | Benito Archundia |
| Competition | FIFA World Cup Finals group G |
| Venue | Zentralstadion, Leipzig |
| Attendance | 43,000 |
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Kick-Off: 21:00 Local (20:00 BST)
Assistant referees:
José Ramírez (Mexico)
Héctor Vergara (Canada)
Fourth official:
Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
Fifth official:
Mamadou N'Doye (Senegal)
Man of the Match:
PARK Ji-sung (South Korea)
France remain without a win in the World Cup finals since their 1998 victory over Brazil after South Korea came from behind to snatch a point.
Thierry Henry gave France an early lead, latching on to Sylvain Wiltord's deflected shot to sidefoot home.
Patrick Vieira was denied a goal when his header was blocked by Korea keeper Lee Woon-Jae after it crossed the line, but the referee did not give the goal.
But with 10 minutes to go Park Ji-sung punished sloppy French defending.
The draw left South Korea top of Group G with four points, two ahead of France, who are in jeopardy of crashing out of the World Cup at the group stages for the second successive time.
1
France
Manager: Raymond Domenech
Goals:
| Thierry Henry | 9 |
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Starting lineup:
Goalkeeper
Fabien Barthez
Defender
Eric Abidal
Defender
William Gallas
Defender
Willy Sagnol
Defender
Lilian Thuram
Midfielder
Claude Makélélé
Midfielder
Patrick Vieira
Midfielder
Zinédine Zidane
(captain)
Forward
Thierry Henry
Forward
Florent Malouda
Forward
Sylvain Wiltord
Substitutions:
| Franck Ribéry for Sylvain Wiltord | 60 |
| Vikash Dhorasoo for Florent Malouda | 88 |
| David Trézéguet for Zinédine Zidane | 90 |
Cards:
| Eric Abidal | 79 | Y |
| Zinédine Zidane | 85 | Y |
On the bench:
Goalkeeper
Grégory Coupet
Goalkeeper
Mickaël Landreau
Defender/Right back
Pascal Chimbonda
Defender
Jean-Alain Boumsong
Defender
Gael Givet
Defender
Mikaël Silvestre
Midfielder
Vikash Dhorasoo
Midfielder
Alou Diarra
Midfielder
Franck Ribéry
Forward
Sidney Govou
Forward
Louis Saha
Forward
David Trézéguet
Comments:
Thierry Henry's goal was the first by France in the World Cup finals since they beat Brazil 3-0 in the 1998 Final in Paris. It means they avoided equalling Bolivia's competition record of five consecutive World Cup finals games without a goal. Lilian Thuram equals Marcel Desailly's record of 116 caps for France. Television replays strongly suggested that France 'scored' a legitimate goal in the 32nd minute - the ball crossing the goal line - but it was not given by the officials. Zinedine Zidane's yellow rules him out of the last group match against Togo.
1
Korea Republic
Manager: Dick Advocaat
Goals:
| PARK Ji-sung | 81 |
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Starting lineup:
LEE Woon-Jae
Goalkeeper
(captain)
KIM Dong-jin
Defender
CHOI Jin-Cheul
Defender
KIM Young-Chul
Defender
LEE Young-pyo
Defender/Midfielder
LEE Eul-Yong
Midfielder
LEE Ho
Midfielder
CHO Jae-Jin
Midfielder
PARK Ji-sung
Midfielder
KIM Nam-il
Midfielder
LEE Chun-soo
Forward
Substitutions:
| SEOL Ki-Hyeon for LEE Eul-Yong | 46 |
| KIM Sang-sik for LEE Ho | 69 |
| AHN Jung-Hwan for LEE Chun-soo | 72 |
Cards:
| LEE Ho | 11 | Y |
| KIM Dong-jin | 29 | Y |
On the bench:
Goalkeeper
KIM Yong-dae
Goalkeeper
KIM Young-kwang
Defender
SONG Chong-Gug
Defender
KIM Jin-Kyu
Defender
KIM Sang-sik
Midfielder
KIM Do-heon
Midfielder
Baek Ji-Hoon
Midfielder
CHO Won-Hee
Forward
PARK Chu-young
Forward
AHN Jung-Hwan
Forward
SEOL Ki-Hyeon
Forward
CHUNG Kyung-Ho