France v Germany, 15 June 2021

Score1-0 to France
RefereeCarlos Del Cerro Grande
CompetitionUEFA European Championship Group F
VenueAllianz Arena, Munich
Attendance13,000

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Kick-off: 9.00pm local Attendance limited due to COVID-19 restrictions. Assistant referees: Juan Carlos Yuste (ESP) and Roberto Alonso Fernandez (ESP) Fourth official: Srdjan Jovanović (SRB) Video Assistant Referee: Juan Martínez (ESP) This was match no. 12 of the pan-Europe Euro 2020 tournament (the last of the first round of group games). The only previous meeting at the UEFA European Championship finals was in the semi-final of 2016 in Marseille (France won 2-0 with two goals from Antoine Griezmann).

1 France

Manager: Didier Deschamps

0 Germany

Manager: Joachim Löw

Goals:

Mats Hummels own goal 20 OG

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (captain)
Defender Lucas Hernandez
Defender Presnel Kimpembe
Defender Raphaël Varane
Defender/Midfielder Benjamin Pavard
Midfielder N'Golo Kanté
Midfielder Paul Pogba
Midfielder Adrien Rabiot
Midfielder/Forward Antoine Griezmann
Forward Karim Benzema
Forward Kylian Mbappé

Starting lineup:

Manuel Neuer Goalkeeper (captain)
Matthias Ginter Defender
Mats Hummels Defender
Antonio Rüdiger Defender
Joshua Kimmich Defender/Midfielder
Robin Gosens Midfielder
Ilkay Gündogan Midfielder
Toni Kroos Midfielder
Serge Gnabry Midfielder/Forward
Kai Havertz Midfielder/Forward
Thomas Müller Forward

Substitutions:

Corentin Tolisso for Karim Benzema 89
Ousmane Dembélé for Adrien Rabiot 90

Substitutions:

Leroy Sané for Kai Havertz 74
Timo Werner for Serge Gnabry 74
Emre Can for Matthias Ginter 88
Kevin Volland for Robin Gosens 88

Cards:

Cards:

Joshua Kimmich 7 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Mike Maignan
Goalkeeper Steve Mandanda
Defender Jules Koundé
Defender Clément Lenglet
Defender Kurt Zouma
Defender/Midfielder Lucas Digne
Midfielder Thomas Lemar
Midfielder Corentin Tolisso
Midfielder/Forward Kingsley Coman
Midfielder/Forward Ousmane Dembélé
Forward Wissam Ben Yedder
Forward Olivier Giroud

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Bernd Leno
Goalkeeper Kevin Trapp
Defender Christian Günter
Defender Niklas Süle
Defender/Midfielder Emre Can
Defender/Midfielder Marcel Halstenberg
Defender/Midfielder Lukas Klostermann
Defender/Midfielder Robin Koch
Midfielder Florian Neuhaus
Midfielder/Forward Leroy Sané
Midfielder/Forward Kevin Volland
Forward Timo Werner

Comments:

France remained unbeaten in their opening game of a UEFA European Championship finals since 1960 against Yugoslavia. They were now unbeaten in their last six games against Germany in Germany (won four). France had now won 15 of their last 20 games at the FIFA World Cup finals and UEFA European Championship finals since 2014. Karim Benzema scored after 85 minutes but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an offside decision.

Comments:

This was the first time that Germany had lost their opening game at a UEFA European Finals tournament; won seven of the previous 12. They had now lost consecutive competitive (non-friendly) home games for the first time; also a FIFA World Cup qualifier against North Macedonia on 31 March 2021 at Duisberg. Three own goals had now been conceded in the first round of group games at Euro 2020; no more than three own goals had ever previously been conceded in a completed UEFA European finals tournament.

1 France

Manager: Didier Deschamps

Goals:

Mats Hummels own goal 20 OG

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (captain)
Defender Lucas Hernandez
Defender Presnel Kimpembe
Defender Raphaël Varane
Defender/Midfielder Benjamin Pavard
Midfielder N'Golo Kanté
Midfielder Paul Pogba
Midfielder Adrien Rabiot
Midfielder/Forward Antoine Griezmann
Forward Karim Benzema
Forward Kylian Mbappé

Substitutions:

Corentin Tolisso for Karim Benzema 89
Ousmane Dembélé for Adrien Rabiot 90

Cards:

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Mike Maignan
Goalkeeper Steve Mandanda
Defender Jules Koundé
Defender Clément Lenglet
Defender Kurt Zouma
Defender/Midfielder Lucas Digne
Midfielder Thomas Lemar
Midfielder Corentin Tolisso
Midfielder/Forward Kingsley Coman
Midfielder/Forward Ousmane Dembélé
Forward Wissam Ben Yedder
Forward Olivier Giroud

Comments:

France remained unbeaten in their opening game of a UEFA European Championship finals since 1960 against Yugoslavia. They were now unbeaten in their last six games against Germany in Germany (won four). France had now won 15 of their last 20 games at the FIFA World Cup finals and UEFA European Championship finals since 2014. Karim Benzema scored after 85 minutes but the goal was disallowed after a VAR review due to an offside decision.

0 Germany

Manager: Joachim Löw

Goals:

Starting lineup:

Manuel Neuer Goalkeeper (captain)
Matthias Ginter Defender
Mats Hummels Defender
Antonio Rüdiger Defender
Joshua Kimmich Defender/Midfielder
Robin Gosens Midfielder
Ilkay Gündogan Midfielder
Toni Kroos Midfielder
Serge Gnabry Midfielder/Forward
Kai Havertz Midfielder/Forward
Thomas Müller Forward

Substitutions:

Leroy Sané for Kai Havertz 74
Timo Werner for Serge Gnabry 74
Emre Can for Matthias Ginter 88
Kevin Volland for Robin Gosens 88

Cards:

Joshua Kimmich 7 Y

On the bench:

Goalkeeper Bernd Leno
Goalkeeper Kevin Trapp
Defender Christian Günter
Defender Niklas Süle
Defender/Midfielder Emre Can
Defender/Midfielder Marcel Halstenberg
Defender/Midfielder Lukas Klostermann
Defender/Midfielder Robin Koch
Midfielder Florian Neuhaus
Midfielder/Forward Leroy Sané
Midfielder/Forward Kevin Volland
Forward Timo Werner

Comments:

This was the first time that Germany had lost their opening game at a UEFA European Finals tournament; won seven of the previous 12. They had now lost consecutive competitive (non-friendly) home games for the first time; also a FIFA World Cup qualifier against North Macedonia on 31 March 2021 at Duisberg. Three own goals had now been conceded in the first round of group games at Euro 2020; no more than three own goals had ever previously been conceded in a completed UEFA European finals tournament.