France v Nigeria, 30 June 2014

Kick-off 1.00pm local (5.00pm BST) Man of the Match: Paul Pogba (France) Assistant referees: Mark Hurd (United States) Joe Fletcher (Canada) Fourth official: Alireza Faghani (Iran) Fifth official: Hassan Kamranifar (Iran) The two teams had met in one previous match, in a friendly in 2009, won by Nigeria 1–0. Paul Pogba had the best chance in the first half but his right foot volley after a cross from the right was saved by Vincent Enyeama. In the second half Yohan Cabaye saw a shot come back off the bar. The opening goal came with 11 minutes to play when Pogba headed into the net after a mistake by Enyeama where he failed to hold onto a corner kick from the left by Mathieu Valbuena. In injury time, France got a second when Joseph Yobo put into his own net under pressure from Antoine Griezmann after a cross from the right by Valbuena. France advanced to the quarter-finals to face Germany, while Nigeria were eliminated at the round of 16 in all three World Cups where they reached the knockout stage. While Nigeria have now only won one of their last 12 World Cup matches, France manager Didier Deschamps remained unbeaten in his ten games at the World Cup as a player and manager.