ENGLAND vs FRANCE

England 1 VS France 2

Wednesday, 17/11/2010

Kick off 20:00 GMT at Wembley Stadium

England - Crouch 86'

France - Benzema 16' Valbuena 55'

Minute by minute

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90'Crouch forces Lloris into a save after climbing to reach Johnson's cross to the back post. England on the search for a late leveller.

90'France only half clear another Johnson cross into the box, but Milner's lofted volley from the edge of the area goes just over the bar.

FULL TIME

87'SubstitutionOff, Bacary Sagna. On, Anthony Reveillere.

86'Goal scoredPeter Crouch. England pull a goal back and deservedly so after their second half performance, as Ashley Young's right-wing corner is smashed home on the volley with his first touch of the game.

85'SubstitutionOff, Steven Gerrard. On, Peter Crouch.

85'SubstitutionOff, Yoann Gourcuff. On, Guillaume Hoarau.

82'Nasri breaks into the box from the right and smashes a powerful shot against the outside of the post.

80'It's hard luck for England once again, as Johnson tricks his way past Abidal before forcing Lloris into a save at full stretch. The ball rebounds out to Gerrard but he strikes agonisingly wide.

77'SubstitutionOff, Florent Malouda. On, Dimitri Payet.

75'Johnson's driven shot from inside the area is somehow deflected wide by two French bodies.

72'SubstitutionOff, Andy Carroll. On, Jay Bothroyd.

72'SubstitutionOff, Kieran Gibbs. On, Stephen Warnock.

70'Carroll forces Lloris into another save after heading Gerrard's cross at goal.

68'SubstitutionOff, Mathieu Valbuena. On, Alou Diarra.

67'SubstitutionOff, Karim Benzema. On, Loic Remy.

66'Gerrard is hauled down by Malouda just outside the area at the expense of another free-kick, but Johnson's curling effort sails over the bar.

63'Adam Johnson is tripped on the right by Eric Abidal for a free-kick to England. Johnson swings it into the area for Gerrard but his header clips the bar on its way over.

55'Goal scoredMathieu Valbuena. It's 2-0 to France as midfielder Valbuena expertly side-foots Sagna's right wing cross past Foster and into the bottom corner.

49'Substitutes Micah Richards and Adam Johnson link well on the right, but Richards' cross is cleared in the area.

49'Yellow cardJordan Henderson. The midfielder is cautioned for a foul on Gourcuff just outside the centre circle.

46'SubstitutionOff, Gareth Barry. On, Ashley Young.

46'SubstitutionOff, Rio Ferdinand. On, Micah Richards.

46'SubstitutionOff, Theo Walcott. On, Adam Johnson.

46'SubstitutionOff, Philippe Mexes. On, Mamadou Sakho.

46'France get the second half started, as England make three changes and the visitors one.

HALF TIME

39'Carroll causes problems again for the French defence, skipping past Mexes but seeing his shot blocked by Adil Rami.

32'Carroll tries his luck with a shot from 25 yards but he doesn't quite get hold of it properly and Lloris makes a comfortable save.

29'Kieran Gibbs crosses from the left for Carroll, whose knock-down picks out Gerrard in the area but the midfielder shoots over the bar.

28'Another swift break forward from the French sees the ball moved between Samir Nasri, into Malouda and then onto Benzema but his shot flew into the side netting.

19'Malouda dances one way and another as he attacks the England box, but Rio Ferdinand makes a timely block to prevent his shot from testing Foster.

16'Goal scoredKarim Benzema. France take the lead, and it's not against the run of play either. Malouda and Benzema leave the England defence flat footed, before the Chelsea man slips a pass into the box for the Real Madrid striker and he makes no mistake by smashing a left-footer past Foster.

12'A good save from Foster to deny Gourcuff, after England failed to clear Bacary Sagna's right wing cross.

11'Malouda has another attempt at goal, this time with his right boot, but shoots harmlessly over the bar.

09'Ben Foster makes his first save of the evening, gathered at the second attempt, to deny Florent Malouda's low left-footer.

06'France force a corner, when Yoann Gourcoff's attempted cross is deflected behind off Gareth Barry. England clear the danger though.

03'Another Gerrard free-kick, this time from the right flank, almost picks out the head of James Milner but Philippe Mexes gets his boot to it in the nick of time.

02'Gerrard tests Hugo Lloris with a 25-yard free-kick after Carroll is fouled, but the French captain is equal to it and makes a save.

KOIt's England who get us underway at Wembley. with Andy Carroll and Steven Gerrard kicking-off.