U21′s defeat Serbia in Friendly

June 3, 2011 1:10 am


After wins against Spain and Czech Rublic in March the blueberries made three in a row in Rouen against Serbia. Erick Mombaerts guiding the team to a 1-0 victory.

 Here is the line-up that face Serbia

 

GK – Joris Delle (Metz)

 

DEF – Sebastien Corchia (Le Mans), Eliaquim Mangala (Standard Liege), Benjamin Stambouli (Montpellier), Lionel Carole (Benfica)

 

DEF MID – Vincent Pajot (Boulogne), Joshua Guilavogui (St-Etienne)

 

MID – Rémy Cabella (Arles-Avignon), Yacine Brahimi (Rennes), Henri Saivet (Angers)

 

FWD – Bangali-Fodé Koita (Montpellier)

 

Subs

Mathieu Peybernes (Nantes) for Corchia – 62 minutes

Thibault Moulin (Caen) for Pajot – 76 minutes

Vincent Sasso (Nantes) for Guilavogui – 83 minutes

Benjamin André (Ajaccio) for Brahimi – 46 minutes

Magaye Gueye (Everton) for Saivet – 62 minutes

Valere Germain (Monaco) for Koita – 76 minutes

 

The only goal of the game came when Cabella cross from the right to find Henri Saivet his one two with Koita was exquisite and Saivet finished with an Thierry Henry style curling shot.

 

The team was missing some key players in Raphael Varane, Alfred N’Diaye and Abdoul Camara. That now makes it six wins from seven games. They Preperations continue for the Euro 2013 qualifiers with a friendly this Sunday against the Ukraine.

 

Qualfying for Euro 2013 in will begin on September the 2nd France first match is against Latvia.

 

More on the team at the Toulon Tournament later.

 

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