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VS

FRANCE vs. SOUTH AFRICA
A TALE OF TWO NATIONS

THE OCTOPUS'S SOCCER ALMANAC _

📍 Velodrome

⚽ MATCH RESULT

FULL TIME
FRANCE
3 – 0
SOUTH AFRICA
✦ REFEREE: Rezende, Marcio
▶ GOALS & CARDS
  • 35' ⚽ Christophe Dugarry
  • 78' • Pierre Issa
  • 90' ⚽ Thierry Henry
▶ LINE-UPS
FRANCE
STARTING XI
  1. GKFabien Barthez
  2. DFLaurent Blanc
  3. DFMarcel Desailly
  4. DFBixente Lizarazu
  5. DFLilian Thuram
  6. MFDidier Deschamps
  7. MFStephane Guivarc`h
  8. MFEmmanuel Petit
  9. MFZinedine Zidane
  10. FWThierry Henry⚽
  11. FWYouri Djorkaeff
SUBSTITUTES
  • Christophe Dugarry⚽
SOUTH AFRICA
STARTING XI
  1. GKHans Vonk
  2. DFPierre Issa
  3. DFMark Fish
  4. DFDavid Nyathi
  5. DFLucas Redebe
  6. MFBrendan Augustine
  7. MFQuinton Fortune
  8. MFWillem Jackson
  9. MFJohn Moshoeu
  10. FWPhilemon Masinga
  11. FWBenedict McCarthy

⚔ HEAD-TO-HEAD ARCHIVE

FRANCE
Les Bleus
EST. 1919
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›
VS
SOUTH AFRICA
Bafana Bafana
EST. 1991
🐙 TEAM ALMANAC ›

📊 PIXEL STAT CHARTS

▶ FRANCE
▶ SOUTH AFRICA
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