New Zealand U23 vs France U23, 2024 Olympic Men's Soccer, Group Stage

· Men's Olympic Soccer Tournament
New Zealand U23
    FT
    0 - 3
    France U23
    • 19': Jean-Philippe Mateta
    • 71': Désiré Doué
    • 74': Arnaud Kalimuendo

    About

    New Zealand U23 are hosting France U23 at Orange Vélodrome, Marseille, France, starting on . The match is a part of the Men's Olympic Soccer Tournament.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 4': Foul by Johann Lepenant (France U23).
    • 4': Oskar van Hattum (New Zealand U23) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 6': Corner, France U23. Conceded by Tyler Bindon.
    • 6': Attempt blocked. Soungoutou Magassa (France U23) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Arnaud Kalimuendo.
    • 6': Attempt blocked. Castello Lukeba (France U23) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
    • 7': Delay in match (France U23).
    • 7': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 8': Attempt saved. Rayan Cherki (France U23) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 8': Attempt blocked. Arnaud Kalimuendo (France U23) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
    • 9': Corner, France U23. Conceded by Tyler Bindon.
    • 10': Foul by Désiré Doué (France U23).
    • 10': Sarpreet Singh (New Zealand U23) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 11': Attempt missed. Sarpreet Singh (New Zealand U23) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right from a direct free kick.
    • 12': Corner, France U23. Conceded by Tyler Bindon.
    • 15': Attempt blocked. Désiré Doué (France U23) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Johann Lepenant.
    • 15': Attempt blocked. Désiré Doué (France U23) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
    • 16': Attempt missed. Jean-Philippe Mateta (France U23) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left misses to the right. Assisted by Johann Lepenant.
    • 19': Goal! New Zealand U23 0, France U23 1. Jean-Philippe Mateta (France U23) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top right corner following a fast break.
    • 25': Foul by Castello Lukeba (France U23).
    • 25': Sarpreet Singh (New Zealand U23) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 27': Corner, France U23. Conceded by Finn Surman.
    • 27': Attempt saved. Désiré Doué (France U23) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Andy Diouf.
    • 28': Attempt blocked. Ben Waine (New Zealand U23) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Joe Bell.
    • 28': Corner, New Zealand U23. Conceded by Castello Lukeba.
    • 28': Attempt blocked. Sarpreet Singh (New Zealand U23) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ben Waine.
    • 28': Attempt blocked. Michael Boxall (New Zealand U23) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sarpreet Singh.
    • 29': Corner, New Zealand U23. Conceded by Soungoutou Magassa.
    • 29': Attempt missed. Michael Boxall (New Zealand U23) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Joe Bell with a cross following a corner.
    • 30': Attempt blocked. Rayan Cherki (France U23) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andy Diouf.
    • 31': Attempt missed. Rayan Cherki (France U23) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Johann Lepenant.
    • 31': Delay in match (France U23).
    • 33': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 33': Attempt missed. Oskar van Hattum (New Zealand U23) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 34': Foul by Sam Sutton (New Zealand U23).
    • 34': Jean-Philippe Mateta (France U23) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 34': Offside, New Zealand U23. Oskar van Hattum is caught offside.
    • 37': Attempt blocked. Arnaud Kalimuendo (France U23) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Johann Lepenant.
    • 37': Attempt saved. Rayan Cherki (France U23) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Arnaud Kalimuendo.
    • 37': Corner, France U23. Conceded by Alex Paulsen.
    • 40': Corner, France U23. Conceded by Tyler Bindon.
    • 41': Attempt missed. Andy Diouf (France U23) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Johann Lepenant.
    • 42': Andy Diouf (France U23) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 42': Foul by Sarpreet Singh (New Zealand U23).
    • 44': Attempt blocked. Rayan Cherki (France U23) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
    • 44': Corner, France U23. Conceded by Tyler Bindon.
    • 45': Attempt blocked. Bradley Locko (France U23) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Johann Lepenant.
    • 45'+2': Foul by Bradley Locko (France U23).
    • 45'+2': Sam Sutton (New Zealand U23) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 45'+4': Corner, New Zealand U23. Conceded by Bradley Locko.
    • 45'+4': Corner, New Zealand U23. Conceded by Jean-Philippe Mateta.
    • 45'+5': First Half ends, New Zealand U23 0, France U23 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins New Zealand U23 0, France U23 1.
    • 45': Substitution, New Zealand U23. Lachlan Bayliss replaces Oskar van Hattum.
    • 47': Attempt missed. Johann Lepenant (France U23) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 49': Attempt blocked. Désiré Doué (France U23) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Arnaud Kalimuendo.
    • 49': Corner, France U23. Conceded by Lukas Kelly-Heald.
    • 51': Attempt missed. Matthew Garbett (New Zealand U23) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 52': Foul by Chrislain Matsima (France U23).
    • 52': Lukas Kelly-Heald (New Zealand U23) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 55': Désiré Doué (France U23) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Foul by Lukas Kelly-Heald (New Zealand U23).
    • 55': Attempt missed. Désiré Doué (France U23) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Andy Diouf.
    • 57': Attempt saved. Arnaud Kalimuendo (France U23) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
    • 57': Attempt blocked. Rayan Cherki (France U23) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
    • 57': Corner, France U23. Conceded by Tyler Bindon.
    • 63': Attempt blocked. Andy Diouf (France U23) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Rayan Cherki.
    • 63': Désiré Doué (France U23) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 63': Foul by Lukas Kelly-Heald (New Zealand U23).
    • 63': Lukas Kelly-Heald (New Zealand U23) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 65': Attempt missed. Bradley Locko (France U23) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Johann Lepenant.
    • 65': Substitution, France U23. Michael Olise replaces Rayan Cherki.
    • 66': Substitution, France U23. Maghnes Akliouche replaces Jean-Philippe Mateta.
    • 68': Attempt blocked. Andy Diouf (France U23) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Désiré Doué.
    • 68': Foul by Johann Lepenant (France U23).
    • 68': Lachlan Bayliss (New Zealand U23) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 69': Foul by Andy Diouf (France U23).
    • 69': Matthew Garbett (New Zealand U23) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 70': Ben Waine (New Zealand U23) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 70': Foul by Johann Lepenant (France U23).
    • 71': Goal! New Zealand U23 0, France U23 2. Désiré Doué (France U23) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
    • 74': Attempt blocked. Désiré Doué (France U23) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Michael Olise.
    • 74': Goal! New Zealand U23 0, France U23 3. Arnaud Kalimuendo (France U23) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a fast break.
    • 76': Delay in match (France U23).
    • 78': Substitution, France U23. Joris Chotard replaces Désiré Doué.
    • 78': Substitution, France U23. Loïc Badé replaces Castello Lukeba.
    • 78': Substitution, New Zealand U23. Matthew Sheridan replaces Sam Sutton.
    • 78': Substitution, New Zealand U23. Jay Herdman replaces Finn Surman.
    • 78': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
    • 80': Corner, France U23. Conceded by Lukas Kelly-Heald.
    • 81': Corner, France U23. Conceded by Matthew Sheridan.
    • 82': Offside, France U23. Bradley Locko is caught offside.
    • 83': Foul by Ben Waine (New Zealand U23).
    • 83': Loïc Badé (France U23) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Attempt blocked. Michael Olise (France U23) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andy Diouf.
    • 85': Attempt missed. Maghnes Akliouche (France U23) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Bradley Locko.
    • 85': Substitution, New Zealand U23. Fin Conchie replaces Ben Waine.
    • 86': Bradley Locko (France U23) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Foul by Lachlan Bayliss (New Zealand U23).
    • 86': Corner, France U23. Conceded by Lukas Kelly-Heald.
    • 87': Attempt missed. Arnaud Kalimuendo (France U23) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Bradley Locko with a cross.
    • 88': Foul by Maghnes Akliouche (France U23).
    • 88': Matthew Garbett (New Zealand U23) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 89': Attempt saved. Andy Diouf (France U23) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Michael Olise.
    • 89': Attempt missed. Joris Chotard (France U23) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Bradley Locko.
    • 90'+1': Substitution, New Zealand U23. William Gillion replaces Sarpreet Singh.
    • 90'+2': Attempt saved. Lachlan Bayliss (New Zealand U23) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by William Gillion.
    • 90'+3': Corner, New Zealand U23. Conceded by Obed Nkambadio.
    • 90'+4': Attempt blocked. Lachlan Bayliss (New Zealand U23) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by William Gillion.
    • 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Michael Olise (France U23) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andy Diouf.
    • 90'+5': Corner, France U23. Conceded by Michael Boxall.
    • 90'+6': Attempt saved. Joris Chotard (France U23) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
    • 90'+6': Corner, France U23. Conceded by Alex Paulsen.
    • 90'+8': Second Half ends, New Zealand U23 0, France U23 3.
    • 0': Match ends, New Zealand U23 0, France U23 3.

    Statistics

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    9 Fouls 6
    0 Yellow Cards 1
    0 Red Cards 0
    1 Offsides 1
    14 Corner Kicks 5
    1 Saves 6
    66.3 Possession 33.7
    34 SHOTS 9
    9 ON GOAL 1
    0.3 On Target % 0.1
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    558 Accurate Passes 256
    622 Passes 313
    0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
    2 Accurate Crosses 1
    18 Crosses 11
    0.1 Cross % 0.1
    41 Long Balls 55
    28 Accurate Long Balls 24
    0.7 Long Balls % 0.4
    16 Blocked Shots 4
    13 Effective Tackles 10
    20 Tackles 18
    0.7 Tackle % 0.6
    14 Interceptions 12
    11 Effective Clearances 33
    11 Clearances 33

    Game Information

    Competition: Men's Olympic Soccer Tournament

    Venue: Orange Vélodrome
    Location: Marseille, France
    Attendance: 45,790

    OLY Soccer (M) Table

    # TEAM GP GD PTS
    1 France U23 3 +7 9
    2 United States U23 3 +3 6
    3 New Zealand U23 3 -5 3
    4 Guinea U23 3 -5 0
    Full Table

    Line-Ups

    NZL New Zealand U23 (5-3-2)

    No. Name
    1 Alex Paulsen (GK)
    2 Michael Boxall
    4 Tyler Bindon
    5 Finn Surman
    13 Lukas Kelly-Heald Yellow Card
    3 Sam Sutton
    10 Sarpreet Singh
    7 Matthew Garbett
    6 Joe Bell
    9 Ben Waine
    18 Oskar van Hattum
    New Zealand U23 Substitutes:
    Jay Herdman, Matthew Sheridan, Fin Conchie, Lachlan Bayliss, Jesse Randall, Kees Sims, William Gillion.

    FRA France U23 (3-4-1-2)

    No. Name
    1 Obed Nkambadio (GK)
    17 Soungoutou Magassa
    2 Castello Lukeba
    19 Chrislain Matsima
    21 Johann Lepenant
    20 Andy Diouf
    18 Rayan Cherki
    15 Bradley Locko
    11 Désiré Doué
    9 Arnaud Kalimuendo
    14 Jean-Philippe Mateta
    France U23 Substitutes:
    Adrien Truffert, Alexandre Lacazette, Maghnes Akliouche, Loïc Badé, Michael Olise, Guillaume Restes, Joris Chotard.

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