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Hernandez: France Loss Better Now Than June 16
Lucas Hernandez: France's 1-2 friendly loss to Ivory Coast is better now than June 16 World Cup opener vs Senegal, with Northern Ireland test next.
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Yellow Card
6' Amir Al-Ammari (Iraq) is shown a yellow card for foul.
Goal14' Kylian Mbappé (France) scores, set up by Michael Olise. 1-0 — an early opener.
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Substitution
26' (Iraq) makes a substitution: Aymen Hussein comes on for Ali Al-Hamadi.
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VAR
28' VAR check (Iraq).
⏸ Half Time
Goal54' Kylian Mbappé (France) scores, set up by Ousmane Dembélé. 2-0 — his second of the match.
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Substitution
60' (Iraq) makes a substitution: Zaid Tahseen comes on for Rebin Sulaka.
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Substitution
60' (Iraq) makes a substitution: Zaid Ismael comes on for Youssef Amyn.
Goal66' Ousmane Dembélé (France) scores, set up by Michael Olise. 3-0.
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Substitution68' (France) makes a substitution: Ousmane Dembélé comes on for Désiré Doue.
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Substitution68' (France) makes a substitution: Michael Olise comes on for Rayan Cherki.
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Substitution
68' (Iraq) makes a substitution: Amir Al-Ammari comes on for Aimar Sher.
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Substitution
69' (Iraq) makes a substitution: Ibrahim Bayesh comes on for Marko Farji.
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