France out-wit Spain 3-1 and clinch quarter-final spot
{{date|June 27, 2006}}[[File:World Cup 2006 logo.png|left|50px]] France came from a goal down to win their round of sixteen game 3-1 against Spain in Hanover, Tuesday.
 
{{missing image|File:Panorama AWD-Arenax.jpg|right|250px|thumb|AWD Arena, Hanover.}}

The win was a tactical triumph for the French coach [[w:Raymond Domenech|Raymond Domenech]] whose team gave up 61 per cent of ball possession yet restricted their opponents to seven shots - two on target - and ran out three goal winners.

Nor did the French have many chances as for the majority of the game Spain patiently passed the ball around them. When they did have the ball they constantly pried at the Spanish offside line and therein found the weakness that lead to victory.

Though the French were offside eight times the crucial equaliser came from a Franck Ribéry run on to a Patrick Viera pass that beat the line of Spaniards close to half time.  At speed Ribéry rounded Iker Casillas to slot home.

So solid were the French in defence intercepting passes, blocking shots and making tackles the only goal conceded - which put them behind  - was from a penalty kick. This was slammed in low by David Villa on 27 minutes after Pablo had been clattered from behind by Liliam Thuram.

Ten minutes into the second half the score was at 1-1 but the French continued to test the Spanish offside trap. A worried Luis Aragonés brought on two substitutes and changed his system from 4-3-3 to 4-2-3-1. The Spanish defence sat closer to their penalty area so there was less room to pass balls behind them.

But still the Spanish line was caught on 82 minutes when Thierry Henry was fouled by Puyol as he attempted to connect with another through ball. Henry fell as if hit in the face by Puyol although this could not be confirmed with television evidence. Zinedine Zidane floated the resultant free kick into the box, there was an inadvertent flick on from a Spanish player and Viera nodded in at the far post off Sergio Ramos.

As the Spanish pressed for a last minute score the French broke through again, Zidane this time cut back to lose Puyol, and with the keeper off balance he reversed his shot to the near post to put the game out of reach.

So efficient was the French performance FIFA statisticians logged the team with just 19 minutes actual playing time. Brazil, who the French will play in the quarter-finals, too conceded the majority of possession in their game but in comparison beat Ghana 3-0 with 27 minutes actual playing time, Tuesday.

[[File:Fifa world cup org.jpg|right|50px]]

== Round of sixteen ==
'''Match 56'''
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Attendance: 43'000

== Formations ==
=== France ===
[[File:Flag of France.svg|50px|left|top]]

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|- 
!Right wing
!Right
!Center
!Left 
!Left wing
|- <!--Add five to create new line  -->
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|- <!--Goalkeeper -->
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of France.svg|11px|bottom]] Fabien Barthez (GK)
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|-  <!--Defenders -->
|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of France.svg|11px|bottom]] Liliam Thuram
|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of France.svg|11px|bottom]] William Gallas
|
|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of France.svg|11px|bottom]] Eric Abidal
|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of France.svg|11px|bottom]] Willy Sagnol
|- <!--Defensive midfield players -->
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of France.svg|11px|bottom]] Claude Makelele
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|-  <!-- Midfield players / Wingers -->
|center;"|[[File:Flag of France.svg|11px|bottom]] Franck Ribéry
[[File:Soccerball.jpg|12px]] 87'[[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of France.svg|11px|bottom]] Patrick Viera
[[File:Soccerball.jpg|12px]] 68'[[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
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|center;"|[[File:Flag of France.svg|11px|bottom]] Florent Malouda
|-  <!-- Attacking midfield players / Wingers -->
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|     
|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of France.svg|11px|bottom]] Zinedine Zidane
(C) [[File:Soccerball.jpg|12px]] 91'[[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
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|-   <!-- Strikers -->
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of France.svg|11px|bottom]] Thierry Henry 
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|
|}

''Substitutes''
* 74' Sidney Govou for Malouda
* 88' Sylvain Wiltord for Henry
*

[[File:Soccerball.jpg|12px]] ''denotes one goal scored.''
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=== Spain ===
[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|50px|left|top]]

{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|- 
!Right wing
!Right
!Center
!Left 
!Left wing
|-
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|-  <!-- Goalkeeper -->
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|11px|bottom]]Iker Casillas (GK)
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|-   <!-- Defenders -->
| style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|11px|bottom]] Sergio Ramos
|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|11px|bottom]] Carlos Puyol 82'[[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]]
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|11px|bottom]] Pablo
|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|11px|bottom]] Mariano Pernía
|-  <!-- Defensive midfield player -->
|
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|11px|bottom]] Xabi Alonso
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|-   <!-- Midfield player / Wingers -->
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|11px|bottom]] Xavi
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|11px|bottom]] Cesc Fábregas
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|-  <!-- Attacking midfield players / Wingers -->
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|11px|bottom]] David Villa [[File:Soccerball.jpg|12px]]
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|-  <!-- Strikers -->
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|11px|bottom]] Raul (C)
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|style="text-align: center;"|[[File:Flag of Spain.svg|11px|bottom]] Fernando Torres
|
|}

''Substitutes''
* 54' Luis García for David Villa
* 54' Joaquín for Raul
* 72' Marcos Senna for Xavi

[[File:Soccerball.jpg|12px]] ''denotes one goal scored.''

== Officials ==
[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|25px]] Referee: Roberto Rosetti [[File:Yellow card.svg|10px]][[File:Red card.svg|10px]]

[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|20px]] Assistant referee: Cristiano Copelli

[[File:Flag of Italy.svg|20px]] Assistant referee: Alessandro Stagnoli

[[File:Flag of Germany.svg|15px]] Fourth referee: Markus Merk

[[File:Flag of Germany.svg|15px]] Fifth referee: Christian Schraer

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== Related news ==
*{{wikinews|title=Brazil knock-out Ghana 3-0 to grab quarter-final place|date=June 27, 2006}}

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[[fr:Coupe du Monde de football 2006 : L'équipe de France passe en quart en battant l'Espagne 3-1]]
[[it:Mondiali 2006: Francia ai quarti di finale]]
[[pl:Mundial 2006: Hiszpania 1-3 Francja]]
50px France came from a goal down to win their round of sixteen game 3-1 against Spain in Hanover, Tuesday.
 


The win was a tactical triumph for the French coach Raymond Domenech whose team gave up 61 per cent of ball possession yet restricted their opponents to seven shots - two on target - and ran out three goal winners.

Nor did the French have many chances as for the majority of the game Spain patiently passed the ball around them. When they did have the ball they constantly pried at the Spanish offside line and therein found the weakness that lead to victory.

Though the French were offside eight times the crucial equaliser came from a Franck Ribéry run on to a Patrick Viera pass that beat the line of Spaniards close to half time.  At speed Ribéry rounded Iker Casillas to slot home.

So solid were the French in defence intercepting passes, blocking shots and making tackles the only goal conceded - which put them behind  - was from a penalty kick. This was slammed in low by David Villa on 27 minutes after Pablo had been clattered from behind by Liliam Thuram.

Ten minutes into the second half the score was at 1-1 but the French continued to test the Spanish offside trap. A worried Luis Aragonés brought on two substitutes and changed his system from 4-3-3 to 4-2-3-1. The Spanish defence sat closer to their penalty area so there was less room to pass balls behind them.

But still the Spanish line was caught on 82 minutes when Thierry Henry was fouled by Puyol as he attempted to connect with another through ball. Henry fell as if hit in the face by Puyol although this could not be confirmed with television evidence. Zinedine Zidane floated the resultant free kick into the box, there was an inadvertent flick on from a Spanish player and Viera nodded in at the far post off Sergio Ramos.

As the Spanish pressed for a last minute score the French broke through again, Zidane this time cut back to lose Puyol, and with the keeper off balance he reversed his shot to the near post to put the game out of reach.

So efficient was the French performance FIFA statisticians logged the team with just 19 minutes actual playing time. Brazil, who the French will play in the quarter-finals, too conceded the majority of possession in their game but in comparison beat Ghana 3-0 with 27 minutes actual playing time, Tuesday.

50px

Attendance: 43'000


Right wing

Right

Center

Left 

Left wing

bottom Fabien Barthez (GK)

bottom Liliam Thuram

bottom William Gallas

bottom Eric Abidal

bottom Willy Sagnol

bottom Claude Makelele

bottom Franck Ribéry
12px 87'10px

bottom Patrick Viera
12px 68'10px

bottom Florent Malouda

bottom Zinedine Zidane
(C) 12px 91'10px

bottom Thierry Henry 

Substitutes
* 74' Sidney Govou for Malouda
* 88' Sylvain Wiltord for Henry
*

12px denotes one goal scored.
----


Right wing

Right

Center

Left 

Left wing

bottomIker Casillas (GK)

bottom Sergio Ramos

bottom Carlos Puyol 82'10px

bottom Pablo

bottom Mariano Pernía

bottom Xabi Alonso

bottom Xavi

bottom Cesc Fábregas

bottom David Villa 12px

bottom Raul (C)

bottom Fernando Torres

Substitutes
* 54' Luis García for David Villa
* 54' Joaquín for Raul
* 72' Marcos Senna for Xavi

12px denotes one goal scored.

20px Assistant referee: Cristiano Copelli

20px Assistant referee: Alessandro Stagnoli

15px Fourth referee: Markus Merk

15px Fifth referee: Christian Schraer

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