2004-06 Overview
France - Cyprus 2-0 - 11/10/2005 - Match page - Under-21 2006
Yellow cards
Goals
Substitution
No friction for France
Standings
Group 4: FRA-IRL-SUI-ISR-CYP
| P | Pts | |
|---|---|---|
 France | 8 | 19 |
 Switzerland | 8 | 15 |
 Israel | 8 | 15 |
 Republic of Ireland | 8 | 5 |
 Cyprus | 8 | 1 |
Legend:
- P: Played
- Pts: Points
Matches
| 2 | Kazakhstan |  |  | Denmark |  | |
| 2 | Greece |  |  | Georgia | | |
| 2 | Albania |  |  | Turkey | | |
| 7 | San Marino |  |  | Spain | | |
| 7 | Serbia and Montenegro |  |  | Bosnia and Herzegovina | | |
| 7 | Lithuania |  |  | Belgium | | |
| 1 | Finland |  |  | Czech Republic | | |
| 5 | Belarus |  |  | Norway | | |
| 5 | Italy |  |  | Moldova | | |
| 5 | Slovenia |  |  | Scotland | | |
| 6 | Wales |  |  | Azerbaijan | | |
| 8 | Hungary |  |  | Croatia | | |
| 8 | Sweden |  |  | Iceland | | |
| 8 | Malta |  |  | Bulgaria | | |
| 3 | Luxembourg |  |  | Estonia | | |
| 1 | Netherlands |  |  | FYROM | | |
| 6 | Austria |  |  | Germany | | |
| 4 | France |  |  | Cyprus | | |
| 4 | Republic of Ireland |  |  | Switzerland | | |
| 6 | England |  |  | Poland | | |
| 3 | Portugal |  |  | Latvia | |
No friction for France
France completed their UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying campaign with a 2-0 win in their final Group 4 game against Cyprus.
Play-off momentum
Having already booked their place in Thursday's play-off draw as group winners, the French maintained some momentum with a comfortable win at the Pierre Brisson stadium in Beauvais against a Cyprus side who picked up just one point from their eight qualifying games.
Finishing touch
Stade Rennais FC striker Jimmy Briand steadied French nerves by scoring their opening goal after 43 minutes, but the victory was not confirmed until substitute Anthony Le Tallec - who scored a hat-trick in France's 3-0 win against Switzerland on Friday - found the target after 66 minutes.
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Lineups
 France |  Cyprus | ||||||||
| 1 |
| 12 |
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| 2 |
| 4 |
|  2 | |||||
| 3 |
| 5 |
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| 4 |
|  46 | 6 |
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| 5 |
| 9 |
| 80 | |||||
| 6 |
| 10 |
| 58 | |||||
| 7 |
| 182 | 11 |
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| 8 |
| 14 |
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| 9 |
| 15 |
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| 10 |
| 17 |
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| 11 |
|  4246 | 18 |
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Substitutes | |||||||||
| 16 |
| 1 |
| ||||||
| 12 |
| 46 | 7 |
| 58 | ||||
| 17 |
| 82 | 16 |
| 80 | ||||
| 18 |
| 4665 | 19 |
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| 13 |
| 3 |
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| 14 |
| 8 |
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| 15 |
| 20 |
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Coach | |||||||||
| René Girard (FRA) | Antros Kouloumbris (CYP) | ||||||||
Referee | |||||||||
| J Paulo Paraty Silva (POR) | |||||||||
Assistant referees | |||||||||
| Jose Cardinal (POR), José Ramalho (POR) | |||||||||
Fourth official | |||||||||
| Elmano Carlos Ferandes Santos (POR) | |||||||||
Legend:
- Goals
Own goal
Penalties
Missed Penalties
Red Cards- Yellow cards
Yellow/red card- Substitution