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00:00...man after their outstanding World Cup campaign two years ago.
00:03Only defender Daniel Prodan, who's suspended, is missing.
00:06Georges Adji will try to do damage down the left and supply the ammunition for Florin Radichoyou,
00:13who's been plagued by injuries all season, but is said to be restored to full fitness just in time.
00:21No Cantona, no Ginola, no Papin, but Amy Jacquet believes this XI is more than capable
00:27of extending a 23-game immunity from defeat.
00:30Christophe Dugheri, who had a choice of Blackburn Rovers or Milan,
00:34and has apparently opted for Italy rather than Lancashire, is preferred to Patrice Loco,
00:39and Thuram starts in defence with Unglomar dropping out.
00:47James' Park stages international football, and it's a game they've been looking forward to for weeks up in the north-east,
00:53where they love their football as much as anyone, if not more.
00:56And here is Lakatoos, and there's the first free kick, it could be the first yellow card.
01:00Some referees might have taken it.
01:03Amazing, really, that if that tackle had been committed in another seven or eight minutes,
01:07that would have been a yellow card, probably.
01:09But the German referee, Helmut Krug,
01:12besides that that siding challenge wasn't worth the caution.
01:18Lakatoos, good to see him back, actually.
01:20He played in the World Cup in 1990, but was admitted four years later.
01:27That's a second free kick conceded by France.
01:30They've created their own problem in the first minute,
01:37because it produces a free kick for Romania,
01:40which inevitably will be taken by Georges Adji,
01:44with the left foot.
01:46Now, the referee is coming over to summon the two-man wall to retreat,
01:53and it's Adji, and he swings it through,
01:54straight into the hands of Bernard Lama.
02:03We all know what Adji can do with the left foot,
02:06but he didn't get enough elevation.
02:07He was calling for it long there, Joketh.
02:23Didn't quite come to it.
02:25Instead, it's gone back to goalkeeper Stelje,
02:28known as Arnold Schwarzenegger.
02:31For all these reasons.
02:33What about you on your side, Kevin?
02:35Well, I've not released a lot of him,
02:37but he's certainly got a presence.
02:39Adji, the ball inside is good.
02:41Rakuten's with the shot.
02:42Wide of the upright,
02:43but that just shows how quickly the Romanians can counter.
02:47They're a really good counter-attack inside,
02:49and most everything comes through this little fella, Adji,
02:52and he is a smashing player.
02:53Good strike, probably too good.
02:55He could have done me miss hitting it,
02:56and ends up high in the exhibition stand here at Newcastle.
03:05One last clearance.
03:17One stroke to a yellow shirt.
03:18So Lakatoos there,
03:20and he's taken by Dimeco.
03:21That is sure to be a yellow car.
03:23There's nothing more certain,
03:25especially if it's Dimeco's, what,
03:26second, third indiscretion.
03:29Yeah, long, long overdue for me, this.
03:31And although he knocked it to nobody, in fact,
03:33I mean, Dimeco didn't know that,
03:35and he's coming very, very late,
03:36and I think that might be a good thing
03:39in terms of the game, John,
03:40because people have been allowed to get away
03:42with niggly things,
03:43which has stopped the game flowing,
03:45and now let's hope it runs like it can
03:47between these two great sides.
03:48Agreed, because the referee does have such an influence
03:50on the way a game goes.
03:52The rules are there.
03:53All the other referees have applied them,
03:54and we've had flowing football.
03:56Not too many great games so far.
03:58At least the games have flown another chance.
04:00Let's see if Ajay can do something with it.
04:02He's got it through.
04:02Lamar makes the stop.
04:07Well, he hit the target,
04:08as he nearly always does,
04:09but it never looked like beating the keeper.
04:13Is he down?
04:16Now, Jockey.
04:16That's the first promising situation
04:26the French have had.
04:28They've made nothing from it.
04:33It's a good clearing header.
04:35They were unlucky,
04:36and Jockey have put the shot.
04:37I wouldn't say it was an altogether convincing stop
04:39by Stelier,
04:40but he did get down to it,
04:41beat the ball away,
04:43but you have to admire the way Jockey have
04:45there instantly got in the shot.
04:50I'm sure we'll see that again in a moment.
04:52And that's lifted the crowd,
04:53and here goes Jockey have again.
04:56And surely he shoved his man in the back.
04:58He did.
05:00Still a good bit of football, though.
05:02Yeah, and I disagree with you, John.
05:03I think it was a very good save,
05:04because I think when we see it again,
05:06we'll see it dipped just in front of the keeper.
05:09Made it very difficult for him.
05:10Look.
05:11And I think he did very well.
05:12Is this the goalkeeper that used to wear a wig?
05:14No, no, that's the Bulgarian.
05:16Oh, right.
05:16I was just thinking he might be ringing Bobby Mayhailov
05:19and asking him for one.
05:20I don't think so.
05:21I think he...
05:22But he's a big chap,
05:23but I thought he did ever so well there,
05:24because he's not been in the game at all,
05:26and Djokov made the shot
05:28and not for merely a great turn.
05:30Well, Zidane,
05:31he's the one who pings the ball about.
05:33He's going to have to be quick to get that one.
05:35You see, if that goalkeeper said he made a good save,
05:49he made a good save.
05:50I wouldn't argue with him.
05:50He's got to be careful now.
06:09Not that's probably in his game.
06:10Inevitably finds his way out to Ashley,
06:29operating down the right now.
06:31The crowd enjoyed the back heel.
06:32Get him anywhere.
06:33Dimeco slips the pass well.
06:38They might have a chance there now.
06:39The upside flag was raised anyway.
06:41Good referee this time,
06:42because he's played the advantage.
06:43And defending to give the ball away like that to Djokov.
06:48Sheeran's made a run down the right.
06:50Instead of crosses for Dugary.
06:52The keeper off his line is punished
06:54by Dugary's header,
06:56and France have the lead out of nothing.
06:59I think this is non-goal.
07:00I mean, I'd like to say it again,
07:01but he certainly looked like the defender ended it.
07:04I don't think that Dugary got a touch.
07:06I mean, it's incredibly bad goalkeeping,
07:08because he came without any conviction at all.
07:10Came quite a long way.
07:12But I think it's an own goal.
07:15We'll tell you in a moment, won't we?
07:16He does climb.
07:17He does get up here, doesn't he?
07:19There he is.
07:20You might be right.
07:22Doesn't matter.
07:23It's gone in,
07:24and the game really needed that.
07:26He's come against the runner play a little.
07:27It comes a long way.
07:28He's never going to get there.
07:30Maybe it was Dugary.
07:31From that angle,
07:32it looks like maybe Dugary got the touch.
07:33My instant reaction, Kevin,
07:35was that Dugary had got a touch to it.
07:37I'm sure he'll get credited with it.
07:39Yes, I think he does, doesn't he?
07:40Yeah.
07:40It's his goal.
07:41Give it the scorer.
07:43Give it the forward.
07:44Because the defenders don't want them anyway.
07:45Not own goals anyway.
07:47You were saying earlier,
07:47he's not got a good record.
07:49He's got his second international goal
07:50at the tenth attempt.
07:52He's well pleased.
07:53But really,
07:54it was a shocking goal to concede.
07:55Goalkeeper certainly wasn't impressive that time.
08:11Let's see if that goal lifts the French.
08:14They can be an inspirational sort of nation,
08:16can't they really?
08:17When things are going for them,
08:19I enjoy to watch.
08:22I've produced some great players
08:23in recent years.
08:25One of them,
08:26the greatest of all,
08:27Michel Platini is here this evening.
08:30That's locked in again for Dugary.
08:34That was lying,
08:35Stelje that time.
08:36Stelje in the face,
08:37took the ball.
08:38That was a wonderful side
08:47for the French one
08:48that won the European Championships
08:49in 1984.
08:53Together.
08:55Gires.
08:56Platini.
08:58That was good.
08:59It was brave.
09:00And the shot wasn't too bad either.
09:02He swung at it.
09:03He arrived from nowhere there,
09:05actually.
09:06How did he get in there?
09:07Incredible skill there,
09:09you know,
09:09it's really an edit this
09:10and he jumps up
09:11in front of the player.
09:12The only thing wrong
09:12is it's on his right foot
09:13and actually it makes
09:14quite good contact
09:15for someone who's not right footed
09:17but it's never going to beat
09:18the class of Lama from there.
09:28Tiano's come in field this time.
09:30So Adji turns up on the left
09:32and on he goes
09:33and there's so
09:34well counting for what he might do
09:37unfortunately
09:38everything is coming
09:39on to the right foot
09:40for him rather than
09:41the favoured left
09:41but he's still rather useful
09:43isn't he?
09:43He still struck this one
09:44very very well.
09:45It wasn't that far away
09:46I tell you.
09:47The keeper's got it covered
09:48I'm sure.
09:49But everything that
09:50Romania do at the moment
09:51comes through him
09:52and I don't
09:53see any major threats
09:54anywhere else.
09:55In particular
09:55Radiceo up front
09:57has been very very quiet
09:58so far.
09:58Deschamps
10:01has got a man out
10:02on the right
10:03Carambeau
10:04nicely nicked down the line
10:08back it comes to
10:11Chocayef
10:11and here's the shots
10:12that was a cracker
10:14as well from Deschamps
10:15deserved the goal.
10:17Well that's a marvellous move
10:19and the first
10:19real class move
10:20of the game
10:21from any of the two sides
10:22really
10:22strung a couple of passes
10:24together
10:24great vision
10:25from Carambeau
10:27and what a strike
10:28this is
10:29I mean it
10:29really is close
10:31because the arse gone on
10:35the French have gradually
10:36started to take control
10:37of this game
10:38and without
10:39Farron and Olsen
10:40have looked
10:41the more likely side
10:42to get a goal
10:44you know
10:44I like Djokov
10:45very much
10:46I think he's
10:46very inventive
10:48here he is on the ball
10:48again
10:49and he might have a go
10:51from here as well
10:52a lot of expectation
10:56about the French
10:57they do lead here
10:58at St James' Park
10:59but it was
11:00a soft goal
11:01as we just see
11:02a replay of that
11:03final action of the half
11:05was saved by
11:06Skellier
11:06but it was his
11:08mistake that allowed
11:09Christophe Dugary
11:10the player who is
11:11destined apparently
11:12for AC Milan
11:13from Bordeaux
11:14who's got the only goal
11:15of the half
11:16it's 1-0 to France
11:27welcome back to St James' Park
11:37and the Romanian coach
11:39Angel Jodonescu
11:40has made a change
11:41and he's taken off
11:43star striker
11:44Florin Radecoyu
11:45and he's brought on
11:47Moldovan
11:48who's been a highly
11:50successful striker
11:51in this past season
11:51at Neuschetel
11:52Zamax in Switzerland
11:54top scorer
11:55in fact in that country
11:56and you've got to be said
11:58Kevin
11:58that Radecoyu
11:59didn't really show
12:00did he?
12:01no he didn't
12:02I mean
12:02he's obviously
12:03not match fit
12:04he's had his problems
12:04as we talked about
12:05in the first half
12:06but what really
12:07disappointed me
12:08was
12:08really didn't work
12:09that out either
12:10and I think
12:10that's why
12:11he's been replaced
12:11by this one
12:12Lupescu
12:28very much
12:31the anchor role
12:32tonight
12:32Lupescu
12:33that's good
12:35hustling
12:36from Cano Burt
12:37to make sure
12:38that the move
12:38petered out
12:39a very workmanlike
12:43French side
12:44not quite
12:46have the flair
12:47that we always
12:47associate with them
12:48two rounds
12:51they'll have plenty
12:53of time during this
12:54competition to show
12:54the flair
12:55but certainly
12:56tonight
12:56it's just been
12:57a very professional
12:58performance
12:58with all the players
13:00playing the part
13:01and I think
13:01that'll suit Jackie
13:02that's why he left
13:02the likes of David
13:03Ginola and
13:04Cantona
13:04out
13:05what he wants
13:05a team performance
13:06he's certainly
13:06getting that here
13:07tonight
13:07a little flicks
13:14and neat flicks
13:15that opened the way
13:16for a Shelly
13:16match cross
13:17here
13:17and it was
13:18Desailles clearing
13:19header
13:20yes you get the feeling
13:26the French are really
13:27looking forward already
13:28to their meeting
13:29with Spain
13:29at Ellen Road
13:30on Saturday
13:30that's a big one
13:31for them
13:31and that's going to be
13:34a full house
13:35I do promise you
13:36every ticket's been sold
13:37but isn't it
13:44no matter how well
13:45Romania and Bulgaria
13:46performed in USA 94
13:47they're still not
13:48regarded as the glamour
13:49nations
13:50when it comes to
13:51spectating
13:51no well of course
13:54unfortunately
13:55not many people
13:56come from those
13:56countries
13:57there's Moldovan
13:59and he's trying to
14:00give Desailles
14:00the run around
14:01and down he goes
14:02and the referee says
14:03play on
14:04and Desailles
14:06got back quickly
14:07there because
14:08a lapse
14:08earlier
14:10had betrayed
14:11them really
14:12there
14:12the French
14:13and Moldovan
14:14nearly took advantage
14:15but that's a decent ball
14:21played by Lupescu
14:22and Petrescu
14:23goes down
14:24and a free kick
14:25will result
14:25from that challenge
14:26from Dimeco
14:27won by Dan Petrescu
14:29I think you know
14:34the referee
14:34was a long way
14:35from that
14:35it was the linesman
14:36who gave it
14:36the referee
14:37was 30-40 yards away
14:38that worries me
14:43slightly
14:43however
14:45the free kick
14:46is for Romania
14:46and Haji's got
14:47a cross there
14:48to take it
14:48and they've got
14:50half a dozen players
14:51inside the penalty area
14:52most of them
14:53on the edge
14:53of the six yard box
14:55now then
14:56Haji for Romania
14:57he's whipped most of these
15:00straight at the goalkeeper
15:01hoping someone's
15:01going to get deflected
15:02they're very hard
15:03to defend these balls
15:04when they're whipped
15:04in the way
15:05this guy whips them
15:06here it comes
15:08for Haji
15:09and the lower match
15:10to catch
15:10if the best
15:11of the free kicks
15:12is delivered
15:13because it
15:13was looking
15:14across there
15:15it's had a bit
15:15of pace
15:16on it that time
15:16again Lama
15:18though
15:18got tremendous
15:19hands
15:19yeah
15:19look
15:20he's
15:20I mean
15:21a lot of the keepers
15:21we've seen
15:22especially foreign keepers
15:23have been punching
15:23those sort of shots
15:24some of them
15:25not too
15:25well
15:26well
15:31double substitution
15:32so Lizarazu and Loco
15:35will be introduced
15:36I think
15:37well Dimeco is certainly
15:39one of those going off
15:40Eric Dimeco
15:46putting one or two
15:47crunching challenges
15:48earlier in the night
15:49he's the oldest player
15:51he's the oldest player
15:51in the French side
15:52as well I think
15:53at 33 isn't he
15:54yeah
15:54yeah
15:54and he's
15:55booked
15:56so on comes
15:58Lizarazu
15:59a man who is
16:00supposedly
16:01interesting arsenal
16:02at the moment
16:02and Pastris Loco
16:08comes on for the goal
16:09scorer
16:09to do Gary
16:10well he's an interesting
16:12character Loco
16:13he's
16:14sort of been rehabilitated
16:16into the game
16:17in a similar way
16:18to Paul Merson
16:18he's had his problems
16:19mostly off the field
16:21in France
16:23had a nervous breakdown
16:24but has
16:27refound his touch
16:28this season
16:29a totally different
16:32player from Dugari
16:33very very quick
16:34and looking to get
16:35run into the angles
16:36just like this
16:36this is typical of him
16:37you knew that was coming
16:38didn't you
16:39let's see what he does
16:40with it though
16:40knocks it back
16:41and tries to get
16:42Paul and it was
16:43at full stretch
16:44that Popescu
16:46got in the intervention
16:47that's a lovely ball
17:00and here is Loco
17:01and if he can use
17:02his pace
17:02he might get the second goal
17:04Loco
17:04it could be a dramatic
17:05intervention
17:06well the substitute
17:08almost scored
17:10within 60 seconds
17:11of his arrival
17:12and he's really cursing
17:13the fact that he hasn't scored
17:15it's a great run
17:16but I really felt
17:16he should have knocked it out
17:17to his left there
17:18and he's pulled it away
17:19and he's off balance
17:20but again he gets quite a good strike
17:22and he's a fresh pair of legs
17:24and the Romanians
17:25are going to be tested
17:25by him in the last 20 minutes
17:27he's the coach with the Popes
17:30he's not a happy lad
17:33is he at the moment
17:34either
17:35now then
17:37what can Zidane do
17:38at the other end
17:39he'll feed it through
17:40for Chokaev
17:41and Chokaev
17:41oh
17:42tremendous challenge
17:43back by Shelley
17:44he's bowled his man over
17:46that's got to be a booking
17:48at the very least
17:49and it's almost to the point
17:50where he's clear through
17:51just yellow
17:54yeah he accepts it
17:55the defender
17:56he's happy with that
17:56he's away
18:01he's cut inside him
18:01but he's just bowled him over
18:03Zidane is here
18:12and plays it in
18:13and it's punched away
18:15by Stelja
18:16that was a good free kick
18:18very good free kick
18:19to be fair to the goalkeeper
18:20he's kept it out
18:21it's not the conventional way
18:23that we see in this country
18:23but it was effective
18:24it was almost like
18:26Thomas Rovelli of Sweden
18:27he perfected that
18:29in the World Cup
18:30he did
18:30and although not everyone
18:31agreed with the way
18:32he kept goal
18:33yeah
18:34I mean again
18:36I think a lot of English
18:37keepers would have caught it
18:37or just flicked it over the bar
18:39oh
18:46Churam's off on
18:48one of those charges again
18:49now they've managed
18:51to hold the line
18:51and Churam's kept on going
18:53and Chokaev might be in here
18:55cuts back inside
18:57oh it's too long for Zidane
18:59they're just over-elaborating
19:01actually
19:01oh I thought that was
19:03that's more what I expected
19:05from the French
19:05every time they got the ball
19:07maybe
19:07you know you see clips of films
19:09and when you see a live match
19:10it's not going to happen all the time
19:11it's lovely football
19:12knocks him in well
19:13and I think Churam does the right thing
19:15there's nobody in there at the moment
19:16so he comes back onto his right foot
19:18and he's just too much for Zidane
19:20I don't think we've seen the real France here tonight
19:25John
19:25we've seen them playing really at best
19:2875%
19:29but it's been enough
19:30to really comfortably see them all at the moment
19:34they've just done enough
19:35exactly
19:36he's not going to show all the races
19:37that's for sure
19:38Spain will be a different sort of test maybe
19:40that's another good ball for Carambeur
19:41they do deserve a second goal
19:44my feeling is Romania haven't had enough players to hurt anybody tonight
19:52I think what they lack
19:54is a little bit of pace
19:55I mean
19:56it's all so slow
19:58and predictable
20:00they believe
20:08that the match is won
20:09because they're the French supporters
20:11again it's knocked up here
20:18and as you just tuck it back inside
20:20and Canembo's done well
20:21there to get back
20:22Desai shovels it down the touchline for Jock Eyre
20:26and he's knocked it into this place
20:28Valoco
20:29is this the second goal?
20:30I think he's taken it too far
20:31if he'd have just had the presence of mind
20:33to try and clip the keeper there
20:35it would have been 2-0
20:36but it's enough
20:37France have won on the night at Newcastle
20:40the Romanian's a shadow of the side
20:43that excited everybody
20:44at USA 94
20:46and a single goal from striker Christophe Dugarry
20:50in the first half
20:52after a lap by goalkeeper Stelje
20:54has given France
20:56the victory that they have enjoyed
20:58but we do know there's a lot more to come
21:00from one of the favourites
21:01Euro 96
21:03the final score here is
21:06the Romanian Nel
21:07France 1
21:08in return on the first half for Caride
21:10in the second half for Caride
21:13with the carpenter
21:14for Caride
21:15in the first half for the
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