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00:1220 minutes have passed here, we welcome our viewers on ESPN2 to this the highest of all profile friendly matches
00:21in the build-up to the World Cup Finals.
00:26Two teams of superstars, a little between them in the opening, pretty much quarter of this game.
00:37Eketike, throwing it yet again at Dembele, he's now drifted into a centre forwards position.
00:56He's doing his best to keep the ball rolling and keep a low profile.
01:02Game that has been played at a very measured pace.
01:13Gisto goes on an overlap, leaves the defender for dead.
01:20That final ball in has been a little bit disappointing.
01:22Yeah, it's actually both teams in the final third.
01:27You can see it's a friendly match and that they're quite relaxed because in the final third they just haven't
01:34been as potent as they should be.
01:45We're going to get used to this at the World Cup Finals.
01:48This is going to be a thing of the future, a cooling break.
01:52We maybe don't need it mid-March but come the heat of the summer, the players will be very keen
01:57to get the fluids on board.
01:58It gives the coaches an opportunity to assess what's gone on so far, maybe realign the players.
02:08Carlo Ancelotti has always had David as his assistant, he has Paul Clementon, Claudio Taffarel as his backroom team.
02:19Who will be the more content coach so far, Steve?
02:23Well, I think the better football has been played by France but it's much of a muchness to be very
02:28honest.
02:41Well, Deshaun has certainly selected the stronger of the two teams.
02:47Saliba and Koundé would probably get a start if they were fit but if this was the squad available to
02:55him come the World Cup Finals,
02:57I dare say this would be the 11 that he would select.
03:00Yeah, yeah.
03:01I mean, you said Koundé and Saliba, you know, Barcelona, Arsenal sitting pretty at the top of the respective leagues.
03:07Then you've got Canarte, league champion from last year, Upper Meccano, Bayern Munich sitting top of their league.
03:14See, you're talking, the strength is incredible, isn't it?
03:19In this French team.
03:20Well, even on the bench you have Ryan Cherky, you have Desiree Douay, you have N'Golo Canto who's still
03:28going strong as well, Eduardo Camavinga.
03:31Yeah.
03:32It's not a bad backup.
03:33Wow.
03:38The goalkeeper about to get their knees dirty in the opening quarter of this game.
03:48Brazil heads south after this to take on Croatia.
03:54France playing Colombia, so this is by far the most difficult of the Schartman games.
04:12Well, he's still learning what ingredients he has to make the cake.
04:18The great chef Carlo Ancelotti.
04:20His players dotted literally all around the world, so many of them over in Saudi Arabia these days as well
04:26as the top European leagues and many up-and-coming talents in the Brazilian league.
04:47And neither goalkeeper has been truly tested so far.
04:51This is Brema to Ederson.
04:54The other central defender is Pereira.
04:56He's the one debutant tonight for Brazil, the number 15.
04:59He hasn't been stretched too far yet.
05:02This is Canate.
05:17Dembele's just in front of his back line now.
05:19Again, yeah, trying to get a kick of the ball.
05:29That's the only thing, isn't it, Rob, for Dembele?
05:32Because they've got so many attacking options on the pitch.
05:36They're almost standing on each other's feet, so they have to move around in different areas to try and get
05:41a kick of the ball.
05:47Well, so far, Brazil have been condensing things here.
05:51Probably no danger defensively.
05:54That's one of the youngsters in the team.
05:56Andre Santos, the 21-year-old in his breakout season at Chelsea.
06:06A reminder that it's match day three in the NWSL this Saturday.
06:11Boston Legacy.
06:12A lot of good football going on in Boston at the moment.
06:14They've taken on the Utah Royals.
06:16joined the team 12 o'clock Eastern Time on ESPN2 and ESPN Plus on Saturday.
06:33Gainan just coming to the extreme of his area, breaking his boredom.
06:37He's largely been the spectator so far.
06:41Now Canate.
06:44Given away.
06:45Now can they come alive here?
06:48Brazil, the gap opens up.
06:50Oh, so very, very close.
06:55Yeah, but at least he took the shot on.
06:57Yeah, Martinelli, first time we've seen him tonight, really.
06:59But he was lurking with intensity.
07:02Yeah, poor ball by Dembele.
07:04Given to Vinnie Jr.
07:06He makes a good run to clear out the area, Vinnie Jr.
07:08and as he cuts inside up on Meccano,
07:11he just can't bend it around Mignone into the goal.
07:16Nice enough hit, though, from Martinelli on his left foot.
07:28Well, a big scare there for France.
07:32A reminder that it can show no complacency.
07:36It wasn't the toughest group for the qualifiers with Ukraine, Iceland and Azerbaijan.
07:42Five wins out of six matches, no defeats.
07:45Outscoring the opposition 16-4.
07:55When it comes to the World Cup Finals.
07:57France will be facing Senegal in New Jersey.
08:01Norway in Boston.
08:03And waiting for their opponents in Philadelphia from the playoffs.
08:08Great little step-over.
08:10Poor ball in, easily defended by Pereira.
08:14And again, that's Mbappe, that side, down the right wing.
08:23French strikers constantly changing position to try to find some space.
08:27It's not a bad front.
08:29Three, front forward, Dempeli, Lisek, Etike, Mbappe.
08:32Yeah, it's a great front forward, but I just don't know whether they're getting in each other's way.
08:39There has to be a pecking order on who's the best.
08:41Another bad tackle there.
08:42There it is, and that's going to be the first yellow card, no escaping that.
08:50Pereira on his debut.
08:53Receives a flash of yellow before his eyes.
08:56He just goes lunging, and he was low enough, though.
09:00And there's the shot for Martinelli, just bending it round, just doesn't come enough.
09:07Right idea.
09:15I'm sure his nerves are going to be rattling.
09:19He's got to watch his step going forward.
09:21Leo Pereira plays his football for Flamengo.
09:25He'll be familiar to football fans in the United States.
09:28He had a little spell at Orlando City.
09:33Teased in, low and hard.
09:36Good header away by Brenna.
09:46Dembele, what does he see?
09:48I think Eketike was quite expecting it there.
09:51Compromised clearance.
09:54Offside.
10:01Going to tell the kids about it, isn't it?
10:03If you're not going to be a footballer and you become a match day official,
10:07it doesn't get much better than refereeing Brazil against France.
10:32Well, a buzz around the stadium as the supporters are studious at the moment rather than excited.
10:37Referee bought a little bit of time there and then decided it had been a foul on Rabiot.
10:51Canate.
10:54Canate.
10:55Canate.
10:55Canate.
10:56Canate.
10:56Canate.
10:56Canate.
10:58Canate.
11:02Canate.
11:03Canate.
11:11Canate.
11:11He's passing the fitness test
11:16And he's just one off the France goal-scoring record now
11:25Magnificent Mbappe
11:28Yeah, that's what he should be playing shouldn't he should be playing as a number nine just using this
11:33sheer
11:35Pace because once he gets the other side of the defenders
11:39Nobody in world football is stopping him look how quick he is
11:44He's just the way and then it's just whether he can finish it
11:46And of course he can finish it because all he does is score goals wins by Chiuameni then Dembele into
11:52his path
11:53Just sprints away from Bremer who's got no chance of catching him
11:58Just a stink little scooper early over Edison who's got absolutely no chance lovely lovely
12:06acute finish
12:10He's even super fast in slow motion his 56th goal for France
12:16He is now just one behind Olivier Giroud record
12:23He may break tonight of 57
12:31Celebrated here in New England we celebrated back home in Madrid as well the fact that he's looking fit and
12:36sharp knowing
12:38Showing no signs of the knee injury which
12:41Has kept him out of the Real Madrid team in recent weeks
12:45And they've been doing pretty well without yeah, they have
12:48The man on the opposite side of the pitch at the top of any junior does really come to the
12:52fall without killian
12:57Interesting dynamic when they get back into the Real Madrid's dressing room
13:03Now can Brazil bounce straight back
13:08Easy header away by Upa Meccano
13:13Yeah, it wasn't a good ball in actually by Martinelli may well have been offside but
13:17The flick for the corn for the throwing
13:20Saves them
13:23Well Mbappe is enjoying this trip to the United States of course when he came for the
13:26Club World Cup in the summer he spent a number of days in the hospital
13:34Covering from a bug
13:38Wesley easily cut out by Tio Hernandez
13:41Oh lovely flick from Eketike now they're showboating France
13:45Getting the fans off their seats getting Brazil rocking back on their heels
13:50And after such a fine move
13:52A pretty poor finish from Tio Hernandez. Yeah, you don't want the left backs you can do it after all
13:57that beautiful play
14:00At least say to killian killian to tail and tail should have passed it himself up
14:06Screws the shot way wide with his left foot
14:11We have scored for France a memorable one of the
14:15Semi-finals of the World Cup in 2022 against Morocco
14:31Real Madrid and Barcelona a player going head to head
14:35Great rivals in La Liga
14:48Vinicius Junior we haven't seen a great deal of him yet. He will want to take center stage against
14:53Mbappe shooting the demand and well, it's always
14:57Going well wide from Cunha. Yeah, you're more than happy for Cunha aren't you to take a shot from 30
15:02yards
15:05Hasn't much options for Vinny Junior Martinelli made a run Rafinha
15:10Leaves the space for Cunha, but it's way way way wide
15:13Never even threatening
15:19There's one of those players under scrutiny today should I say
15:23Had a decent season since joining Manchester United for
15:2762 million pounds, but an international level just the one goal in his previous 19 appearances
15:38And we saw the starting 11 steve we were we didn't exactly have the fear factor did we no no
15:44they don't have the fear factor at all
15:48And you've got respect that up near of
15:51Neymar who are not fit yet not fully fit Neymar, but he's there he's making noises on social media saying
15:57he wants to get back in the team
15:59So that puts pressure on everybody in the front line because they're not the exciting
16:05Free-flowing Brazil of old are they?
16:07They're a very pragmatic get behind the ball counter-attack in Brazil and it's whether the fans can appreciate that
16:13or not
16:18This is a great move on the time again by Mbappe
16:21They need to really get a grip of it because at the moment he has the freedom of the Brazil
16:26penalty area
16:28Yeah, it was nice quick play by France
16:33Dembele into Choumeni yet again Choumeni into Mbappe
16:36He just pulls a shot Eketike wants that actually to be pulled back to him
16:42But they're certainly the brighter team aren't they the more fluid team, you know, this is the
16:47We talk about free-flowing Brazil. It's not now. It's free-flowing
16:53France
16:56There is Wesley
16:58Puts inside
17:00Vinicius Junior gives him an angle Vinicius Junior and the rest of the Brazil team felt there'd been a foul
17:05on me
17:06Fall back that the referee doing his best to keep things flowing
17:09And a little tested from
17:11distance from Casemiro
17:14Yeah, firstly it wasn't a foul on Wesley. He went flying in secondly
17:17It was a corner Casemiro takes the shot and the goalkeeper saves it
17:21So it is a corner
17:23But you can't even in a friendly you can't react like that to the referee and remonstrate in front of
17:28him
17:29But this shot the goalkeeper gets a hand to it
17:35But this this wasn't a foul he goes flying wasn't he just jumps over
17:45Referee's having none of it likely so
17:50I think it's fair to say that he's rather incensed
17:54As the captain of the team he has the right to have a discussion with the referee
18:00But uh Casemiro getting a wee bit too hot-headed there. Yes, I think so
18:09All the friendliness and the familiarity has gone out of the window
18:12So this contest is getting hot
18:23Maybe a different uh french 11 that uh faces colombia on sunday
18:292.30 eastern time you can catch that on the espn app
18:39Go to maryland you can get along to the game
18:44Alise
18:51Cunha feeding vinicius jr
18:56Little 360 degree turn but tion and as has seen all of his tricks
19:02A katika clicked by wesley he has to be careful to rob doesn't he wesley
19:14Yeah, he doesn't do enough here vinicius jr quite lightweight with the ball and doesn't chase back
19:42He doesn't do enough to give him the ball away
19:57Emergency action taken by an and this my five from the keeper of it
20:02dangerous
20:03Play from the back just uh lapsing
20:06Cunha and martinelli willing to get on any bits and pieces that fall their way
20:11Rabiot having to hoist it to relative safety
20:32Rafinha looking to launch it into a sea of stars
20:38And it to the far post the chance a free header that was a chance from casemiro a good chance
20:43he was unmarked
20:53He's had the two best chances of the game for brazil
20:57He's playing on his mind there you can see can't you he's reliving it yeah
21:06He's had a fair goal scoring season casemiro is waiting with seven goals for
21:10Manchester united making him even more popular than ever two more than the whole of last season
21:21Yeah, he's had a really good season hasn't he gonna leave manchester united at the end of the season
21:34That he knew that he'd started in an offside position
21:41And error looking wide to douglas santos
21:53Chumain is having a storming game in the center of midfield when we head back to the
21:56the sbn studios at half time to
22:00Analyze the goal you see that it was started by a an excellent intervention
22:06He's playing really well actually he's playing really well for madrid as well too many
22:14There they go again france
22:17I've seen the best of dempele yet cuts it in towards elise
22:22And bappy takes his time in his mind's eye that was going in the cock corner
22:27Yeah, he doesn't move wesley really does he kill you normally he moves the defender a bit
22:34They work it well into dembele
22:38Then into elise and on to mbappe but
22:42It was difficult
22:45He needs to move wesley a little bit
22:49Shake of the shoulders but nothing i am wise
23:05And bappy's scoring statistics for real madrid are phenomenal for france he's now scored eight goals in six and a
23:11half matches
23:20Wesley plays it on the blind side it was a stretch it had just
23:24Treps how to play before martinelli could get that
23:27I don't know whether he's learning much tonight carlo ancelotti rob what do you think
23:4044 minutes i don't think they're good lessons that he's learning steve he may be actually omitting one or two
23:46In the uh brazilian starting 11 tonight
23:49There are players like militao marquinhos to come back yeah
23:53rodrigo sadly is going to make the world cup finals
23:57Hopefully at some point this evening this evening early evening we may see estival
24:05But it has to say it is not a vintage
24:08brazilian squad it's still a vintage french squad here's the great man mbappe
24:14looking for raviol
24:19I think uh ancelotti might learn with the players that he has available that attack is his best form of
24:25defense
24:25yeah
24:27That's what i was thinking about before his better players are all up top
24:42I'm sure there is a pact with the uh the club manager of all of these players that they won't
24:49be uh over exerted they will manage the minutes over the friendly matches over the next week
24:56yeah it's a case of keeping them sharp as well i mean
24:59delicious junior for real madrid is in unbelievable form
25:04at the moment four goals in these last two matches
25:07we have three bonus minutes in the first half
25:22it's a game that has been played at a very measured pace not exactly breakneck football
25:28here is mbappe
25:32wesley comes away with it i think that's a bit of payback they've
25:35bumped into each other a couple of times tonight and now there's in wesley
25:42it may not be swapping shirts come the final whistle those two
25:50casimiro the despairing captain to peter
26:00that's a hard
26:07it's that time in the game when nobody's taking a risk on the brink of half time
26:11just playing safe france will be satisfied with the one goal lead
26:16still a lot of room steve for improvement for brazil
26:23he's going through the whole mixture of emotions tonight casimiro
26:32yeah i think we know what we're getting with france don't we and we know they can burst into
26:36life at any opportunity and the front four are exceptional so they're always going to be dangerous
26:43but it's it's brazil i've wanted to really look at and see
26:48how they've progressed or regressed in the last couple of years and see if they've made it
26:52if carlo ancelotti's made an impact
27:00rafine is not happy
27:05well these guys are winners aren't they serial winners at their clubs but when they
27:11put on the national team shirt they're falling behind the exceptionally high standards they've set
27:18for themselves yeah well that's the thing isn't it
27:23respectfully i don't think they have the toughest group group c at the world cup finals morocco in
27:28new jersey haiti in philadelphia scotland down in miami so it's scotland playing in the florida sunshine
27:36if they may play themselves into the tournament morocco will be decent game be hard for them
27:41but as you said haiti scotland
27:44they'll be hard game for you think the climate as you rightly said rob should suit them
27:50but they're certainly not the brazil of old and that's what they have to carry on their shoulders
27:55don't they absolutely stick with us at half time i'm in a reno and kay in the studio julian laurent
28:04will be satisfied with his french performance shack and alexis down on the shop floor
28:10they've been telling us how the fans feel and maybe get an insight into the minds of the managers
28:15he's got some work to do in the recess carlo ancelotti to lift his team the difference between the
28:22sides a brilliant goal from that brilliant player kilian mbappe just after the half hour mark
28:28at the break it's brazil nil francois
28:36coaches are gonna mix things up
28:39somewhere like andre santos who we've barely mentioned in the opening 45 minutes they haven't
28:44found a pathway to vinicius junior martinelli's had a couple of moments
28:50it's been a fragmented star it has it has
28:54ali was right in his assumption you know we're waiting to see what brazil are how do they play
28:59we know what france can do they've got superstars on the bench they're electric running forwards
29:04france have actually the finished article but how good are brazil going to be how high can they get
29:12and at this moment in time the first 45 minutes is not particularly impressive for carlo and the fans
29:20maybe they'll get a bit of a bounce in the second half it does appear the changes are going to
29:26be made
29:26in the second half now refini has come off as a name luis enrique is coming on as we know
29:34he can play down the
29:35center or down the wing
29:43so he's just going to tease the changes all the mass alterations as the game goes on from carlo antelotti
29:59well france started the game as clear favorites they'll be one of the favorites for the world cup
30:03finals as well finalists in 22 winners in two
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