Highlights France vs Peru, FIFA World Cup 2018, Match 22 in Yekaterinburg: Les Bleus seal Round of 16 spot

France top Group C

This is how Group C looks like after the end of the second round of matches. France go through to the Round of 16 but Denmark with four points and Australia with two points will be looking to finish second. The Danes will face France while the Socceroos take on Peru in the final round of matches. 

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Deschamps notches his 50th win as France manager

Didier Deschamps is the first manager to win 50 games in charge of the #FRA national team.

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— Squawka (@Squawka) June 21, 2018

Hugo Lloris with a clean sheet on his 100th appearance

7 - France have recorded seven clean sheets in a row v South American side at the World Cup, last conceding in 1986 v Brazil. Zéro. #FRA #FRAPER #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/Kqtq0gI6Ki

— OptaJohan (@OptaJohan) June 21, 2018

FT! France beat Peru to end the South Americans’ World Cup

France have been uninspiring in victory. They have show neither clear purpose going forward, creativity or balance in the middle, nor security at the back. But they will take the win and go through to the knockouts. The tournament will miss these gutsy Peruvians and their legion. That wraps things up here in Ekaterinburg. Time now to see what lies in store for Lionel Messi and who France might end up playing in the stage. Goodnight from me.

90+3` France 1-0 Peru

Giroud holds off the challenge from Aquino and surges ahead. He shoots but his shot is deflected behind for a corner. That surely is the end of Peru’s campaign at the World Cup.

90+1` France 1-0 Peru

Fekir wins a free-kick near the corner flag. Dembele swings it in towards N’Zonzi but he’s beaten to it by a Peruvian defender. The ball falls to Matuidi who volleys it at goal. The ball was always curling off goal.

90` France 1-0 Peru

Four minutes added on after the end of the 90. Four minutes for Peru to try and stay in the tournament.

88` France 1-0 Peru

Deschamps takes off Pogba and sends on Steven N’Zonzi for the final two minutes plus stoppage time.

86` France 1-0 Peru

What an anti-climatic end to all the buildup. Guerrero looks to curl the free-kick into the bottom corner but Lloris gathers comfortably. At least he got the shot on target.

85` France 1-0 Peru

Paul Pogba is booked after accidentally slapping Farfan while going up for a ball. Free-kick right down the middle for Peru. Guerrero to take it as the Peruvian fans hold their breath.

81` France 1-0 Peru

Dembele has a chance to put the match beyond Peru’s reach but his off-balance volley inside the six-yard box is way off target.

80` France 1-0 Peru

VAR comes into action with the referee booking the wrong Peruvian player. A bemused Flores is shown the yellow card despite Aquino making the challenge. The VAR points out the error and the ref rectifies his mistake.

79` France 1-0 Peru

Dembele replaces Mbappe, who I don’t think touched the ball after the break, as Deschamps looks to establish some sort of stability and control. It has been all Peru this half. Just before the substitution they had the overload going one more time. Hernandez caught between the central attacker and his own man on the left. Real fight from Peru.

74` France 1-0 Peru

First change of the night for France as Ousmane Dembele replaces the goalscorer Kylian Mbappe.

73` France 1-0 Peru

Ngolo Kante had a bit of word there with his left back, Lucas Hernadez. Assume it was to do with Hernadez’s positioning when Peru are on the ball. Needs to not get over-excited and concentrate on the defensive work. Peru have looked most dangerous when attacking through this near side. Advincula and Carrillo are combining well and providing some attacking outlets. And their fans are still singing. Not one French chant will be heard tonight.

72` France 1-0 Peru

Peru nearly grab an equaliser from a quick counter. Carrillo beats the offside trap and ghosts into the box on the right. He pings in a delightful cross right across the face of goal but it is too deep for Farfan who stretches to get on the end of it but volleys it into the side-netting from a tight angle.

67` France 1-0 Peru

Everyone except Gallese is inside the French half now as Peru continue their search for an equaliser backed by a partisan crowd. France are compact leaving Peru to attack from the wings but the likes of Varane and Umtiti have been able to easily deal with the crosses. Les Bleus have lost some of the intensity they showed in the opening 10 minutes of the half. They need another goal because Peru sure look like getting one.

61` France 1-0 Peru

Peru with a sustained spell of possession around the French box. They put in two dangerous crosses from both wings but Kante and Pavard clear the ball away. The move ends with Carrillo shooting over the goal from 30 yards out.

60` France 1-0 Peru

Pedro Aquino struck that with some feeling. France need to do better at closing down shots around the edge of the box. Stepping off a little too much, perhaps. Lloris will claim he had it covered, but he did not. Aquino, by the way, is the youngest player on the pitch for Peru. The South Americans are getting a little more of the ball now and doing enough to keep this interesting.

57` France 1-0 Peru

Peru with a rare attack in the second half. Carrillo with a blatant dive as he tries to squeeze past Hernandez and Matuidi. The referee had a good view of that and Carrillo is lucky to get away without a booking.

55` France 1-0 Peru

Pogba wins a corner which is taken by Griezmann. Giroud attacks the ball but Gallese does enough to come out and block his header. Peru clear the ball away.

51` France 1-0 Peru

Nasty little knee-thigh collision has Samuel Umtiti on the ground, clearly in pain. Do not think he will need to go off for this, but it is really painful when you take one to the muscle like that. Umtiti should be good to go in a minute.

50` France 1-0 Peru. Pedro Aquino hits the post!

Varane gives the ball away cheaply on the right. The ball is rolled on to the path of Aquino whose fiercely struck shot hits the top-right corner of the frame of the goal. Lloris was comprehensively beaten.

46` France 1-0 Peru

Umtiti goes down clutching his right thigh after clashing with Farfan for a long ball. He looks to be in tremendous pain and the referee calls in the medics. He limps off to the byline.

Second-half begins

Peru have 45 minutes to turn this around and stay in the tournament. France, meanwhile, will be looking to book their place in the Round of 16. Two changes for Peru. Alberto Rodriguez and Yoshimar Yotun are replaced by Jefferson Farfan and Anderson Santamaria.

Halftime stats

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HT. France lead Peru 1-0 at halftime

France go into halftime with a well-deserved 1-0 lead and they could have had more. Unlike their last match against Australia, France are looking so much better going forward. The inclusion of Giroud has worked well with Griezmann and Mbappe playing off him. Indeed it was Giroud’s deflected shot which was turned in by Mbappe. Peru started brightly but France established their dominance after a slow start. This is the France that pundits and fans had tipped to win the World Cup.

Talent.

1998 - Kylian Mbappe is the first player to score a World Cup goal who was born after France's 1998 triumph in the competition. Generations. #FRA #FRAPER #WorldCup pic.twitter.com/cMk8D03NTi

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) June 21, 2018

45` France 1-0 Peru

Mbappe with a perfectly-timed run to get to the end of Griezmann’s through ball. He finds the time to pull a cross back to Griezmann from the byline but Aquino clears the ball away. Two minutes added on.

42` France 1-0 Peru

Lucas Hernandes, who was one of the few positives from France in the opening game, should have made it two for France after he was found in tonnes of space. But he took too much time to decide what to do and ended up hitting it right at Gallese. Regardless, it is a sight to see, these young Frenchmen on the break. Some devastating pace in transition on display here tonight.

39` France 1-0 Peru

Kylian Mbappe, the youngest player to represent France in a major tournament, puts his side ahead with an easy tap in after Giroud’s effort was deflected. I believe that also makes him the youngest scorer at this tournament so far? He should’ve had two, though. Didn’t get enough on the back-heel volley first time round. The goal came just after Peru’s captain Paulo Guerrero failed to convert the best chance of the game, hitting a right-footer straight at Lloris. Guerrero’s up and down journey to the World Cup gripped the entire nation. Handed a 14-month ban for doping by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, Guerrero was granted a stay of by Switzerland’s Supreme Court. A story for half time, maybe.

34` Kylian Mbappe scores!

Pogba steals the ball in the Peruvian third and slips it in to Giroud. The Chelsea man shoots but his shot loops over Gallese after taking a touch of Rodriguez. The ball falls kindly onto the path of Mbappe who pokes it into the empty net. He also becomes the youngest ever goalscorer for France at the World Cup!

32` France 0-0 Peru

Oh what a brilliant move from France! Pogba with a clever little dink above the Peruvian defence. Mbappe times his run perfectly but with his back to goal, he tries to back-heel it into goal. Does not enough connection on the ball and Gallese collects.

30` France 0-0 Peru

Lloris denies Guerrero! He gets the ball in the box from the left and with a very good first touch, takes the ball away from Umtiti before shooting from six yards out. Lloris does well to save with his feet.

29` France 0-0 Peru

It is reasonably cold here in Yekaterinburg and very windy particularly up in the media seats. At least 10 degrees cooler than it was in Kazan for France’s opener. That, and a plucky, hustling Peru midfield should keep Les Bleus from sleep-walking through this game like they did against Australia.

27` France 0-0 Peru

Peru have targeted France’s left going forward and it is a good tactic given Matuidi’s lack of pace. The Frenchman has also been booked for trying to prevent a Peruvian counter early on.

24` France 0-0 Peru

That looked worth an ask. Mbappe, who has been looked bright and sharp early on, showing some super feet and combining well with Giroud to get into a shooting position Went down and asked the question but the ref had none of it. No VAR just yet. Much as it would break the hearts of this really entertaining Peruvian crowd I am going with a strong win from France today. By a two-goal margin.