France vs South Africa
Venue : Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Date : Tuesday, 22nd June 2010
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France and South Africa have met twice before with the French emerging victorious on both occasions.
South Africa will be looking to Everton attacking midfielder Steven Pienaar to provide the inspiration in this match as the hosts come up against a French team packed with stars including Thierry Henry and William Gallas.
South Africa will be slightly ameliorated by the France team conditions that were not conducive due to the return of Nicholas Anelka, and the boycott by the France players. If this condition can be exploited by the South African players, so do not be surprised if France would return to swallow defeat.
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France
France 0-2 Mexico
France 0-0 Uruguay
France 0-1 China
Tunisia 1-1 France ( William Gallas)
France 2-1 Costa Rica ( Costa Rica own goal, Mathieu Valbuena)
South Africa
South Africa 0-3 Uruguay
South Africa 1-1 Mexico ( Siphiwe Tshabalala)
South Africa 1-0 Denmark ( Katlego Mphela)
South Africa 5-0 Guatemala ( Katlego Mphela*2, Surprise Moriri, Bernard Parker)
South Africa 2-1 Colombia ( Teko Modise, Katlego Mphela)
Line Up
France
15 Damien Traille, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Yann David, 12 Maxime Mermoz, 11 Cedric Heymans, 10 Francois Trinh-Duc, 9 Julien Dupuy, 8 Louis Picamoles, 7 Imanol Harinordoquy, 6 Thierry Dusautoir (capt), 5 Romain Millo-Chluski, 4 Lionel Nallet, 3 Nicolas Mas, 2 William Servat, 1 Fabien Barcella.
Replacements: 16 Dimitri Szarzewzski, 17 Sylvain Marconnet, 18 Sebastien Chabal, 19 Julien Bonnaire, 20 Morgan Parra, 21 David Marty, 22 Maxime Medard, 23 Thomas Domingo
South Africa
15 Zane Kirchner, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Adi Jacobs, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Schalk Burger, 6 Heinrich Brussow, 5 Victor Matfield, 6 Bakkies Botha, 3 John Smit (capt), 2 Bismarck Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 Wian du Preez, 18 CJ van der Linde, 19 Andries Bekker, 20 Danie Rossouw, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Wynand Olivier
France vs South Africa Prediction
The hosts should win this, but it won’t be enough to qualify. They’ll drop out of the tournament on goal difference.
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