France vs Nigeria 2014-06-30

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Event
France vs Nigeria

Date
Mon 30th June 2014 (UTC)

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13:00:00 UTC

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FIFA World Cup

Season
2014

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The two teams had met in one previous match, in a friendly in 2009, won by Nigeria 1–0.

Paul Pogba had the best chance in the first half but his right foot volley after a cross from the right was saved by Vincent Enyeama. In the second half Yohan Cabaye saw a shot come back off the bar. The opening goal came with 11 minutes to play when Pogba headed into the net after a mistake by Enyeama where he failed to hold onto a corner kick from the left by Mathieu Valbuena. In injury time, France got a second when Joseph Yobo put into his own net under pressure from Antoine Griezmann after a cross from the right by Valbuena.

France advanced to the quarter-finals to face Germany, while Nigeria were eliminated at the round of 16 in all three World Cups where they reached the knockout stage.