France 0-1 Scotland
Euro 2008 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Wed 12th September 2007
21:00 (20:00 UK)
Parc des Princes, Paris (A)
Att: 48,712
McFadden(64)
C Gordon
A Hutton
G Alexander
S McManus
D Weir
B Ferguson(C)
D Fletcher (S Pearson 26)
L McCulloch
J McFadden (G O`Connor 76)
S Brown
P Hartley
Manager:
Alex McLeish
FIFA Ranking: 23
M Landreau
L Diarra
L Thuram
J Escude
E Abidal (K Benzema 77)
F Ribery
P Viera (S Nasri 69)
C Makalele
F Malouda
D Trezeguet
N Anelka
FIFA Ranking: 4
Key: Goals Missed Penalty Red Card
| 1 | Craig Gordon (Sunderland) | (26 Caps) | Age: 24 | ||
| 2 | Alan Hutton (Rangers) | (4 Caps) | Age: 22 | ||
| 3 | Graham Alexander (Burnley) | (31 Caps) | Age: 35 | ||
| 4 | Stephen McManus (Celtic) | (8 Caps) | Age: 25 | ||
| 5 | David Weir (Rangers) | (58 Caps) | Age: 37 | ||
| 6 | Barry Ferguson (Rangers) Captain | (40 Caps) | Age: 29 | ||
| 7 | Darren Fletcher (Manchester Utd) |  |
(32 Caps) | Age: 23 | |
| 8 | Lee McCulloch (Rangers) | (13 Caps) | Age: 29 | ||
| 9 | James McFadden (Everton) |
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(34 Caps) | Age: 24 | |
| 10 | Scott Brown (Celtic) | (6 Caps) | Age: 22 | ||
| 11 | Paul Hartley (Celtic) | |
(16 Caps) | Age: 30 | |
| 16 | Garry O`Connor (Birmingham City) | (14 Caps) | Age: 24 | ||
| (Replaced James McFadden 76 min) | |||||
| 18 | Stephen Pearson (Derby County) | (8 Caps) | Age: 24 | ||
| (Replaced Darren Fletcher 26 min) | |||||
Yellow Card  Red Card  Double Booking Goals Scored  Penalty Save |
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6 Barry Ferguson
Euro 2008 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Wed 12th September 2007
21:00 (20:00 UK)
Parc des Princes, Paris (A)
Att: 48,712
Euro 2008 Qualifiers
Group Stages
Wed 12th September 2007
21:00 (20:00 UK)
Parc des Princes, Paris (A)
Att: 48,712
At the time of the France - Scotland match, the Rugby World cup was being played in the 80,000 capacity Stade de France. For this reason, the match was moved to France's old national stadium, the Parc des Princes which only holds 49,000. This was a benefit to Scotland who brought a large travelling support that was outsinging the French.
Scotland made a promising start, preventing the French from making any impact even although they had most of the possession. Midway through the first half there was a blow to Scotland, as Fletcher was taken off injured and replaced by Pearson. At the start of the second half, the French had two good chances. A great passing move ended with Ribery having a shot parried by Gordon, and Ribery shot the rebound over the bar. A minute later Gordon tipped a shot by Anelka over the bar. Just after the hour mark, the amazing happened and Scotland scored. It was route one football; a goal kick by Gordon was superbly brought down by McFadden midway inside the French half, before he turned and unleashed a great shot into the top corner. Landreau got a hand to the ball but couldn't keep out. It sent the whole of Scotland into a state of euphoria. For the remainder of the game France piled on the pressure, but they couldn't find a way through the Scotland rearguard. Scotland held on to record arguably the greatest result in their history.