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International football match France vs Japan report

Date, kick-off time:	Friday, 20 June 2003, 21:00 (UTC+02:00)
National teams, score:	France - Japan 2:1
Competition:	F.I.F.A. Confederations Cup 2003, Group A
Referee:	Mark Shield / Australia
Attendance, venue:	33 070, Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne
Goals:	1:0 (42') Robert Pirès (pen.), 2:1 (66') Sidney Govou

France national football team line-up in match Nr.632

Managed by team manager Jacques Santini, squad average age - 26.736
Player	Caps	Club
Fabien Barthez	58	Manchester United F.C., Manchester
Jean-Alain Boumsong	1	A.J. Auxerre, Auxerre
William Gallas	8	Chelsea F.C., London
Olivier Dacourt 58'	7	A.S. Roma S.p.A., Roma
58' Benoît Pedretti	6	F.C. Sochaux-Montbéliard, Montbéliard
Robert Pirès	58	Arsenal F.C., London
Mikaël Silvestre	21	Manchester United F.C., Manchester
Jérôme Rothen 67'	3	A.S. Monaco F.C., Monaco
67' Sylvain Wiltord	52	Arsenal F.C., London
Willy Sagnol 90+1'	15	F.C. Bayern, München
Steve Marlet 80'	16	Fulham F.C., London
80' Thierry Henry	48	Arsenal F.C., London
Ousmane Dabo	1	Atalanta B.C., Bergamo
Sidney Govou 21'	7	Olympique Lyonnais, Lyon
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F.I.F.A. Confederations Cup 2003, Group A post-match standings

Pos.	National team	1	2	3	4	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals	Points
1	France		2:1	1:0	-:-	2	2	0	0	3-1	6
2	Japan	1:2		-:-	3:0	2	1	0	1	4-2	3
3	Colombia	0:1	-:-		3:1	2	1	0	1	3-2	3
4	New Zealand	-:-	0:3	1:3		2	0	0	2	1-6	0

Comments

pieterkooijman Netherlands - Other notes posted 30.08.2011 12:01:16

NARAZAKI Seigo
INAMOTOJunichi 73’ NAKATA Koji (...)

pieterkooijman Netherlands - Additional information posted 11.09.2011 12:45:07

Coach Japan 20-06-2003: Arthur Antunes Coimbra (Zico) (link:

)

Zsorzsinju Hungary - Additional information posted 01.10.2011 09:34:46

Captain:
Japan: 7-Hidetoshi Nakata (C) (link:

)

Soproni Démon Hungary - Additional information posted 01.04.2012 11:32:29

Yellow card:
Yoshito OKUBO 33’
Junichi INAMOTO 42’
(link:

)

pieterkooijman Netherlands - Additional information posted 01.04.2012 16:45:46

Yellow cards Japan:
Yoshito Okubo (33’)
Junichi Inamoto (42’) (link:

)

Zsorzsinju Hungary - Additional information posted 04.04.2012 09:04:01

Scorers: 1-0 43’ Pires PK, 1-1 59’ S. Nakamura, 2-1 65’ Govou
JAPAN: (...)

France vs Japan post-match head-to-head

Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Goals	Points/Match
5	4	1	0	14 - 4	1.800
France v Japan match-by-match record

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Brief match report

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Fri. 20 Jun 2003
Stade Geoffroy Guichard, Saint-Étienne
France 2-1 Japan
Goals: Pirès 42, Govou 66

France: Barthez, Boumsong, Gallas, Dacourt (Pedretti 58), Pirès (c), Silvestre, Rothen (Wiltord 67), Sagnol, Marlet (Henry 80), Dabo, Govou. Managed by  Santini.
Booked: Govou 21. Sent off: Sagnol 90+1.

Att: 33 070
Ref: Shield (Australia)