FIFA World Cup 2018, France vs Australia, Highlights: France Trounce Australia 2-1

#FRA WIN!

A tough match for @FrenchTeam, but they get their #WorldCup campaign off to a winning start. #FRAAUS pic.twitter.com/kX6HnWwMZC

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FULL TIME: That's the final whistle folks, France have beaten Australia 2-1. Greizmann opened the scoring in second half via penlaty and then Jedinak equalised by converting from the spot. Pogba then hit the winner in the 81st minute to give the Les Bleus a well deserved win.

90 minutes of football has been played between the two sides and five minutes regulation time has been added now. Since scoring that second goal, France have looked very comfortable and will be confident of seeing out the match. 

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Yellow Card: Behich becomes the third Aussie star to be booked today after be brought down Fekir just on the edge of the box in the 86th minute of the match. Free-kick to France who have now taken full control of the match.

GOLAZO: France put together a stunning move in the 81th minute of the match and Paul Pogba lobs the ball over the keeper and it goes inside the goal after touching the inside of the bar. France have now taken a 2-1 lead in the match. Pogba hits back at his haters in style!

Yellow Card: A deliberate foul from Tolisso after Juric was running towards the goal and his foul stops the counter-attack. Tolisso becomes the first French man to go into the books in the 76th minute.

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Substitution: Double change for France, Griezmann is being taken off and he is replaced by Giroud. And Dembele has also been taken off and on comes Fekir in the 70th minute of the match.

Stat Attack: The last time both teams were awarded a penalty in the same game was the 2010 Quarterfinals when Spain faced Paraguay. Both penalties were saved however.

GOAL: Mile Jedinak converts from the spot, same as Griezmann and the match is level once again. Jedinak rather coolly slotted home the ball towards the left of Lloris as went the other away. The match is level at 1-1 again in the 62nd minute. 

Penalty:  An outrageous piece of play from Samuel Umititi and Australia have now been awarded a penalty. The French defender handled the ball inside the D and the Aussies have been given a chance to level the match in the 61st minute. 

GOAL: An emphatic penalty from Greizmann and France lead 1-0 in the 56th minute of the match. The striker blasted the ball towards the left of the Aussie goalkeeper and the Frenchman have taken a deserved lead. 

VAR and Penalty: Griezmann was felled inside the D after Pogba gave an excellent through ball to the Atletico star. After the referee gave no foul, VAR came into play an penlaty was finally given in the 55th minute of the match.

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The players are back on the pitch and we are underway in second-half. Both teams played out a rather cagey first half and will look to make amends in the second, especially France and their supremely talented attacking stars.

Half-time: That's it folks, the players head into their respective dressing rooms for the half-time break. France looked good early on but it was Australia who had the better chances in the match. Both teams have plenty to ponder during this short break ahead of the crunch second half.

Chance: Australia almost went 1-0 up just before the half-time as Jamie Mclaren hit a fierce curling shot from the edge of the box and it went agonisingly wide of the target. Lloris looked a bit worried for a moment. 

Australia have done well to frustrate the French superstars thus far. They are not letting them play free flowing football and that is the reason the score is still reading 0-0. But credit to Australia the way that they have played thus far. Good is defence and dangerous on the counter. Match locked 0-0 after 40 minutes.

Chance: Mbappe sent Griezmann through to the goal with an excellent lobbed through ball. The Atletico star trapped the ball spectacularly but before he could unleash a shot, the ball was cleared by a defender. 30 minutes have been played and the match is locked at 0-0.

20 minutes have been played and slowly and steadily Australia have grown into the match and they are playing much better now. Meanwhile, as for the French attackers, they haven't clicked together as much as they would have liked. Although they have created chances but no clear cut as yet.

SAVE: Against the run of play, Australia almost went 1-0 up in the match in the 17th minute. Following a free-kick, the ball touched the feet of Pavard and it was going inside the bottom corner but goalkeeper Lloris makes a flying save to keep the match level at 0-0.

Yellow Card: Australia's Leckie is the first player to get into the referee's books as Leckie brings down Lucar near the edge of the box and he felled him from behind and therefore he has been shown the card in the 13th minute.

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10 minutes have been played in the first half and the French attackers have hit multiple shots so far at the Aussie goal. However, they haven't troubled the goalie that much so far as all the shots have been very timid to say the least. The match locked at 0-0.

Chance: Pogba also makes his intentions clear early on as in the fourth minute of the match, France were awarded a free kick neart the edge of the box. Pogba opted to take it and his shot was on target as well. But the Aussie clear was positioned well and he made a routine save. 

Chance: Early chance for France as in just the 2nd minute of the game, Mbappe found space behind the Aussie defenders but the angle was bad from where he had to shoot and his shot was easily saved by the keeper. Bright start for the 1998 champions!

Kick-off: Australia have started the match and we are underway in Kazan. A typical David vs Goliath match this as France are one of the favourites for the title while as for Australia, noone has even given them a chance to qualify into the next stage.

The players are now making their way out of the tunnel and they will now stand in the middle for their respective national anthems. It is bright sunny day in Kazan and the fans inside the stadium will make it a cracking contest to say the least.

These two might be crucial this afternoon in Kazan...#FRAAUS pic.twitter.com/kQdPLhyO7n

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