France and Denmark advance after first goalless draw of World Cup 2018

Thank goodness for that, it's all over. This dire Group C match finishes France 0 Denmark 0. 

Brilliant run from Mbappe ends with a low cross along the face of goal that Kjaer clears. Delaney limps off to be replaced by Lerager. 

Three minutes of time to be added on. 

France ping a few passes around the Denmark box but get absolutely nowhere. 

The boos are deafening from the supporters as Denmark stroke the ball around to try and run down the clock. 

Mbappe's completely changed the game since coming on. Everything's going through him and France suddenly have a goal threat. Giroud meanwhile wants a penalty after backing into Kjaer and falling to the ground. Nothing in that. 

Mbappe does well down the right and tees up Fekir for a shot from 25 yards out that Schmeichel pushes to safety. 

Giroud tries a ludicrous volley from the edge of the box but it flies miles over. 

 Dembele goes off to be replaced by Mbappe. Can he deliver something, anything here?

I've just realised that if Denmark do finish second in the group I'll be blogging their last-16 match against Croatia on Sunday. I suddenly find myself really hoping they can dig this out and top the group to avoid that happening. 

Meanwhile Cornelius, who's worked hard, goes off to be replaced by he exciting young Ajax striker Kasper Dolberg. 

Lovely Eriksen back-heel almost plays Cornelius in, but Varane reads the danger and clears. Delaney then goes down clutching his arm. IT'S ALL HAPPENING HERE. 

Fekir almost scores with his first touch. He takes a pass from Mendy and lashes a shot into the side netting from about 25 yards out. 

The hugely disappointing Griezmann is replaced by Fekir. Griezmann doesn't look too dismayed as he comes off. 

This result suits both teams just fine. Are we about to see the tournament's first 0-0?

Lemar boots the ball straight into touch under absolutely no pressure. As Martin Tyler once said: "That sums it all up". 

Delaney does really well down the Denmark right to nutmeg Kimpembe and win a corner. Eriksen swings it in, but Mandanda punches clear.  

Ooh, decent chance for Denmark. Sisto's cross is cleared straight to Eriksen, who drags his shot wide from the edge of the box. 

That's Sisto's last contribution - he's replaced by Fischer moments later. 

Cornelius is back on his feet, and the game can settle back into its soporific pattern. 

Cornelius, who's making a nuisance of himself, clatters into Kimpembe but ends up hurting himself and is down receiving treatment. 

Varane is penalised for hauling Cornelius to the ground. Eriksen takes the resulting free-kick from about 40 yards that Mandanda spills before grasping at the second attempt with Cornelius about to pounce. 

Peru now lead Australia 2-0, so Denmark are in no danger of going out (only an Australia win could leave them with a chance of being eliminated). 

Griezmann is starting to find pockets of space between the lines. Having tried to thread a pass from a similar position moments earlier that evaded Giroud and Dembele, he goes for goal this time but his 25-yarder is easily saved by Schmeichel. 

The group winners remember will play the runner-up of Group D (either Iceland, Nigeria or Argentina) and the runners-up will face Croatia.

France make their first change - Man City left back Mendy replaces Hernandez. 

Australia losing means Denmark can afford to lose this game and still qualify, but a win will take them through as group winners. Will they decide at any point to throw caution to the wind and try and top the group? Here's hoping. 

Griezmann crosses for Giroud, but Giroud is penalised for grappling with Jorgensen. Hmm, not sure there was much in that. 

We're back under way. No changes for either side. 

So as it stands France top the group and Denmark are second. Martin O'Neill describes the game as "rubbish" in the ITV studio.

It has been poor but I do think we should spare France too savage abuse - they only need a point to top the group and are up against a team with a very strong defence playing five centre-backs. The onus is on Denmark to attack, not them. 

Are we in for the first 0-0 of the tournament? 

Griezmann and Giroud again aren't on the same wavelength as another France attack peters out. Griezmann is then chopped down by Jorgensen as the Frenchman broke clear with the ball from a Denmark corner. Jorgensen is deservedly booked for his troubles. 

And that's half-time. Boos ring around the stadium, Giroud shakes his head, and there are furrowed French brows all round. 

Dembele slices a shot well over the bar as the fourth official indicates there will be two minutes of time added on. 

The best chance of the half falls to Giroud but he blazes his effort high and wide from about 12 yards out. Griezmann was offside anyway in the build-up so it wouldn't have counted. 

Sidibe gallops down the right and digs out a cross from the byline that is easily cleared by Kjaer. Giroud for some reason was hanging back rather than attacking the ball. 

A shot on target at last. Denmark are stretched defensively, which allows Griezmann to work a yard and get a shot off from the edge of the box. Thankfully for Schmeichel, it's straight down his throat. 

No shots on target yet for either side - Schmeichel's save came from a Giroud shot that was going wide.  I won't lie, this hasn't been a classic. It may open up in the second half but at the moment the problem is that a 0-0 draw suits both teams just fine. 

Giroud tries to scoop a pass into Griezmann's path, but he overhits it as Griezmann falls to the ground optimistically. Don't think those two have successfully made a pass to one another yet. 

Dembele twists away from Delaney and curls in a shot from 25 yards that drifts wide of Schmeichel's far post. That's Dembele'ss first contribution of the afternoon. 

Another Denmark penalty appeal! Delaney threads a pass to Cornelius, who flies down the left flank and plays a low pass across goal that looks perfect for Eriksen. The Tottenham midfielder can't quite there though as Mandanda rushes from goal and smothers the ball away. Eriksen did get there first but he could only touch the ball onto Mandanda. If there was a foul it was Hernandez taking Eriksen out from behind. No pen is just about the right call. 

Lemar's corner is headed clear by Christensen. The game is stopped as Kjaer rubs his head after Giroud accidentally catches him with an elbow. 

The replays suggest it was more of a chest than a handball. Lemar is then clipped by Braithwaite about 30 yards out to the left of the centre. Lemar will whip it in...it's a good ball but Kjaer flicks it away for a corner. Superb defending. 

The fact that Denmark are playing five centre-backs isn't really adding to the game's spectacle. But is that a handball? Jorgensen blocks Sidibe's right-wing cross in the penalty area. What part of body did he use? We await a replay...

Cornelius does well to force Kimpembe to give away a corner. France clear Eriksen's whipped delivery, and the referee again ignores Danish appeals for a penalty after Delaney was hustled to the ground. 

Great pic below of Schmeichel making the only save of the match so far.  Neither side have looked like scoring in the first quarter. 

Jorgensen does well to shepherd the ball out for a goal kick as Griezmann tries to get away in the box. 

Meanwhile over in Sochi, Peru have taken a 1-0 lead against Australia. That's good news for Denmark who if that stays as it is could lose and still qualify. 

Cornelius tries to lead a Denmark counter, but he gets hustled out of it by Kimpembe. Excellent defending. 

Giroud links up well with Hernandez before digging out a shot that Schmeichel claws away. Don't think that was going in but Schmeichel couldn't take any chances. In the build-up, Hernandez appealed for a penalty after claiming he was fouled by Dalsgaard. Again nothing doing from the referee.  Varane heads the resulting corner well wide. 

The busy Braithwaite appeals for another corner. He has a case but his cries fall on deaf ears. 

Sidibe has had a couple of chances to cross but on each occasion he's failed to get the ball anywhere near Giroud. 

Braithwaite is causing chaos in the French defence. He charges forward again and wins a corner off Kante after breaking into the area for a second time. Kjaer heads Eriksen's resulting corner well over. 

Denmark want a penalty after Braithwaite bursts into the box down the Denmark right and falls over under challenge from Kimpembe. The referee Sandro Ricci correctly waves away the appeals, and there's no intervention from the VAR. 

Meaty tackle from Griezmann on Sisto brings about the first foul of the game. 

We're under way in Moscow! 

A reminder of the teams for this one below. It'll be interesting to see how Denmark line up - there's a thought that Jorgensen will play as a third central defender in a back three. 

Denmark are likely out if they lose and Australia. A draw here sees both France and Denmark qualify. 

Denmark: Schmeichel, Dalsgaard, Kjaer, Christensen, Larsen, Delaney, Mathias Zanka Jorgensen, Eriksen, Sisto, Cornelius, Braithwaite.

France: Mandanda, Sidibe, Varane, Kimpembe, Lucas, Kante, Nzonzi, Lemar, Griezmann, Dembele, Giroud.

La Marseillaise wins the battle of the national anthems because, well, it's like Messi and Ronaldo rolled into one national anthem. The undisputed GOAT.  

The White Stripes' Seven Nation Army rings around the Luzhniki and it's time for the national anthems. 

This will be the third World Cup meeting between France and Denmark, and the third on the final day of the group stages. 

France won the first meeting 2-1 in France 20 years ago, but Denmark knocked the holders out of the competition four years later with a 2-0 win.

Denmark make four changes, which include Middlesbrough's strangely un-Scandinavian sounding Martin Braithwaite and former Cardiff striker Cornelius coming in for Schone and Nicolai Jorgensen. 

For France it's  a reshuffle of the defence, with Lloris, Pavard and Umtiti replaced with Mandanda, Sidibe and Kimpembe. Further forward Pogba, Matuidi and Mbappe make way for Nzonzi, Lemar, and Dembele. Six changes in all for France. 

Denmark (4-3-3):Schmeichel; Kjaer, Christensen, Jorgensen, Dalsgaard; Stryger, Delaney, Eriksen; Braithwaite, Cornelius; Sisto

France (4-2-3-1) : Mandandal; Sidibe, Kimpembe, Varane, Hernandez; Nzonzi, Kante; Lemar, Griezmann, Dembele; Giroud.

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