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New-look France lose 2-1 against Norway in first outing for Blanc

New-look France lose 2-1 against Norway in first outing for Blanc

Norway beat France 2-1 in a friendly match in Oslo on Tuesday. The game was a crucial test for new French coach Laurent Blanc and his new squad of 13 uncapped players and 16 French league players after the team’s woeful World Cup performance.

By News Wires (text)
 

REUTERS - An experimental France team lost 2-1 in Norway on Wednesday in their first outing since a shambolic World Cup campaign, forward Erik Huseklepp scoring twice for the home side in a lively friendly.

Les Bleus opened the scoring with a superb goal from substitute Hatem Ben Arfa shortly after the break but Huseklepp levelled by deflecting a free kick into the net before hitting the winner after a counter-attack on 70 minutes.
 
New coach Laurent Blanc, who took none of France's World Cup squad members to Norway, fielded six uncapped players in his starting lineup for his first game in charge.
 
The nervy visitors failed to score their first win over Norway in 22 years but at least France showed more initiative than they did in their dismal displays in South Africa in June.

Date created : 11/08/2010 
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