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France national football team
International Friendlies
Oct 11, 2014 at 7.45pm UK
 
Portugal national football team

2-1

Benzema (3'), Pogba (69')
FT(HT: 1-0)
Quaresma (77' pen.)

Preview: France vs. Portugal

Sports Mole looks ahead to Saturday evening's friendly between France and Portugal.

France and Portugal will meet for the first time since 2006 in an international friendly at the Stade de France on Saturday evening.

Portugal may have the world's best footballer in Cristiano Ronaldo leading the team, but France are heading into the contest on home turf as favourites.

France have won all of the last five matches between these two nations, and Portugal are facing their opponents on the back of their surprise 1-0 defeat to Albania in their opening Euro 2016 qualifier.

Saturday's fixture is a warm-up match for new manager Fernando Santos before his side take on Denmark in their upcoming qualifier next Tuesday.

France, who have both Karim Benzema and Loic Remy vying for a start, secured a draw with Serbia and a slender win over Spain in their last two friendly outings.

Yohan Cabaye has struggled for regular match time at Paris Saint-Germain, but could start in midfield for Didier Deschamps' side, while Real Madrid superstar Ronaldo could team up with Eder and Nani in attack.

Recent form

France: WDLWDW

Portugal: DWDLWW

Possible starting lineups

France: Lloris; Sagna, Varane, Mathieu, Digne; Sissoko, Pogba, Cabaye, Schneiderlin, Cabella; Benzema

Portugal: Rui Patricio; Pereira, Pepe, Costa, Coentrao; Moutinho, Carvalho, Gomes; Ronaldo, Eder, Nani

Sports Mole says: 2-1


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