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Up-to-the-Second Score: Uruguay 0, France 0 - Final Match Report
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90'+3 - Final whistle. The tournament's first 0-0 draw leaves both France and Uruguay highly vulnerable to elimination. Defending champion France must beat Denmark by two goals in their final game to be sure of going through. Senegal and Denmark have four points with the French and Uruguayans on just one. |
90'+2 - France wastes precious time by sending in Christophe Dugarry for Sylvain Wiltord. |
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90'+1 - Barthez with a left-footed kick save of a breakaway chance by Magallanes. |
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85' - Federico Magallanes bounces a freekick straight into the chest of Barthez. |
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82' - Carini continues to turn away French opportunities. |
80' - Djibril Cisse replaces David Trezeguet for France. |
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79' - Recoba launches a freekick well high of the frame. |
72' - Gianni Guigou replaces Dario Rodriguez for Uruguay. |
71' - Now Uruguay sends in Gonzalo de los Santos for Romero. |
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70' - France takes advantage of some confusion, playing a corner kick while Uruguay contemplated substituting Marcelo Romero and called him over to the sideline. A header by Marcel Desailly goes over the bar on the corner kick. |
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69' - Trezeguet cut down by Paolo Montero just outside the top of the box. Carini saves a heavy shot by Johan Micoud on the freekick. |
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67' - France creating some havoc in the box but has been unable to convert the possessions into a goal. |
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63' - Recoba plays a short corner, gets the ball back and bends a shot just outside of the far post from the right wing. |
60' - Federico Magallanes replaces Dario Silva for Uruguay. Silva is not pleased with the change. |
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57' - Barthez makes another save as both sides have opened up the match and are pushing forward for the win. |
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56' - Carini off his line to save a shot by the charging Trezeguet. |
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52' - Recoba gets behind Barthez on the left side, but he can't find the open net from a tough angle. |
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51' - Barthez punches away a shot by Recoba and saves Recoba's attempt on the rebound. |
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50' - Carini tips a shot by Patrick Vieira over the crossbar. |
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49' - Urugay 'keeper Carini saves a shot by Sylvain Wiltord. |
47' - Dario Silva booked. |
46' - The second half kicks off. |
| Second Half |
45'+5 - The halftime whistle blows, allowing both teams a chance to cool down in the locker room. The match had gotten chippy for the final 10 minutes of the half following a rough tackle on Dario Silva. |
45'+1 - Sebastian Abreu and Petit are booked for getting into a shoving match at midfield. |
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35' - Petit bends a freekick off the near post. |
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30' - Trezeguet, in between four Uruguay defenders, heads a cross over the bar. |
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27' - Barthez stops a Recoba freekick. |
26' - France's Thierry Henry sent off for a studs-up tackle on Marcelo Romero. |
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24' - Recoba puts on a dribbling show but cannot find a teammate with his cross. |
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18' - Alvaro Recoba drives a low shot that deflects off a French defender's foot. Barthez is caught leaning the wrong way, but he manages to make a save with his foot. |
16' - Vincent Candela replaces injured defender Frank Leboeuf for France. |
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13' - France plays a freekick to Bixente Lizarazu, whose cross is caught by goalkeeper Fabien Carini. |
11' - Pablo Garcia booked for unsporting behavior. |
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10' - Pablo Garcia freekick is handled by French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez. |
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9' - France's Emmanuel Petit twice attempts to link up with David Trezeguet in the box, but Trezeguet is offside both times. |
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2' - Defending champion France is playing without injured midfielder Zinedine Zidane for the second consecutive match. |
1' - The match kicks off with both sides desperate for three points to keep their hopes to reach the second round alive. |
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Kickoff at 7:30 a.m. EDT; 12:30 p.m. GMT |
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