{"id":7387,"date":"2023-11-22T10:23:33","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T10:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=7387"},"modified":"2023-11-22T10:23:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T10:23:33","slug":"france-settles-for-2-2-draw-against-greece-despite-late-chances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2023\/11\/22\/france-settles-for-2-2-draw-against-greece-despite-late-chances\/","title":{"rendered":"France Settles for 2-2 Draw Against Greece Despite Late Chances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kylian Mbappe had a 30-minute window to alter the course of the game for France, yet his subdued performance couldn&#8217;t impact the outcome as Les Bleus had to accept a draw against an attacking Greece side. Despite initially taking the lead, Didier Deschamps&#8217; team quickly conceded it in the second half, and their overall performance didn&#8217;t warrant more than a 2-2 draw, despite the commendable defensive efforts of William Saliba.<\/p>\n<p>Antoine Griezmann came close after 33 minutes, scuffing an effort off the post with the goal gaping. Kolo Muani made no such mistake when afforded a chance right before the break, latching onto Griezmann&#8217;s through ball and lashing a shot into the roof of the net from a tight angle.<\/p>\n<p>Greece bagged an unlikely equaliser after 55 minutes. Tasos Bakasetas provided it, catching a volley from outside the box that proved unstoppable for reserve goalie Brice Samba. They snatched a second shortly after, Fotis Ioannidis completing a sweeping team move with a tidy finish. But France had a response, with Monaco&#8217;s Youssouf Fofana lashing in a long-range effort to level the game.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-1 overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-qvqnx-79elbk h-full\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-qvqnx-1n7m0yu\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm gizmo:pb-9 dark:bg-gray-800 gizmo:dark:bg-transparent\">\n<div class=\"w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 gizmo:border-0 dark:border-gray-900\/50 gizmo:dark:border-0 bg-gray-50 gizmo:bg-transparent dark:bg-[#444654] gizmo:dark:bg-transparent\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-195\">\n<div class=\"p-4 gizmo:py-2 justify-center text-base md:gap-6 md:py-6 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base mx-auto md:gap-6 gizmo:gap-3 gizmo:md:px-5 gizmo:lg:px-1 gizmo:xl:px-5 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] gizmo:md:max-w-3xl gizmo:lg:max-w-[40rem] gizmo:xl:max-w-[48rem] xl:max-w-3xl } group final-completion\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gizmo:w-full lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)] agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full gap-3 gizmo:gap-0\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"e5bae818-6e5f-4e72-8f4d-73a5218e7923\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<p>Les Bleus were presented with a final opportunity to secure a late victory, but Kingsley Coman&#8217;s deft delivery across the box grazed the post and miraculously eluded several oncoming legs, settling for a point that was ultimately fair for both sides.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kylian Mbappe had a 30-minute window to alter the course of the game for France, yet his subdued performance couldn&#8217;t impact the outcome as Les Bleus had to accept a draw against an attacking Greece side. Despite initially taking the lead, Didier Deschamps&#8217; team quickly conceded it in the second half, and their overall performance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":7390,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[385],"class_list":["post-7387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-france"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7387"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7444,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7387\/revisions\/7444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}