Thursday 14 June 2012

France 4-1 Montenegro

Minardi was in imperious form in Samara

Christophe Minardi's hat-trick meant France were in the quarter-finals and Montenegro would be eliminated early.

France: 1 Richard LaRochelle; 19 Pierre Fallou, 15 Marvin Mamoudady, 5 Julien Radowanski, 3 Dimitri Servanyan; 6 Jean-Paul Sanchez, 4 Romain Courtanois; 11 Rachid Masrani, 7 Yannick Bourgeois; 10 Sébastien Lacroix; 12 Christophe Minardi

Montenegro: 1 Simon Radivanović; 7 Mirko Ziranić, 4 Dragan Vucinić, 2 Vladimir Jovanović, 6 Stefan Vokolan; 3 Zoran Metrović, 5 Aleksandar Faticić; 8 Nenad Djalović, 10 Matej Koprić; 9 Nenad Saminović, 11 Goran Ristić

Referee: Franco Nettini (Switzerland)

Goals: Minardi 25', 45', 59', Lacroix 49' (France), Faticic 52' (Montenegro)

Man of the Match: Christophe Minardi (France)

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