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PAK V FRA ( 7th / 8th ) Hockey World League Semi-Final Antwerp 2015

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PAK v FRA Goal 1 for FRAPosted July 5, 2015

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PAK v FRA Goal 1 for PAKPosted July 5, 2015

PAK v FRA Match highlightsPosted July 5, 2015

"A bit of French flair", that was the verdict of Francois Sheefer, as France, who are ranked 18th in the world outplayed their higher-ranked rivals, Pakistan (10th) to record a seventh place finish at the FINTRO Hockey World League Semi-Final.

Pakistan fired the first shot in this seventh/eighth play-off match. Muhammad Toseeq's blistering penalty corner just flying past the upright. It was France however, who took the lead through Simon Brisac-Martin (13') after Martin Genestet ran the ball behind the Pakistan defence and slipped to his teammate.

Pakistan nearly got back into the game when Muhammad Ali flicked the ball past the French 'keeper Martin Zylbermann but Muhammad Waqas just failed to connect.

Moments later there was high drama as Mazhar Abbas in the Pakistan goal came out of his area and fouled Brisac-Martin. Abbas was dismissed from the field of play in his first appearance at the tournament.

France doubled their lead on the stroke of half-time through Hugo Genestet. His shot rattled off the post into the goal.

The second half saw France create more of the chances, but Pakistan always looked potentially dangerous on the break. This proved true when the Green Shirts reduced the deficit through a fantastic reverse stick shot from Toseeq – the forward had been threatening to get on the score-sheet throughout the match.

Pakistan had a chance to equalise when they won a penalty corner but the subsequent shot was weak and cleared easily.

"We wanted to finish well and show what we are capable of," continued Sheefer after the game. "It is what is expected of us I think – sometimes we can play brilliantly, sometimes not so much, it is like our rugby and football teams. We will go to the European Championships with confidence and we will aim to finish top two in our pool."

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
FRA	13	8	MARTIN BRISAC Simon	FG	0 - 1
FRA	30	7	GENESTET Hugo	PC	0 - 2
PAK	48	5	TOSEEQ Muhammad	FG	1 - 2

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
PAK	11	14	RIZWAN JR. Muhammad	G
PAK	24	12	ABBAS Mazhar	Y
PAK	27	2	IRFAN Muhammad	G
PAK	46	8	BHUTTA Muhammad Umar	Y
FRA	52	20	CHARLET Victor	Y
FRA	55	19	SCHEEFER Francois	Y

PAK

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green	Yellow
24	1	BUTT Imran
X	2	IRFAN Muhammad		1
X	3	IMRAN Muhammad
X	4	BUTT Ammad Shakeel
X	5	TOSEEQ Muhammad	1
X	7	WAQAS Muhammad
X	8	BHUTTA Muhammad Umar			1
Bench	9	MEHMOOD Rashid
X	10	RASOOL Shafqat
7	11	SHAN Ali
X	12	ABBAS Mazhar			1
6	13	SHAH Syed
9	14	RIZWAN JR. Muhammad		1
X	15	RIZWAN SR. Muhammad
X	16	AHMED Fareed
52	17	YAQOOB Muhammad
X	19	DILBER Muhammad
8	21	ALI Muhammad
		Medical Doctor	ABBAS Asad (Dr.)
		Video Technician	UMRAO Syead Abuzar
		Head Coach	SHAHNAZ Sheikh
		Team Manager	KALEEM Muhammad Danish

FRA

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Yellow
X	4	PETERS-DEUTZ Cristoforo
5	5	KIEFFER Jean-Laurent
X	6	GENESTET Tom
5	7	GENESTET Hugo	1
X	8	MARTIN BRISAC Simon	1
Bench	9	SANCHEZ Olivier
X	11	MASSON Charles
6	14	BAUMGARTEN Gaspard
X	15	DERONT Guillaume
6	16	GOYET François
X	18	FORGUES Jean-Baptiste
7	19	SCHEEFER Francois		1
X	20	CHARLET Victor		1
X	22	GENESTET Martin
X	24	COISNE Aristide
X	25	LYON Romain
Bench	29	SAUNIER Corentin
X	31	ZYLBERMANN Martin
		Team Manager	FRANCOIS Antoine
		Head Coach	FOULARD Gael
		Assistant Coach	REYNAUD Bertrand
		Stand-In Manager	HOEBEN Gerold
		Medical Doctor	POPINEAU Christophe
		Physiotherapist	LE BRIS Sebastien

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	van ELEGEM Geoffroy
Umpire 2	LIZANA Eduardo
Reserve Umpire	BARBAS Diego
Video Umpire	SIMMONDS Gary
Judge 1	RAMPONE Guendalina
Judge 2	SHARMA Anjali
Technical Officer	DECKENBROCK Christian