France v Honduras

:01:08. > :01:15.England. And Italy. Goodness me, that was close. Daniel Sturridge in

:01:16. > :01:22.the middle. Loads of room on the right, again. It's a problem we need

:01:23. > :01:31.to sort out fast. A lovely dummy. Through the crowd. It has been

:01:32. > :01:37.coming. Good ball for Wayne Rooney. Good finish from Daniel Sturridge!

:01:38. > :01:43.England's level instantly. Fantastic defending.

:01:44. > :01:55.The dummy to Leighton Baines. He's going to get there! Wayne Rooney!

:01:56. > :02:02.Italy are off to a winning start. Italy were a very good team tonight

:02:03. > :02:06.and we fell a very good team tonight and we followed it short, but we

:02:07. > :02:10.still have the rest of the group. Good evening. England stumble in the

:02:11. > :02:15.jungle but all is not lost and we still believe it. Especially if they

:02:16. > :02:21.continue to play like that. Our game today is Honduras vs France. Since

:02:22. > :02:33.winning the World Cup in 1998, it's been the good, the bad and the ugly.

:02:34. > :02:40.France. They have scored first in the World Cup final. Yes! France

:02:41. > :02:48.have won the World Cup for the first time.

:02:49. > :02:58.Senegal have scored the first goal of the 2002 World Cup. The gods have

:02:59. > :03:09.decided the French are not going to stay in this World Cup. Henry is

:03:10. > :03:16.there. Straight into the chest. Italy win the World Cup! Nicolas

:03:17. > :03:19.Anelka has been sent off. And South African lead! There is nothing left.

:03:20. > :03:35.France go home. Yes, mixed bag. There is Didier

:03:36. > :03:41.Deschamps arriving in Porto Alegre. There is Giroud, recognisable from

:03:42. > :03:46.Arsenal. Honduras are coached by Luis Fernando Suarez. They played

:03:47. > :03:51.out a goalless draw against England in their final warm up game in

:03:52. > :03:54.Miami. Joining us in the studio, teary Omri, Clarence Rudolph and the

:03:55. > :04:01.first Welshman to qualify for the World Cup since 1958, Robbie Savage

:04:02. > :04:07.-- teary Henry. First of all, England's performance. Having spent

:04:08. > :04:13.a bid of time there, what do you think? You know, I was actually

:04:14. > :04:17.thinking about it last night and I thought they were unlucky at times.

:04:18. > :04:22.They played well for a good spell of the game. When you play against the

:04:23. > :04:30.Italians, you have to make sure you score because they are one two,

:04:31. > :04:36.three maybe. I thought they were unlucky. Clarence, you've spent so

:04:37. > :04:39.much time in Italy. The perfect person to ask about the Italian

:04:40. > :04:46.side. They do find a way, don't they? They found a way and have a

:04:47. > :04:50.great quality in midfield. That's their big strength. It gives them

:04:51. > :04:58.control. When the need to slow down the game, they have the players to

:04:59. > :05:03.do it. I agree. There were unlucky moments for England. Quite a lot. I

:05:04. > :05:07.saw them playing well and they have to be confident for the next game.

:05:08. > :05:11.There always seems to be a debate, whatever it is, whether it's going

:05:12. > :05:14.well or not, for Wayne Rooney. It's always a topic of conversation and

:05:15. > :05:20.once again, that's the case post-match. On the left-hand side,

:05:21. > :05:25.he becomes the scapegoat. Roy has got a massive decisions to make.

:05:26. > :05:29.Really lead Wayne Rooney out? He has to play in the number ten position.

:05:30. > :05:36.That's my best position. Plainly there. If not, leave him out of the

:05:37. > :05:39.team because there better left-hand side player for England than Wayne

:05:40. > :05:46.Rooney. Can England still go through? There is a possibility but

:05:47. > :05:52.you find yourself in a situation now where, the team that loses has to

:05:53. > :05:57.go. It's hard but, again, I actually enjoyed watching the English team

:05:58. > :06:04.for 60 minutes. If they can play like that, and do a couple of

:06:05. > :06:11.tactics, I think they can make it. Thank you very much. I'm the only

:06:12. > :06:15.English man in here. We have to remain confident. Believe in

:06:16. > :06:21.ourselves, for once. What do you think? Will England qualify? Vote at

:06:22. > :06:28.the Honduras vs France page on the website. Send us a treat. The vote

:06:29. > :06:32.will close 30 minute into the match and we will give the result

:06:33. > :06:37.half-time. The only game in this group to post earlier today when

:06:38. > :06:43.Switzerland took on Ecuador. Ecuador took a first half lead when Valencia

:06:44. > :06:47.was left unmarked header business goal in as many games. Switzerland

:06:48. > :06:53.equalised in similar fashion. They scored two minutes after coming on,

:06:54. > :06:56.the substitute. It was another Swiss substitute who clinched victory

:06:57. > :07:04.deepened the Scottish -- stoppage time. A low cross by Rodriguez.

:07:05. > :07:10.Incredible scenes at the end of the game. Real euphoria amongst the

:07:11. > :07:13.Swiss, as you might expect. That's the only game so it's pretty self

:07:14. > :07:24.explanatory. Conditions are more favourable this

:07:25. > :07:28.afternoon in Porto Alegre than they were in Manaus because of the most

:07:29. > :07:32.southern -based venue in the tournament. The city will host five

:07:33. > :07:36.games. There is the stadium, the Estadio Beira-Rio, which has a

:07:37. > :07:42.capacity of almost 50,000. Jonathan Pearce and Martin Keown. Good

:07:43. > :07:44.afternoon for the eye was close to the French moderation is four years

:07:45. > :07:50.ago for the hectic. Nicholas Anoka sent home. It ended disastrously but

:07:51. > :07:55.here Martin, I think we will see a different French side under Didier

:07:56. > :07:59.Deschamps. He won the cup as captain. Very much so, they are full

:08:00. > :08:03.of confidence. Where they came back against Ukraine from 2-0 down, we

:08:04. > :08:08.saw them play against Jamaica recently. Benzema coming into form

:08:09. > :08:15.but I'm surprised Giroud didn't start today. He has gone were the

:08:16. > :08:17.tried and tested player from Real Madrid. He has and I

:08:18. > :08:20.tried and tested player from Real Madrid. He has can see why he's done

:08:21. > :08:26.that because it gives extra mobility his finishing and assists have been

:08:27. > :08:32.different class. Griezmann on the wing, look out for him. He's a real

:08:33. > :08:36.talent. For the French side, such a talented player, but what about

:08:37. > :08:47.Honduras? Very physical against Brazil. It's the basic 4-4-2 from

:08:48. > :08:53.them? Yes, they are very physical and aggressive. Two guys up front.

:08:54. > :09:04.Costly and Benzema might need to look after each other. Plenty of

:09:05. > :09:08.Premier League interest in the Hernandez -- Honduras side. Will

:09:09. > :09:12.there be a shock today, I wonder? We shall see. The French are fancied to

:09:13. > :09:16.be enjoying themselves but the very different story arc in South Africa

:09:17. > :09:31.four years ago. Eddie Butler has the story.

:09:32. > :09:37.TRANSLATION: I told the players that tarnished the image of France. It's

:09:38. > :09:45.a moral disaster for French football. France, with a glowing

:09:46. > :09:54.modern history. World Cup champions in 1998, World Cup finalists 2006.

:09:55. > :10:00.2010. A different story. The manager had some strange ideas, the power of

:10:01. > :10:10.strong G. On the field, not so out of this world. -- the power of

:10:11. > :10:14.astrology. France are not out but they are certainly down and it's out

:10:15. > :10:19.of their hands. After defeat to Mexico, Nicolas Anelka with some

:10:20. > :10:28.choice words. The manager sent him home. The players showed

:10:29. > :10:34.solidarity, leading to a showdown between players and coaching staff

:10:35. > :10:38.and strike action. It had to end. There was a game to play. But if

:10:39. > :10:40.ever a situation was anything but resolved with a handshake, this was

:10:41. > :10:54.it. South Africa have a second against

:10:55. > :11:01.the 1998 World Cup winners! The expression is a bemused. There is

:11:02. > :11:13.nothing left for the manager. France's World Cup meltdown. 2010.

:11:14. > :11:20.You were part of the French team. You didn't get much of a look in in

:11:21. > :11:31.that tournament, but part of that thing, give us the players

:11:32. > :11:35.perspective of that story. It was a bad World Cup, to be honest. Like

:11:36. > :11:42.was said in the commentary before, we wanted to show support to Nicolas

:11:43. > :11:45.Anelka. Was Nicholas Anoka add a border with what he did? I don't

:11:46. > :11:52.know what he did in the dressing room. My point was, if you sent

:11:53. > :11:57.home, you're saying what's on the paper was true, and I don't know

:11:58. > :12:03.what he said in the dressing room. It was a loud type of thing. We just

:12:04. > :12:10.wanted to show support to our team-mate. That's were the only

:12:11. > :12:14.things we could do was team. The perspective as he went on strike,

:12:15. > :12:23.you wouldn't get off the bus to train? That was a signing session.

:12:24. > :12:26.That's why you see is coming and going to sue the fans and signing

:12:27. > :12:30.because we said we were going to do that, but the main thing for me is

:12:31. > :12:34.everybody thought we were going to play against South Africa and we

:12:35. > :12:40.never said that, we just wanted to show support. So you never intending

:12:41. > :12:46.to miss a game? Not at all, it was just showing support for team-mate

:12:47. > :12:51.and it was the right thing to do. In hindsight, would have done things

:12:52. > :12:55.differently as a team? I guess so. A lot of people suffered because of

:12:56. > :13:00.it. It wasn't the right thing to do maybe, but once you were there, you

:13:01. > :13:09.know how it is. You don't see people losing games. Things went out of

:13:10. > :13:15.control. Maybe knowing... Was the manager wrong, as well? Everybody.

:13:16. > :13:23.We were a team. It didn't go well for us. We have a good, young squad

:13:24. > :13:30.now. Didier Deschamps has managed things well? There's no

:13:31. > :13:33.discontentment? Yes, he had the natural respect because what they've

:13:34. > :13:41.done for the team and for France. Two great players, now in charge.

:13:42. > :13:46.Hopefully, he can bring success to Les Bleus over there because

:13:47. > :13:50.everywhere he goes, usually wins so hopefully the can. He supposed to be

:13:51. > :13:54.a lucky player, lucky manager for the Manuel Pacini said I wonder if

:13:55. > :14:00.he was dropped on the church font when he was born? When you always

:14:01. > :14:06.see a player going somewhere, and he wins, you always go, like, that guy

:14:07. > :14:14.is so lucky. Didier Deschamps, as a player, he did it as a coach now.

:14:15. > :14:19.Wherever he goes, he wins. He has to be someone who is doing well. He's a

:14:20. > :14:25.great coach. Hopefully he can lead his team to winning the World Cup.

:14:26. > :14:31.It would be a massive task. I'm sure that he has good skills. The usual

:14:32. > :14:38.thing is, you have to create your luck. OK, Didier Deschamps's World

:14:39. > :14:44.Cup and opening Championship winner of course, and there he is. 47

:14:45. > :14:57.players in 22 games in charge. Here is the team he is gone for today.

:14:58. > :15:09.Varane won the Champions League medal with Real Madrid. Pogba won

:15:10. > :15:14.the under 20 with under France last year. Is one of the stars of the

:15:15. > :15:35.tournaments. Cabaye let the other two attack. Paul Pogba, you really

:15:36. > :15:39.do like him? He reminds me of someone very confident, in a way.

:15:40. > :15:46.Makes the game look so easy. You feel Reich the guy needs to almost

:15:47. > :15:56.be challenged, if not he'll dominate the midfield and try something. When

:15:57. > :16:01.you see him play, it seems like he has time on the ball, always tries

:16:02. > :16:06.something new, has a great strike rate. It's up to him to take it to

:16:07. > :16:12.another level. Sir Alex Ferguson let him slip through the net, didn't he?

:16:13. > :16:22.Really poor decision. Reports that he was worth ?60 million. And

:16:23. > :16:25.Benzema, Spotlight is on him, the wonderfully gifted footballer,

:16:26. > :16:32.perhaps doesn't always score the goals you would expect? He does so

:16:33. > :16:39.much work for the team and he's underestimated. He's so tactically

:16:40. > :16:43.good. Thinks about the team more than about himself. That's most

:16:44. > :16:47.probably the reason why he's never the one scoring the goals but the

:16:48. > :16:53.work he does in the game, the way he plays the game, his tactical and

:16:54. > :16:58.technical ability is immense. Really, we are going to enjoy

:16:59. > :17:05.another great striker. Champions League winner as well? When you have

:17:06. > :17:10.got Ronaldo and Bale, and you are part of that team, been Benz is

:17:11. > :17:15.top-class. As for Honduras on their way to Brazil, they became only the

:17:16. > :17:20.second team ever to defeat Brazil in a World Cup qualifier. Dan Walker

:17:21. > :17:24.has the lowdown. When how due wrasse qualifieded for

:17:25. > :17:32.a second straight World Cup, the Prime Minister declared a public

:17:33. > :17:39.holiday -- holt due wrasse. Outside war zones, Honduras has the highest

:17:40. > :17:44.murder rate in the world. A team coached by Louis Suarez, not

:17:45. > :17:50.that one. There are some familiar faces,

:17:51. > :17:55.Figueroa, Palacios, six of the squad in total are based in British

:17:56. > :18:01.football. They are compact and very physical and they tend to favour a

:18:02. > :18:06.4-4-2. In the two previous World Cups, 198 And 2010, they failed to

:18:07. > :18:11.win a game with three draws and three defeats and in South Africa,

:18:12. > :18:19.they didn't even register a goal, going down 1-0 to Chile, 2-0 to

:18:20. > :18:24.Spain and drawing with Switzerland. There are the Hondurans warming up.

:18:25. > :18:28.They have won just one in seven of their games of the build-up. Good

:18:29. > :18:35.togetherness and team spirit. Robbie, take us through the team.

:18:36. > :18:44.4-4-2. There is the keeper, Valladares. Only 5'10", so

:18:45. > :18:51.vulnerable for crasses. Back four, Izaguirre and Celtic's left back. On

:18:52. > :18:59.the left side, Beckeles and Bernardez.

:19:00. > :19:04.Midfield, Espinoza will come inside to Joan Garrido. Najar on the right,

:19:05. > :19:08.a 21-year-old from Anderlecht, looking forward to seeing him

:19:09. > :19:14.against Evra. He's got to supply the crosses for the two upfront.

:19:15. > :19:17.Bengtson and Costly, 50 international goals between them.

:19:18. > :19:21.Bengtson is fantastic in the air and will be a threat.

:19:22. > :19:28.The two centre halves in France will have to look out for them. I saw

:19:29. > :19:38.Thierry nodding in agreement there about Bengtson. Old-fashioned

:19:39. > :19:43.Swagger. He just scores, he'll make the cross and he can hold the ball

:19:44. > :19:49.well to make sure that the midfielder can join. Not only him,

:19:50. > :19:53.he's been a good player. I'm not going to make them sound like they

:19:54. > :20:00.are that great because I want France to win, but they can play, you know,

:20:01. > :20:10.they can surprise a lot of teams after today.

:20:11. > :20:18.It's just like, you see the goal they score, it will be in the box.

:20:19. > :20:24.If it's crossed, he will be in the box. The physical side. England saw

:20:25. > :20:27.that? Yes. You know, it's very important how you use certain

:20:28. > :20:31.moments of the game when you see that a team has to recoup a little

:20:32. > :20:36.bit to slow the pace of the game and therefore you need some quality

:20:37. > :20:40.players like Italy, of course, and maybe Gerrard was a little bit by

:20:41. > :20:47.himself to make things happen. Robbie, how did Honduras go about

:20:48. > :20:53.settling on paper a much better team than France? Many my career, we used

:20:54. > :20:56.to go out there strong and physical when we played against Thierry

:20:57. > :21:01.Henry, we were lost around him. We were on him all-time, not giving him

:21:02. > :21:07.a minute to settle. You liked playing against that team, didn't

:21:08. > :21:15.you, Thierry? Yeah, we managed! LAUGHTER I have to say it, you know.

:21:16. > :21:22.No, you obviously want to be in their face and make sure they won't

:21:23. > :21:26.have time on the ball. If you let good balls two to Benzema, you will

:21:27. > :21:30.be in trouble. There was a headline after the first leg of the play-off

:21:31. > :21:35.game against Ukraine when they lost 2-0 that said, is this the worst

:21:36. > :21:44.French team ever" and they have come a long way since then? When we don't

:21:45. > :21:49.perform, you know, it's like that. You guys know a bit more than back

:21:50. > :21:54.home. I'm sure you know more about some crazy titles than we to in

:21:55. > :21:58.France, but after the Ukraine game, everybody basically kind of thought

:21:59. > :22:05.that we were out and they responded well. Young team, but to come back

:22:06. > :22:11.like that in the Al quickation round is not easy but we managed to do it.

:22:12. > :22:16.What is your view about the young, emerging side? Starting with the

:22:17. > :22:23.coach, he's the rite man for the job, great experience, charisma,

:22:24. > :22:31.personality and a young player but also young experienced players which

:22:32. > :22:38.is very important. There are a number of important records on the

:22:39. > :22:41.list already for some players so I expect the French can be a strong

:22:42. > :22:46.side. In the last World Cups, the French is got to the final or not

:22:47. > :22:51.qualified for the group stage, so the first game is vital for them?

:22:52. > :22:54.That's why I think, in the last game, Benzema played on the left,

:22:55. > :23:04.but it's a World Cup, it's a game, that's why he's gone with Benzema

:23:05. > :23:09.down the middle. Personally, I only remember 98 and

:23:10. > :23:15.06, but there is something we don't talk about. The unsung hero that you

:23:16. > :23:20.don't mention, you know, but Matuidi is a good player for us because

:23:21. > :23:26.he'll clean the areas. When he has the ball, he can see the game. He at

:23:27. > :23:29.the moment is scoring a lot of goals for Paris St Germain or for the

:23:30. > :23:33.national team. Watch out for him, he's a good one. You were saying

:23:34. > :23:37.earlier on that you thought this team is right for doing really well

:23:38. > :23:43.at the Euros which of course is in France? That is how personally I see

:23:44. > :23:50.it. If they can win it, so be it, I'll be the first guy to be happy,

:23:51. > :23:59.but you would like for them to reach a quarter-final, get the momentum

:24:00. > :24:04.knowing about a great competition. You fancy France to win this

:24:05. > :24:10.particular game? Yes. Yes. Yes. Unanimous.

:24:11. > :24:17.Let's join Jonathan Pearce and Martin Keown.

:24:18. > :24:22.Good evening, everyone. Conditions will certainly suit France here. A

:24:23. > :24:27.breezy afternoon just before tea time it is here, I guess, 1,000

:24:28. > :24:32.miles south of Rio, the coolest of the World Cup venues. We've got

:24:33. > :24:36.temperatures around about 18 at this moment in time, patchy blue skies

:24:37. > :24:42.above us. We had autumnal rain yesterday and the leaves are falling

:24:43. > :24:49.from the trees here as we get ready for the two anthems of the national

:24:50. > :24:53.sides, the big French contingent here to see if they can get off to a

:24:54. > :25:00.better start than they did four years ago. And indeed in Germany

:25:01. > :25:07.before that and Hoult in the fast when they lost against Senegal in

:25:08. > :25:17.the opening game of 2002 -- and out in the Far East.

:25:18. > :25:24.I believe the anthems must have been played, but certainly in the

:25:25. > :25:27.stadium, we didn't hear them at all. The players have got fed up of

:25:28. > :25:32.waiting and have gone down the hand shake. Well, what will we expect to

:25:33. > :25:39.happen next at this World Cup when the first of the million people

:25:40. > :25:47.settled in Brazil from France years ago, couldn't have known what to

:25:48. > :25:53.expect. They haven't scored in their opening match since winning the

:25:54. > :25:58.trophy in 1 8. They suffered that blow when Riberi was ruled out. The

:25:59. > :26:07.experiment of playing Real Madrid's wider way works. Giroud through the

:26:08. > :26:16.middle. Griezmann makes his competitive debut at the age of 23.

:26:17. > :26:23.Varane at the back will partner Liverpool's Sakho, the Champions

:26:24. > :26:26.League-winning defender. It's a completely different sort of France

:26:27. > :26:35.here, led by Lloris, the captain. Beckeles was sent off in the England

:26:36. > :27:14.game. No suspension from a friendly. Bernardez's nickname is the

:27:15. > :27:44.Nightmare. Unity is back to the acrimonious

:27:45. > :27:52.dressing room. There's Louis Fernandez Suarez, the

:27:53. > :27:57.Honduran coach. He's led them to two Cup Finals. Dangerous to

:27:58. > :28:03.underestimate anyone at these World Cup finals of 2014 that,'s for sure.

:28:04. > :28:09.There's young Griezmann of Real Sociedad, only his fifth cap for his

:28:10. > :28:19.country, only scored three. Benzema, 21 goals, six in six since

:28:20. > :28:24.he went over 1000 in 200 minutes without a goal back to November

:28:25. > :28:31.2013. And the referee has been a FIFA official since 2011. The

:28:32. > :28:39.substitutes benches there. Remy expected to come on. Schneiderlin

:28:40. > :28:42.had a wonderful season with Southampton and Palacios, the

:28:43. > :28:47.brother on the bench for Honduras. You 'll remember, they had three

:28:48. > :28:52.brothers go to South Africa four years ago. They are yet to win a

:28:53. > :28:57.World Cup game. The only group there if France is one of the last 12

:28:58. > :29:05.years. Honduras will defend the goal away

:29:06. > :29:11.to the right hand side in the first half. There's Evra, the man who had

:29:12. > :29:20.to tell the management that they had effectively down tooled in South

:29:21. > :29:25.Africa 2010 ahead of the signing session. Henry found that very

:29:26. > :29:37.interesting, talked about that in the studio. At last we have a

:29:38. > :29:45.version out of the football-playing staff about that.

:29:46. > :29:51.I'm particularly looking forward to seeing Cabeella in midfield. Cabaye

:29:52. > :30:19.in midfield. We'll have to wait for the referee

:30:20. > :30:26.to get his official to get is underway. France, kicking from left

:30:27. > :30:33.to right in the first half. In the Estadio Beira-Rio. We've had no

:30:34. > :30:40.announcements of the teams or the anthems. I can only imagine the

:30:41. > :30:44.tannoy system has broken down. It comes out towards Palacios in the

:30:45. > :30:51.penalty area. You can see straight away Honduras will leave -- lead

:30:52. > :31:14.Costly at the front. What a promising youngster he is. I

:31:15. > :31:21.think he's a top player. Here is a chance. You can see his pace. That's

:31:22. > :31:48.what he's about. He is a giant of a man. Very, very quick.

:31:49. > :32:00.Others grab a headline of Matuidi does a lot of the work.

:32:01. > :32:07.Nothing wrong with conditions here for football. Absolutely perfect.

:32:08. > :32:13.Almost a perfect touch there from Benzema. A lovely cushion to his

:32:14. > :32:17.chest. You can see Debuchy on his right. It's a real feature of the

:32:18. > :32:26.way the French are willing to play now.

:32:27. > :32:39.Honduras tried to get out wide to Izaguirre. His first name is on the

:32:40. > :32:46.back of his shirt. He's got some pace, Izaguirre.

:32:47. > :32:59.In towards Espinoza, with the long hair. The flag is raised, anyway.

:33:00. > :33:02.The French slogan for this World Cup is impossible is not French, quote

:33:03. > :33:09.from Napoleon. It's written on the side of the players coach. And they

:33:10. > :33:31.are absolutely determined to put the wrongs of four years ago right.

:33:32. > :33:46.Valbuena, such a talented player. Could light up these finals.

:33:47. > :33:52.Has Benzema filled out a bit more over the last 12 months? He

:33:53. > :33:56.certainly stronger than he was in the build-up to Africa for years

:33:57. > :34:02.ago. Yes, he's been doing extra training with his team-mate and

:34:03. > :34:10.looks a lot fitter. The wingers come in on the ball an awful lot. He's

:34:11. > :34:18.got really good quality. Benzema not picked for the World Cup 2010. Only

:34:19. > :34:21.a few goals in qualifying for this. Oh, that's offside. France will have

:34:22. > :34:31.to watch for those long balls played to the front runners. Sakho was ball

:34:32. > :34:36.watching a little bit. Here's in this team ahead of Koscielny because

:34:37. > :34:40.of his leadership qualities. He was captain for Paris Saint-Germain when

:34:41. > :34:43.he was just 17. He's a real leader of men but I'm not sure who the most

:34:44. > :34:53.gifted of central defenders. Six foot two, in the air. He was

:34:54. > :34:57.pressurising on the ground there. Sakho had a nightmare end to the

:34:58. > :35:02.season with Liverpool, of course, in that 3-3 draw with Crystal Palace.

:35:03. > :35:09.Espinoza trying to force it through, though Wigan man. Out to Izaguirre.

:35:10. > :35:18.A very good season on the left-hand side for Celtic. Figueroa, is 150th

:35:19. > :35:50.appearance. Pogba, Europe's Young Player of the

:35:51. > :35:57.Year. Valbuena. They say he's often away from Marseille, this summer.

:35:58. > :36:03.Eight years there. He's been a terrific player for them. A

:36:04. > :36:06.dangerous cross into the middle. It comes to Griezmann. The first chance

:36:07. > :36:31.of a game for France. Deceived by the flight. Evra

:36:32. > :36:34.deceived, conceding the free kick. It's not good to see the imaginary

:36:35. > :36:47.yellow cards brandished, but you can already see their the pace of him. I

:36:48. > :36:57.think Evra has underestimated his pace and come off second best there.

:36:58. > :37:06.Maybe a dead leg. He was born in Santa Cruz. A teasing cross. He

:37:07. > :37:16.flapped at that little bit, the keeper. This kid they brought on,

:37:17. > :37:20.Majar, he was smuggled into Virginia aged 13 to play football in the

:37:21. > :37:26.states. Taken across country as a young lad. Laid at the see United.

:37:27. > :37:38.And then came to Europe last year. Evra is struggling. He's very highly

:37:39. > :37:43.thought of. A good turn of pace. The French are playing very high with

:37:44. > :37:52.their full-backs. They need space to attack behind.

:37:53. > :38:10.Just filling in at the moment for Evra. Look how deep Cabaye is. He is

:38:11. > :38:15.the springboard for these attacks. It's got great vision, as well. Back

:38:16. > :38:36.on the field of play for Evra. Debuchy pubs across them. No

:38:37. > :38:56.pressure on the goalkeeper. He has done well there, Debuchy.

:38:57. > :39:05.Izzy waving goodbye to St James' Park next season? Debuchy. The free

:39:06. > :39:11.kick given. The movement is causing the problems. Interchanging, the

:39:12. > :39:19.triangle passes. It's a good start for the French. He is trusted,

:39:20. > :39:23.Valbuena. He has been an ever present under Didier Deschamps.

:39:24. > :39:33.Played 20 minutes against Mexico. Such a talented player. The early

:39:34. > :39:39.pressure is on Honduras. Valbuena's free kick. That spray has been used

:39:40. > :39:47.in a South American club football for years. Audiences here and

:39:48. > :39:59.spectators are used to it. It works well. Pogba at the moment in an

:40:00. > :40:04.offside position. Sakho is back in there. Back to Benzema. Not hard

:40:05. > :40:10.enough. It was difficult to head it into the box. A little bit more to

:40:11. > :40:19.the gold, as good a player as he is, is not going to get that in. They

:40:20. > :40:26.have set the benchmark year, France, for the other countries with high

:40:27. > :40:30.hopes. They certainly have. Very early in this tournament, they've

:40:31. > :40:33.been absolutely outstanding. The team got together and started

:40:34. > :40:39.supremely well but still a long way to go, of course. 2006, everybody

:40:40. > :40:42.said because of the quality of their football, Argentina would walk it

:40:43. > :40:51.that they went out. Handball. Free kick to France. A wry smile on the

:40:52. > :40:58.face of Figueroa. Clearly felt it was hard done by. Same position.

:40:59. > :41:09.Almost exactly the same. You can see the spray. I think this one will be

:41:10. > :41:16.really with dinner. Benzema has taken a position where Pogba was

:41:17. > :41:25.standing moments ago. Sakho is in there. Varane is further across.

:41:26. > :41:33.Evra is in there as well. Griezmann on the edge of the box. Good solid

:41:34. > :41:40.punch from the goalkeeper. He's been outstanding in a couple of senior

:41:41. > :41:45.tournament he's played. Valladares. You would expect him to go with that

:41:46. > :41:56.one though, wouldn't you? Captain number one for over a decade. 100

:41:57. > :42:04.caps. A legend in Honduran football. Pogba, such a gifted player.

:42:05. > :42:07.Manchester United's loss. Here he is again. Add a game for Valbuena, who

:42:08. > :42:34.has been outstanding so far. Bengtson, dangerous in the air for

:42:35. > :42:45.the New England Revolution club. He doesn't score a lot.

:42:46. > :42:53.I saw Bernardez play against Brazil in November. How he stayed on the

:42:54. > :43:03.pitch. His treatment of name up was shameful. He played it out of play

:43:04. > :43:07.there. They are not shy of putting in a few challenges, a few swift

:43:08. > :43:11.ones. There was a moment where they kept the ball and were looking OK

:43:12. > :43:15.suddenly, they lose their concentration and give it away. You

:43:16. > :43:18.don't want to give it away games this French team because already you

:43:19. > :43:25.can see they are in the mood. Lots of options on the ball and they are

:43:26. > :43:29.impressing me in these early stages. Poor against Uruguay four years ago,

:43:30. > :43:32.poor against Mexico, and the last game against South Africa, a sense

:43:33. > :43:44.of relief when the full-time whistle went for them. A file there. -- run

:43:45. > :43:53.words here for Palacios, who would be advised to move away.

:43:54. > :44:01.He can't have any complaints about that, Izaguirre. Simply not quick

:44:02. > :44:08.enough to get back. Another one of these wide free kicks again. He

:44:09. > :44:14.won't be happy, Martin, because it seemed it was his momentum which

:44:15. > :44:17.took him into it. He will see at a different way, of course. Pogba in

:44:18. > :44:32.the box. Tall and lean. The bulky Benzema. Sakho with his

:44:33. > :44:41.back towards the free kick. The referee is in there. The referee

:44:42. > :44:51.wants a word. With Sakho. Two precious goals for his country.

:44:52. > :45:02.Headed away. Not quite. A splendid save by Valladares. He denies

:45:03. > :45:08.Matuidi. Yeah, I mean, another inviting cross between them. He

:45:09. > :45:15.flicks it onto the bar. That was some save from there. Outstanding

:45:16. > :45:19.save from the keeper. That's the closest we've had two goals so far.

:45:20. > :45:33.France were their first goal of the game.

:45:34. > :45:36.Only three goals for this country. Debuchy. All the way through.

:45:37. > :45:54.Matuidi will two and get it. Big force for club and country now.

:45:55. > :46:04.Cabaye. Newcastle fans disspirited when they saw him depart.

:46:05. > :46:15.Deflection. Chance for Honduras to draw breath in this match. The

:46:16. > :46:20.French are really taking it to them and showing athleticism of their

:46:21. > :46:29.own. Matuidi and Pogba, real athletes.

:46:30. > :46:47.Open play in the last six games of the World Cup. The referee just

:46:48. > :46:51.having a look at him. Side foot. Imagination on the

:46:52. > :47:04.finish, it's a great save from the keeper.

:47:05. > :47:12.Matuidi denied. What a title his club had this year.

:47:13. > :47:27.An appeal. Got him rather hot under the collar. First of all, an appeal

:47:28. > :47:34.for a challenge by Benzema. Not sure if he has got injured there. He

:47:35. > :47:38.clunked him. Unhappy that Palacios went down. And there is an edge to

:47:39. > :47:44.this game. You will have read about it, I guess, when asked about the

:47:45. > :47:53.Honduran physical attributes against England and against Brazil in the

:47:54. > :47:58.warm-up friendlies, it was said that they try to say they have other

:47:59. > :48:06.qualities as well. It didn't go down very well in the Honduras camp. They

:48:07. > :48:09.are also unhappy with the TV documentary painting Honduran

:48:10. > :48:15.football in a bad light. This would be a real blow here. His hand is all

:48:16. > :48:21.over him. Whether he's gone down feeling he might have got a booking

:48:22. > :48:29.against himself. They are really being worked by the French in the

:48:30. > :48:34.early stages of the game. He's OK. It would have been a real blow for

:48:35. > :48:43.him because he's the real hard man at the back.

:48:44. > :48:48.Just designed to take the rhythm out of the French. Got a good core of

:48:49. > :49:33.players that saw them through. Benzema. Beckeles. Najar. Beckeles

:49:34. > :49:37.away. One of the Olimpia players who's had such a good season. All

:49:38. > :49:47.the football is coming from France though. Lovely turn there from

:49:48. > :49:55.Pogba. He can play, this fella. Down to Griezmann.

:49:56. > :50:01.There'll be no way back in the game. We have seen this World Cup could

:50:02. > :50:06.spring a surprise on us. Evra in the back of the penalty

:50:07. > :50:20.area, did well. Macyous. Finds Debuchy, pushing on

:50:21. > :50:29.against Espinoza, driving in the cross. Relief for Honduras to settle

:50:30. > :50:34.and get a breather. They have been under the cosh for almost all of the

:50:35. > :50:39.opening 20 minutes. The cross is reining in Fernandez there, another

:50:40. > :50:43.header. Not particularly warm here. You can't say they are overly worked

:50:44. > :50:47.or out of breath, it's just the quality of the French team.

:50:48. > :51:00.Comfortable in possession as well. Lovely to hear Thierry Henry in the

:51:01. > :51:05.studio, saying when he was asked about the failures of 2010, he

:51:06. > :51:11.preferred to remember 2006 and 199, the destruction of Brazil in Paris

:51:12. > :51:15.that day one of the great World Cup final performances -- 1998. We had

:51:16. > :51:20.World Cup winners in our Arsenal team and you look back and we should

:51:21. > :51:21.have won more because we had some outstanding players, none better

:51:22. > :51:44.than the French. Full of drive, determination and

:51:45. > :51:51.danger now. Benzema. Goes back out to Cabaye.

:51:52. > :51:55.Yes, Cabaye should be hitting the target. He's a long way out. He

:51:56. > :52:00.mounts the attack, but he darts around the pitch. A great little

:52:01. > :52:05.passer and mover. He can see a pass and it comes out to Cabaye on the

:52:06. > :52:10.edge of the box, a long way out. Here he is now. Scuffs the shot

:52:11. > :52:29.wide. Pogba. He's like a bully in that

:52:30. > :52:35.midfield, Pogba. Nice balance to their play, pushing it around neatly

:52:36. > :52:42.and tightly. But this is the area they need to win. Evra with the

:52:43. > :52:51.cross. Griezmann. It wouldn't come down and it's waisted away. Back

:52:52. > :52:57.come France straightaway. Evra's cross. Debuchy is on to it. And

:52:58. > :53:01.somehow, Honduras are just hanging on in there.

:53:02. > :53:03.Griezmann hitting the bar there. Done everything right, just couldn't

:53:04. > :53:20.get over it enough. Unhappy that the free kick has been

:53:21. > :53:32.given. Palacios waving two fingers saying, that's twice he's done me.

:53:33. > :53:38.Much younger French squad. Only Algeria and Australia have fewer

:53:39. > :53:43.caps on average from the boys from the French squad.

:53:44. > :53:46.It's just where the goals are going to come from without Riberi. They

:53:47. > :53:51.need a goal score tore get here. Wonder how much they are going to

:53:52. > :53:58.miss him. Costly. The 31-year-old veteran gets

:53:59. > :54:10.a decent cross in looking for Bengtson. Griezmann's gone left.

:54:11. > :54:19.Matuidi. Griezmann. Good cross. Benzema. That would have been goal

:54:20. > :54:23.of the tournament so far and we have seen some good ones. Look at that

:54:24. > :54:32.for a diagonal pass. Absolutely fantastic. Benzema just can't get

:54:33. > :54:37.over it. Lovely to watch. It's been talked about here on Brazilian TV as

:54:38. > :54:40.genuine dark horses for the tournament, France. Look how well

:54:41. > :54:49.Griezmann gets up there for such a young man. Good power. Just can't

:54:50. > :54:57.get over it. Played for Montpellier youth when he was stopped in a trial

:54:58. > :55:00.for SSG by Real Sociedad and the Spanish side signed him. The

:55:01. > :55:07.Manchester United fans saw him in action, home and away.

:55:08. > :55:22.Well played. Playing some lovely stuff. Accurate short and long range

:55:23. > :55:33.passes. So many options. Flooding the central areas. Debuchy.

:55:34. > :55:41.Oh, he's a silly boy. He's off. And he'd have to go, the referee's seen

:55:42. > :55:45.it, he reacted. Palacios is milking this. The

:55:46. > :55:55.Honduran bench are up, they are surrounding the referee. But he's

:55:56. > :55:59.already got his cards in his hands. He definitely reacted. There's a

:56:00. > :56:05.touch of Beckham here against Argentina all those years ago. But a

:56:06. > :56:09.young man with great skill, has reacted poorly. That looks just like

:56:10. > :56:18.a yellow to me only. We'll wait to see what he does.

:56:19. > :56:28.The referee with his first big decision of the World Cup to make.

:56:29. > :56:34.Palacios wants treatment. Well, listen, he's very, very

:56:35. > :56:38.professional. He's got that reaction, look. He goes in with a

:56:39. > :56:43.tackle. He's had another nibble at him and the wrung man's had enough.

:56:44. > :56:48.He's standing all over him and he kicks out at him. There's the kick

:56:49. > :56:53.out. For me, nothing in that. I hope while he catches him with the

:56:54. > :56:59.training leg, the referee sees that one, he's in a lot of trouble. I

:57:00. > :57:10.certainly think that Palacios should be booked for one, two, maybe three,

:57:11. > :57:15.but strictly sticking to the guidelines for referees, he'll have

:57:16. > :57:22.to send off the French boy. There's a yellow card for Palacios. Looks

:57:23. > :57:28.like it's going to be another yellow.

:57:29. > :57:35.I sincerely hope that's what it is, rather than a red. It is only a

:57:36. > :57:47.yellow. I think he's overreacted as well, by the way.

:57:48. > :57:55.He's suddenly all right again now. Yes. Seen ate couple of times so far

:57:56. > :57:57.in the tournament. In a moment you can hoods a top player, just shows

:57:58. > :58:19.you. -- lose a top player. People have monitored his career, he

:58:20. > :58:22.was Captain of the French World Cup side and it would have been a

:58:23. > :58:29.disappointment for the supporters if he was sent off.

:58:30. > :58:34.He's got to kerb that temperament. Yes, players like that emerging into

:58:35. > :58:35.the game, we don't want the see them go out of the competition for

:58:36. > :58:59.something so silly. The half hour mark now not far away.

:59:00. > :59:02.They have just been starved of any real possession.

:59:03. > :59:09.They'll be pleased that they are still in the game at this stage.

:59:10. > :59:17.There's the coach, Louis Fernandez Suarez.

:59:18. > :59:26.He was manager of Ecuador when they played England in Germany. Remember

:59:27. > :59:31.the Beckham free kick. Just being really critical about central

:59:32. > :59:42.defenders. Varane, that's not enough. You can't do that. Expect

:59:43. > :59:54.better from a top professional. P- Now, Honduras are in possession.

:59:55. > :59:59.Towards Espinoza. Header. Sakho under pressure there.

:00:00. > :00:19.Can't switch off. defenders for France, you have so

:00:20. > :00:23.much of the ball, you have to make sure you do your job correctly when

:00:24. > :00:31.you are involved. Not switch off for a moment. Since they won the trophy

:00:32. > :00:38.in 1998, France failed to score in all three World Cup opening games

:00:39. > :00:46.they have played. Evra hazard again. -- has it again. They try to

:00:47. > :00:51.exercise the ghosts of the Senegal defeat, the draw against Switzerland

:00:52. > :01:05.and Uruguay, goalless in previous World Cup campaigns. Shepherded out.

:01:06. > :01:14.They have travelled in numbers to the southern part of Brazil. Tickets

:01:15. > :01:25.here costing between ?8 for OAPs and students, up to ?92. The minimum

:01:26. > :01:31.monthly salary in Brazil is ?192. If you want a top seat here, you're

:01:32. > :01:38.talking half a month's salary. This is one of the stadium finished very

:01:39. > :01:45.late. The ?3 billion total stadium built body 's World Cup finals. 13

:01:46. > :01:51.billion spent on the finals which could take care of the Brazil

:01:52. > :02:00.welfare bill twice over. Something is not right, is it?

:02:01. > :02:13.This stadium will be used, by the way, the two massive grounds in

:02:14. > :02:16.Porto Alegre, will both draw big crowds but they will fill these

:02:17. > :02:21.arenas and they will be used properly. That's good, because you

:02:22. > :02:24.don't want all this money spent on stadium and then no one using it in

:02:25. > :02:29.the future. There is a great atmosphere in here. And around the

:02:30. > :02:31.city this morning, people are selling bags of peanuts and cold

:02:32. > :02:57.drinks. It seems to have lost a little bit

:02:58. > :03:06.of tempo, doesn't it? After the delay.

:03:07. > :03:12.You can't let Espinoza get anywhere near the French penalty area. He's

:03:13. > :03:22.got a fantastic goal against Israel the other week. The left-back is

:03:23. > :03:33.really been pushed back. Well one by the ever industrious Matuidi.

:03:34. > :03:39.Another foul. It seems every tackle they make is followed by a hit to

:03:40. > :03:51.the back of your head. A very physical team. Great run by Debuchy.

:03:52. > :03:57.A real opportunity there. I don't think he realised what a good

:03:58. > :04:04.opportunity that was. Towards Bengtson.

:04:05. > :04:20.Anticipation swelling around the ground when Majar gets it.

:04:21. > :04:28.It might have been pulled back by Espinoza.

:04:29. > :04:42.A very bold effort from Figueroa. We have seen that at home.

:04:43. > :05:14.Sakho made his debut against England a few years ago.

:05:15. > :05:23.This could be dangerous for France. Head down, you did not see it. The

:05:24. > :05:27.chance has gone. He needed to lift his head there. Yes, it was a

:05:28. > :05:33.diagonal ball in behind the full-backs. On the counterattack.

:05:34. > :05:39.That's maybe where the French are a little vulnerable. And they have

:05:40. > :05:47.been vulnerable in major finals. The 2008 World Cup, 2012, they just one

:05:48. > :06:02.one of ten matches at that level. That's not good enough.

:06:03. > :06:07.Point in this game for Honduras would be seen as a triumph at home.

:06:08. > :06:18.Football team is the soul of the country, says Espinoza. France at

:06:19. > :06:27.tacking on the opposite side to Espinoza. A soft shoes so full.

:06:28. > :06:31.Nearly the four Bengtson. The quality of Griezmann, the way he

:06:32. > :06:41.works it from one foot to the other, finds the past. Look at that. He

:06:42. > :06:47.just can't pick out his man. Valbuena with the corner kick. The

:06:48. > :06:54.second of the game. France have had them both. Away by Palacios. Solid

:06:55. > :06:57.clearance. They are difficult to beat, Honduras. Very compact. And

:06:58. > :07:08.physical. They've never beaten a European team

:07:09. > :07:13.in the World Cup finals. Still looking for their first ever victory

:07:14. > :07:18.in the finals. They are holding on here against France. Valbuena, a

:07:19. > :07:31.mischievous Imp. Close. Very close to the defender,

:07:32. > :07:42.but no foul. He looks down at the test. -- turf. He's gone down a bit

:07:43. > :07:51.easy, maybe. This was an earlier one. Looking at the quality of his

:07:52. > :07:58.awareness. It's shocking, to be fair. He's pushed him in the back.

:07:59. > :08:03.Physically, he's like Zidane is down. He's a big man but can float

:08:04. > :08:11.so delicately. He certainly the new player. He is a figurehead, though

:08:12. > :08:14.they look to to give them their first goal. Certainly they will need

:08:15. > :08:19.a goal to settle them down. That's the only thing missing from their

:08:20. > :08:28.play. 24 goals for his club this season. He has hit 20 goals or

:08:29. > :08:29.more, six in the last seven seasons and there are still questions about

:08:30. > :08:49.him at this level. Sakho. Back to the Paris Saint-Germain

:08:50. > :08:53.player. Away by Griezmann. Played in towards Bengtson. Bengtson joining

:08:54. > :09:14.now. Eases it away. A lovely touch by such a big man,

:09:15. > :09:20.Benzema. A lovely subtle touch, though, from the French centre

:09:21. > :09:26.forward. Plenty of quality. You wonder if they lack a little bit of

:09:27. > :09:27.pace. They certainly haven't got the pace of Thierry Henry out there

:09:28. > :09:47.tonight. Sloppy again, Honduras. Palacios has put in a lot of work in

:09:48. > :09:54.midfield. He hasn't seen a great deal of that ball at Stoke since

:09:55. > :09:59.joining from Spurs. Since April, he's had a few injury concerns

:10:00. > :10:10.again. Played 90 minutes only once this season, I think it was.

:10:11. > :10:18.Evra is having a look. Valbuena is over there. So, too, is Espinoza.

:10:19. > :10:29.Five minutes to go in the first half. Good close skills. Debuchy

:10:30. > :10:37.pulled it back. That's a painful blow their four Figueroa, who has

:10:38. > :10:43.gone down. It hit him on the ankle, I think. Meanwhile, France on the

:10:44. > :10:49.attack. Benzema had different options. Pulled it back. This is

:10:50. > :10:57.worrying. As a low cross came in, he turned his ankle, I think. Maybe his

:10:58. > :11:03.knee. Yeah, I think it was already carrying it. The left knee has

:11:04. > :11:07.already collapsed under him. How on earth he got out of there? Debuchy,

:11:08. > :11:16.in that position, its great defending from him. It's certainly

:11:17. > :11:24.the best thing he's done. He's a big man. 13 stone, Bernardez. This is

:11:25. > :11:28.his last World Cup. He retires after this. The man they called

:11:29. > :11:44.Nightmare. They had options there, Martin.

:11:45. > :11:51.Yeah. He really should be picking somebody out there. Needed a bit

:11:52. > :11:55.more composure. Honduras defending at the moment with tender. Treatment

:11:56. > :12:03.for their centre-half, Bernardez. Corner kick from France. Benzema is

:12:04. > :12:18.at the far post. The referee wants a word with the Real Madrid striker.

:12:19. > :12:36.The ball darted in and there was a posh. Redcar declaration marked --

:12:37. > :12:52.red card! Booked for the original argument

:12:53. > :12:59.with Pogba. Wilson Palacios, two minutes before the half-time

:13:00. > :13:06.whistle, is sent off. This is Cabaye's ball. It's a great pass. He

:13:07. > :13:15.has just overdone it. One foul too many. He's going to take that down

:13:16. > :13:18.and put it in the back of the net. You said he has not much football

:13:19. > :13:27.this season for the Bismarck going to get much more in this one.

:13:28. > :13:33.Palacios sent off. He has worked hard but has been careering around a

:13:34. > :13:45.little bit too much. There's been so much dominance from France in

:13:46. > :13:52.possession. The ball is under the arm of the goalkeeper. He looks

:13:53. > :14:00.reluctant to get out of the play. Bad gamesmanship going on here, I'm

:14:01. > :14:07.afraid to say. Izaguirre is in the box and the referee is telling him

:14:08. > :14:17.to go away. And also Figueroa. Valladares there, national hero,

:14:18. > :14:20.four years ago, faces this man, who scored six in his last six

:14:21. > :14:27.internationals. Had to wait a long time to take this, though. This

:14:28. > :14:34.upset his focus, his concentration. France, by now, should be ahead in

:14:35. > :14:45.Porto Alegre in their World Cup opener. And they are. In the last

:14:46. > :14:52.minute of the first half, they get their just rewards. And France lead

:14:53. > :14:58.Honduras by 1-0. Yes, nothing more than they deserve. The referee left

:14:59. > :15:16.that and age there. Benzema showed his quality and nerve. June 2012 to

:15:17. > :15:29.November 2013 without a goal for him.

:15:30. > :15:35.Distressed by his performance in 2012, Benzema, but he's delighted

:15:36. > :15:41.his manager and the travelling fans today. His 22nd international goal

:15:42. > :15:46.for France. No substitute for quality and he's got that in

:15:47. > :15:50.abundance, Benzema. It's going to be even more difficult now for

:15:51. > :16:06.Honduras. Three more minutes of stoppage time in this first half.

:16:07. > :16:10.Espinoza. They haven't been able to get the talented player on the ball.

:16:11. > :16:14.We know he can play, but he's defending the whole time. This 4-4-2

:16:15. > :16:25.really isn't working. France are down to ten men, it's

:16:26. > :16:49.almost going to be impossible for them.

:16:50. > :16:56.Now need to wonder how much a part the cards will play. You don't want

:16:57. > :17:15.unnecessary bookings. I wonder if we'll see a great free

:17:16. > :17:24.kick here today in the birthplace of Robinho

:17:25. > :17:53.Lloris takes a lot of risks for me, Jonathan. Maybe too many at times.

:17:54. > :17:59.Matuidi slipping through the gap again.

:18:00. > :18:10.France should go on to win this game comfortably.

:18:11. > :18:19.The left hand side looks stronger. So late with that.

:18:20. > :18:30.Matuidi there. Nobody getting in the box quick enough. They'll look at

:18:31. > :18:37.that. I'll be surprised if we see another red card in this game.

:18:38. > :18:57.The keeper clawed it away. Only just.

:18:58. > :19:03.Half time. Great save from him.

:19:04. > :19:10.Look at the width he gets on that. Good save.

:19:11. > :19:19.Benzema wasn't to be denied from penalty spot after Pogba had been

:19:20. > :19:29.pushed by Palacios, Palacios's place it cost him with the red card. At

:19:30. > :19:33.half time, Gary, they go in 1-0 up. It's not been one of the

:19:34. > :19:36.free-flowing end-to-end games in this World Cup we have seen so far,

:19:37. > :19:40.but a different type of entertainn't. How satisfied are you

:19:41. > :19:44.with the play France have played? It's never an easy task when you

:19:45. > :19:48.play against a team like Honduras, they wait for you, they're

:19:49. > :19:54.difficult, they are aggressive at times but France was knocking on the

:19:55. > :19:59.door trying to use things at the beginning of the game. Griezmann

:20:00. > :20:04.nearly scored. Overall, that's well deserved. I think they deserve to be

:20:05. > :20:08.1-0 up. You have got to be careful because it's difficult to play

:20:09. > :20:11.against a team that will play with ten men.

:20:12. > :20:16.You would think when you are ahead with a team against ten men and you

:20:17. > :20:21.have been dominating when they had 11 that France are pretty much

:20:22. > :20:26.there? Yes. Tom negotiating is maybe not the word to express it because

:20:27. > :20:29.they had difficulty getting through. They created chances but they are

:20:30. > :20:41.not really under control. I think this is the first match that

:20:42. > :20:49.we have seen such a defensive team like Honduras and that of course

:20:50. > :20:54.influenced a lot of the game. Robbie? They have been over

:20:55. > :21:03.physical. Macyous was absolutely stupid, ludicrous. Tram plunge all

:21:04. > :21:14.over Pogba, to be fair. It was needless, stupid -- Palacios. Gets

:21:15. > :21:19.in a great position and what is Palacios doing there, the first

:21:20. > :21:31.challenge, first yellow card, 45th minute, stupid. More stupid the

:21:32. > :21:36.first yellow card before. He could have done it if a better way. The

:21:37. > :21:41.first one allowed him to get awhich with the second one, in a way.

:21:42. > :21:47.Decent penalty from Benzema. We should look at that first yellow

:21:48. > :21:55.card. You've all mentioned it. Away with it. It's been feisty from start

:21:56. > :22:02.to finish? I was worried actually because obviously being a French

:22:03. > :22:06.guy, I don't want to lose Pogba and I'm sure there have been worries

:22:07. > :22:11.about that. Has he been lucky to stay on? If he connects with his

:22:12. > :22:16.left leg, as we are going to see soon, maybe. It's a red card. He's

:22:17. > :22:25.kicked that with his right foot. Watch his right foot now. There. I

:22:26. > :22:30.think he should have just got a red card for laying on that stretcher

:22:31. > :22:38.for five minutes. A Urnic point of all of this is Robbie is asking for

:22:39. > :22:42.a red card. But it is. You know... I don't know, I lost count, but it's

:22:43. > :22:47.just like, you're asking for a red, come on. It is a read, you kick out,

:22:48. > :22:51.you can't kick out. David Beckham did it in Argentina, got sent off.

:22:52. > :22:59.He got away with it so many times so I don't know.

:23:00. > :23:04.I don't think so personally. To be honest, when you are getting

:23:05. > :23:12.kicked and kicked... You can react, yes. Some people do. You remember

:23:13. > :23:20.Boscov right, he said it's a red when the referee gives it so...

:23:21. > :23:24.It is, it is, it is. I understand where you are coming from Robbie,

:23:25. > :23:27.but obviously I'm French so it's not a red. The French some times have

:23:28. > :23:31.not taken advantage of the space that there is on the field.

:23:32. > :23:35.Absolutely. That was worrying me a little bit because you have to read

:23:36. > :23:39.the game. A certain moment, Honduras were showing exactly what their game

:23:40. > :23:43.plan was. If you see how many Honduras players are on the side

:23:44. > :23:47.where the ball is, the French are instead of trying to get to the

:23:48. > :23:52.other side with a long ball, you know, go into the middle where the

:23:53. > :23:57.Honduras players are. Eight, nine, ten players waiting for them to do

:23:58. > :24:00.exactly that. Of course, the French have qualities, so the individual

:24:01. > :24:07.quality help them to come out sometimes. Here, look again,

:24:08. > :24:11.focussed on the left side, on the right side of Honduras. Skills, of

:24:12. > :24:15.course, of the individual players, but on the right side is where the

:24:16. > :24:22.space is, the rightback completely free. Eight players there, but look

:24:23. > :24:28.at the one touch in the back and boom get it to the other side of the

:24:29. > :24:32.field and try to get across. Hopefully they'll read the situation

:24:33. > :24:40.better. And switch play. The French hit the cross bar twice, Thierry,

:24:41. > :24:48.went very close. Yes. I mean, some great deliveries from a lot of free

:24:49. > :24:51.kicks. The first 15 minutes, they had three kicks in a similar

:24:52. > :24:57.position. Superb save this? It is, it is. Matuidi always finds himself

:24:58. > :25:05.in these types of situations because of his desire. Same thing there,

:25:06. > :25:11.they play on the side. He can deliver an outstanding error.

:25:12. > :25:16.If they carry on playing this way, being aware that it's not easy to

:25:17. > :25:22.play against a team with ten men, you have to maximise what the team

:25:23. > :25:30.is giving you and analyse what is in front of you and play a bit more,

:25:31. > :25:37.they can win this game. We said how difficult it can be to

:25:38. > :25:42.score a goal... I'd rather play with ten men than play with one guy that

:25:43. > :25:46.isn't going to work because you think, my man is there so I'm going

:25:47. > :25:52.for the cross and he's going to take care of it and he doesn't. If you go

:25:53. > :25:57.into the team with ten men that you have already seen with 11, it gets

:25:58. > :26:04.more space, surely? I played some games where I'm having a great game,

:26:05. > :26:08.11 v 11 because they want to go forward, we have space and you are

:26:09. > :26:12.enjoying the game, they go down to ten men, you don't touch the ball

:26:13. > :26:16.any more, don't pass well and they have space and they score. The point

:26:17. > :26:20.is, if you play against a Honduran team that aren't interested in

:26:21. > :26:26.attacking anyway, that mind Seth doesn't change? Hopefully, but they

:26:27. > :26:34.do extra more and they have shown some speed at the front. I mean, it

:26:35. > :26:39.should be OK. Just don't relax. You are nervous because it's your team,

:26:40. > :26:45.Thierry? I guess 2-0 will be better to see like if they don't score a

:26:46. > :26:49.lingle goal I'll be more relaxed. The other live game tonight gives us

:26:50. > :27:25.a glimpse of one of the greatest players of all-time.

:27:26. > :27:36.Let's cross town where kick off is a couple of hours away. Rio is there

:27:37. > :27:42.with John Tra... Sorry, Mark Chan. You have to go light colours so you

:27:43. > :27:45.don't show the sweat too much! You footballers play it cool. This

:27:46. > :27:49.is the first time in your life you have been in this stadium and a few

:27:50. > :27:56.minutes ago, you said to me, you've got the chills. Yes, it's

:27:57. > :27:59.unbelievable. The Argentinian fans are singing a couple of hours before

:28:00. > :28:05.the game. Unbelievable, it reminds me of France 98 when I looked out at

:28:06. > :28:10.the pitch before the game to see if the turf's right. Behind the goal

:28:11. > :28:16.was full of Argentinian fans sinning, chanting. It intimidated

:28:17. > :28:22.you. ? You wish your own fans will get behind you like that. On the bus

:28:23. > :28:27.on the way here you said to your little boy on the phone, daddy's

:28:28. > :28:35.going to see Messi. One of the best players in the world, if not the

:28:36. > :28:39.best players in the world at the Maracana, you can smell the likes of

:28:40. > :28:43.Pele has been here, all the great players. My little boy was like, why

:28:44. > :28:46.can't I be there and all the kids around the world will be saying the

:28:47. > :28:51.same thing, so we are lucky to be here. Let's touch on the positives.

:28:52. > :28:55.Scored plenty of goals in qualifying, you think they need to

:28:56. > :28:59.be as attacking tonight? Their manager, he said before they want to

:29:00. > :29:04.go out and attack and put it to teams in qualifying, scoring a lot

:29:05. > :29:12.of goals, ten I think he got, they have got to go for Argentina's

:29:13. > :29:17.weakness. Dzeko can put the goal in the back of the net, he can do that.

:29:18. > :29:21.The whole of the stadium is covered in American flags, we got here four

:29:22. > :29:25.hours before kick off and it took a long time to get through the streets

:29:26. > :29:29.because there are Argentina fans everywhere. It's absolutely rocking.

:29:30. > :29:33.Certainly will be. The wider shot, you can see the lovely cream

:29:34. > :29:35.trousers to two with the lovely white shirt. The other teams

:29:36. > :30:04.tomorrow: want to miss coming very soon.

:30:05. > :30:08.SUE BARKER: Here they come, so much pressure, so much expectation. If

:30:09. > :30:14.the title all the players want to win. A lot of these players are

:30:15. > :30:20.friends off the court but when they step out here, forget it. A hugely

:30:21. > :30:27.exciting moment, this. SUE BARKER: It still gives you goose

:30:28. > :30:34.bumps, Centre court, doesn't it? Wimbledon is just absolutely

:30:35. > :30:40.incredible. Wimbledon, 2014. It's anyone's game.

:30:41. > :30:47.England won't be in action again until Thursday. They arrived back in

:30:48. > :30:54.Rio early this morning. Gabby Logan has the latest from the camp. The

:30:55. > :30:58.England team arrived back here hotel in the early hours of the morning

:30:59. > :31:02.after the four-hour flight from Manaus, believed to have escaped the

:31:03. > :31:06.sticky temperatures of the Amazon. There were no injuries to report

:31:07. > :31:13.after the two - one defeat to Italy apart from Gary Lewin who tripped on

:31:14. > :31:18.a bottle of water. He has dislocated and fractured his ankle. He is

:31:19. > :31:22.expected to fly home on the next few days but no one will come out yet

:31:23. > :31:26.because England have two more doctors and physios here in Rio. The

:31:27. > :31:31.next couple of days, the training starts tomorrow and Tuesday and the

:31:32. > :31:35.no fly to what is now looking like a must win game against Uruguay on

:31:36. > :31:39.Thursday. Hopefully, they will be able to restore some of the bands

:31:40. > :31:45.which was in the squad last week. It's certainly slipped away today. A

:31:46. > :31:49.few other players, their heads were down today, but Roy will tell them

:31:50. > :31:55.to pick themselves back up and get on with the task in hand. Early on,

:31:56. > :32:03.we asked you if you thought England would qualify for the last 16. Here

:32:04. > :32:09.is your response. Overall, yes, 54%. No, 46%. It's pretty tight. I hope

:32:10. > :32:18.you are right. Don't forget, to keep sending your pictures of where you

:32:19. > :32:23.are watching the World Cup from. Looking forward to the second half,

:32:24. > :32:26.we talked about the advantages when you play against ten men, but what

:32:27. > :32:32.would you like to see from France and the second half?

:32:33. > :32:38.They are going to be more in the middle. They will have to do play

:32:39. > :32:42.obviously more on the wing and that's where the game is going to

:32:43. > :32:45.be. That's the one thing you should do, switch play when you have a

:32:46. > :32:53.one-man advantage. Yes, even more now than before. Find a second goal

:32:54. > :32:57.as quickly as possible. The French players need to keep their heads

:32:58. > :33:12.because the Honduran players will be more physical in the second half.

:33:13. > :33:22.Just keep their heads, France. This is a game to get Honduras back into

:33:23. > :33:29.the game... Exactly, it will get harder and harder, the frustration.

:33:30. > :33:35.This is a pretty good group. The draw has been pretty kind, don't you

:33:36. > :33:41.think? I don't mind it. I'm not going to complain! Yes, it's not

:33:42. > :33:47.bad. Switzerland, the other winners in this group today. France should

:33:48. > :33:51.sail through the screw, let's be fair. I don't think Switzerland

:33:52. > :33:54.where that great. France, with the quality of the players they have

:33:55. > :33:59.got, against ten men, I think they should sail through. If France get

:34:00. > :34:06.through the group, they go to the final. You would like to think so.

:34:07. > :34:15.It should be OK. Let's see. Back to Porto Alegre. Jonathan Martin.

:34:16. > :34:24.COMMENTATOR: Honduras have made two substitute at half-time. It's a

:34:25. > :34:30.shocker, really. Garcia has come on for Bengtson and will go to the

:34:31. > :34:34.right-hand side of the midfield. Costly upfront. Bernardez, we saw

:34:35. > :34:42.him pick up a knee injury towards the end of the first period. He has

:34:43. > :34:46.been replaced by Chavez, who has just had a knee injury himself and

:34:47. > :34:53.been out for five months. He's a left-back or or centre-back and he

:34:54. > :35:00.has come on as a centre-back. Damage limitation for them now. France are

:35:01. > :35:08.attacking all in blue. Immediately, there's been a stiff challenge by

:35:09. > :35:12.Beckeles. He was sent off in the warm up game against England in

:35:13. > :35:22.Miami. The court on the back of the Achilles. Free kick. He's patting

:35:23. > :35:26.him on the back to say he didn't mean it, but there's been a lot of

:35:27. > :35:31.those physical challenges. Got to move the ball quickly. Yes,

:35:32. > :35:36.sometimes it's more difficult when you're playing against ten men than

:35:37. > :35:43.11, but today, I feel France are so dominant, you can only think of more

:35:44. > :35:49.goals in the second half. Garcia has come to the right of midfield. Majar

:35:50. > :35:56.has gone to the left. Espinoza is in a more central position. Palacios

:35:57. > :35:59.has vacated that, with his red card, of course. There is a chill in the

:36:00. > :36:15.air. We are yet to reach just in we are yet to reach the Usk in Porto

:36:16. > :36:25.Alegre in the South. There is a breeze. It is too wretched weather

:36:26. > :36:33.-- dusk. They did so well in qualifying to finish behind the USA.

:36:34. > :36:40.Goal acclamation Mark it stayed out. That goal-line technology has ruled

:36:41. > :36:47.it in. It has gone in. The assistant referee merely went back up the

:36:48. > :36:53.touchline. The referee got a signal. France lead by 2-0. A thumping

:36:54. > :36:58.finish. It was whipped across the box there. Such pace on it. Benzema

:36:59. > :37:09.hits the post. It comes back to the keeper. We are waiting for the

:37:10. > :37:16.technology. We have two trust the technology that that has gone over.

:37:17. > :37:20.To the naked eye, it doesn't look like it from that angle.

:37:21. > :37:24.CROWD GROANS Look at this again. We have seen so

:37:25. > :37:33.many spurious goalline technology replays. It is no goal. The fans

:37:34. > :37:42.have heard it. But it's a goal there. Goodness me, they are

:37:43. > :37:47.changing their minds now! Does goalline technology work or not?

:37:48. > :37:55.He's gone to the extra official to find out for sure. It's definitely

:37:56. > :38:01.gone over the line. Which replay are we supposed to believe? This was

:38:02. > :38:07.supposed to be a flawless system. Didier Deschamps is perplexed. It's

:38:08. > :38:11.not the system which is used in the Premier League. France will expect a

:38:12. > :38:16.second goal. The referee, it is in doubt, cannot give it, if in doubt.

:38:17. > :38:21.It says the ball was over the line on the second instance on the

:38:22. > :38:24.camera. The first worm wasn't but the second one was, and the ball was

:38:25. > :38:33.still in place so, effectively, it's a goal. There is the ball which was

:38:34. > :38:38.whipped in. Benzema gets on the end of it and hit the post. It comes

:38:39. > :38:46.back and it's not over the line. Now it is. They are seeing the replays

:38:47. > :38:49.in the stadium I can tell you. That was the moment when he takes it

:38:50. > :38:57.over. CROWD BOOS

:38:58. > :39:01.You may have thought there was controversy in the Brazil game but

:39:02. > :39:10.this is the biggest moment of controversy so far. France lead by

:39:11. > :39:13.2-0. I think that was the right outcome whatever happened, but to

:39:14. > :39:20.say there was a goal and then no goal, is going to cause problems in

:39:21. > :39:27.the stadiums. The Germans have moaned for generations that the 1956

:39:28. > :39:30.goal was not over the line. Goalline technology provided by a German

:39:31. > :39:39.-based manufacturer. It's being used here. It was used in the

:39:40. > :39:44.Confederations Cup last summer. The goal stands. France lead by 2-0.

:39:45. > :39:52.Officially, it came after 48 minutes. Free kick for France on the

:39:53. > :40:06.edge of the box. Figueroa has jumped into his man. Pogba has got here.

:40:07. > :40:11.Rather cynical that, Martin. Well, Figueroa knows he can't get anywhere

:40:12. > :40:16.near that goal. The whole goalline technology debate will flare up

:40:17. > :40:20.again because... It was not good enough, was it? One moment we were

:40:21. > :40:23.seeing the goal given by the assistant referee and then we saw it

:40:24. > :40:33.was not over the line, in the replay, and then, we saw it was over

:40:34. > :40:39.the line with the second replay. We got there in the end! Imagine if

:40:40. > :40:46.this was Argentina against Brazil in the World Cup final. Just as well is

:40:47. > :40:56.happening in a group game and we can make it better for the future. We

:40:57. > :41:02.tried to get here in the ground why the was no national anthems. The

:41:03. > :41:14.official said it was a breakdown in a tannoy system.

:41:15. > :41:22.So, things are settling down. Free kick will be taken by one of the

:41:23. > :41:31.substitutes, Chavez. So difficult for Honduras with ten

:41:32. > :41:45.men. We've not seen a lot of Griezmann

:41:46. > :41:50.but, whatever he has done has been quality. Yeah, I like him. He's only

:41:51. > :41:57.a young player but he's got a good future. A frontal challenge. Garcia.

:41:58. > :42:01.That's the first thing he's done. It's the second thing. He smashed

:42:02. > :42:04.into somebody is barely on and now it's a booking. He's quite pleased

:42:05. > :42:20.with himself. That early on. I heard Robbie Savage backing up

:42:21. > :42:26.what you thought about another red card happening. I'm sure there will

:42:27. > :42:39.be. Benzema immediately sees it's a goal. He can see. He was well on the

:42:40. > :42:47.spot. Now on a hat-trick. Figueroa. Looking for Griezmann in the box.

:42:48. > :42:56.Will he get a hat-trick all will go down as an own goal officially? --

:42:57. > :43:03.or will it go down as an own goal officially? It has officially been

:43:04. > :43:12.given as an own goal. The keeper has taken it over the line. Another

:43:13. > :43:15.French player lying on the floor. I wonder how long it is before Didier

:43:16. > :43:17.Deschamps decides to take one or two of these off with bigger games

:43:18. > :43:23.coming up? He's on a yellow card and so, too,

:43:24. > :43:53.is Cabaye. A bruising encounter. Lovely football that. He's in the

:43:54. > :44:01.box. Benzema! Good save. He has done well, Valladares. A really good

:44:02. > :44:07.stop. Griezmann again, his intelligence, quality. He drills

:44:08. > :44:15.that across the box. There's a few clubs chasing him.

:44:16. > :44:21.Valladares, outstanding in the goal for Honduras, keeping France at bay,

:44:22. > :44:31.but they are dominating possession. 21, Pogba. Two titles in Italian

:44:32. > :44:50.football. Benzema has won so much. Really good approach football by

:44:51. > :44:55.France. No finish, but it was lovely to watch. Yeah, lovely movement off

:44:56. > :45:01.the ball. Just behind in, couldn't get it. This was the cross from

:45:02. > :45:03.Griezmann. Great technique on that and in the end, great save from the

:45:04. > :45:28.keeper. Sadly, Pogba goes off. Sissoko, another connection to the

:45:29. > :46:23.Premier League with Newcastle. pullin away to the far post.

:46:24. > :46:26.Honduras backs to the wall. Honduras are going to make a final

:46:27. > :46:36.substitution. Good defending from Figueroa.

:46:37. > :46:41.He's had to do his fair share of defending.

:46:42. > :46:52.Najar never really been able to get on the ball and is going to go off.

:46:53. > :47:00.Claros is on as a midfielder. Griezmann offside. What's happened

:47:01. > :47:07.there? This is craziness. He lifted a foot so high there. The referee

:47:08. > :47:10.telling him to calm down. I think he was the player that kick the ball at

:47:11. > :47:13.one of the England players when he was on the ground in Miami. Yes,

:47:14. > :47:35.Sturridge. I wonder if we'll see a replay on

:47:36. > :47:39.that one. Let me try and explain, some of the incidents haven't been

:47:40. > :47:47.replayed as you are used to seeing them back home.

:47:48. > :47:54.This is the thing about damage limitation. I think the French want

:47:55. > :47:57.this game over really. It's been expensive with the bookings. Don't

:47:58. > :48:11.want any injuries. All the supporters you see in blue

:48:12. > :48:17.will be for France. We've got Australians here, I can tell you,

:48:18. > :48:25.supporting... They were split in our hotel this morn, Honduras and

:48:26. > :48:28.France. Free kick. Debuchy. I think Sagna is a better player with more

:48:29. > :48:57.quality. He's more of a leader. Sissoko made the run. Benzema.

:48:58. > :49:00.Matuidi. Evra. Gets the cross in. Slanted loosely

:49:01. > :50:01.through the box initially by Chavez. Handball against Costly.

:50:02. > :50:02.His days as an international footballer perhaps are coming to the

:50:03. > :50:20.end now. Evra. Virtually playing like a

:50:21. > :50:25.winger throughout the whole of this match, as has Debuchy on the other

:50:26. > :50:31.side. They have a nice way that they play lots of options. Debuchy. Foul.

:50:32. > :50:36.Referee's played on. Honduras have possession.

:50:37. > :51:27.Had to keep the ball moving. Make that extra player work for you.

:51:28. > :51:38.Move it quickly. The French movement started with

:51:39. > :51:43.Cabaye in his position. Out towards Debuchy. Chavez obviously has a lot

:51:44. > :51:50.of confidence in him, rightly so. He's got great vision, he enjoys

:51:51. > :52:01.having the ball. The two central defenders split nicely. Griezmann

:52:02. > :52:08.comes inside. It's a nice system. Benzema ahead of all of that will

:52:09. > :52:15.finish things off for you. The 'll be reaction no doubt and much debate

:52:16. > :52:21.over the second goal -- there'll be. There'll be talk about what there

:52:22. > :52:31.was an injustice done. Sissoko looking for Griezmann.

:52:32. > :52:42.Centre half getting the pressure on. Griezmann.

:52:43. > :52:51.Good movement. Here is Benzema. Evra. Good move. Lovely move. It's

:52:52. > :52:58.3-0. Side netting. It was in. Yes, the angle we've got here... It was

:52:59. > :53:04.in, Martin. Glorious move. Everything that we talked about came

:53:05. > :53:09.into action here. Move it quickly, two touch. Just puts it past the

:53:10. > :53:16.post. Should be putting that away.

:53:17. > :53:22.Should Thought he had. We were in a restaurant watching the England game

:53:23. > :53:27.last night. When the shot went in from Sterling I jumped up and I was

:53:28. > :53:34.told I had to pack that in while commentating. And I just have done

:53:35. > :53:38.it again. The Brazilians weren't as keen to

:53:39. > :53:45.see the English match as we were, were they? We were supporting loud

:53:46. > :54:03.and proud, I can tell you. Another substitution. Avuba is going

:54:04. > :54:06.to come on. For Cabaye who picked up a booking earlier on. He's the

:54:07. > :54:13.play-maker, everything's gone through him. He'll be satisfied with

:54:14. > :54:16.his night's work. His manager is saying well done. It's about

:54:17. > :54:31.recovery now. I wonder if he's had a bit of a

:54:32. > :54:39.knock there. They were certainly talking about something.

:54:40. > :54:53.Griezmann. Chavez is there.

:54:54. > :55:03.Figueroa. 25 minutes to two. -- to go.

:55:04. > :55:08.Espinoza. Fouled.

:55:09. > :55:24.Playing the right way against ten men. Yes, moving it quickly.

:55:25. > :55:25.Figueroa gets across well here actually. Sissoko trying to pick

:55:26. > :55:46.someone out. On the edge of the six yard area.

:55:47. > :55:54.Evra. Griezmann. Could hear the Hondurans calling for the free kick

:55:55. > :56:00.to the referee. He whips everything in though on the

:56:01. > :56:03.crosses. He's got something on his groin there, a bit of ice.

:56:04. > :56:46.That will be a concern for him. Here come France again. Sissoko.

:56:47. > :56:54.Looks for Benzema. Figueroa. Looks for Espinoza. Garcia. Espinoza.

:56:55. > :57:02.Garcia's in here for Honduras. Had to go wide and in the end, the shot

:57:03. > :57:16.lacked enough power to beat Lloris. And France counter. Figueroa got it

:57:17. > :57:27.away behind Chavez. So physical. Chance at the other end

:57:28. > :57:29.here. Sakho just switches off for a moment. You could be punished

:57:30. > :57:50.against better teams. Valbuena so talented.

:57:51. > :57:53.Matuidi's cross. That might have been a penalty,

:57:54. > :57:55.Martin, we'll have to see it again. I think both players are committed

:57:56. > :58:10.to that, it's an honest challenge. He lunges at it. See it coming in

:58:11. > :58:15.there. No, good honest challenge. Evra does well to get out of the way

:58:16. > :58:29.of it. If anything, a free kick the other way. Determined defending.

:58:30. > :58:39.He's been cursed when it comes to Cup Finals. 35 World Cup qualifiers.

:58:40. > :58:51.He's played four World Cup finals games.

:58:52. > :58:54.The controversy of the second goal, whether or not it was a penalty

:58:55. > :58:59.France have been the better side. Got to be professional now and see

:59:00. > :59:07.it through. Get some confidence going with the goals. Good

:59:08. > :59:19.performances all round. Only Brazil, Italy, Germany, Argentina have

:59:20. > :59:23.managed 00 goals. When you look at the near peck fection of the

:59:24. > :59:28.performance against Brazil and Spain, waiting for Argentina to come

:59:29. > :59:34.and Italy against England, Germany of course, you get to see them in

:59:35. > :59:40.their stride soon, so it's going to be difficult for France to two all

:59:41. > :59:43.the way. It's going to be difficult but they are setting their stall out

:59:44. > :59:49.and demonstrating that Fennell. Football is on its way back. They

:59:50. > :00:01.tend to see it through these tournaments.

:00:02. > :00:06.-- demonstrating that the French football is on its way back.

:00:07. > :00:10.This is a worry because they don't want to lose this player. He's been

:00:11. > :00:14.a quality player through this match. Look at this. For me, it's cynical,

:00:15. > :00:27.he just takes him out. He's tired, he's had enough. He wants to take a

:00:28. > :00:37.nibble and he's taken a chunk out of him there, Valbuena. I don't think

:00:38. > :00:44.he pulled out a card. He must have run out of cards. That's amazing,

:00:45. > :00:53.really. Because have damaged Valbuena seriously. One of the

:00:54. > :01:03.tournament's brightest players. Pulls it back. Debuchy.

:01:04. > :01:19.Benzema. Absolutely blasted into the net. Beautiful finish, Benzema. I

:01:20. > :01:27.love seeing him go to the top of the net like that. Beautiful, clean

:01:28. > :01:33.strike. A man on top of his game. This was some initial drive, as

:01:34. > :01:33.well. Debuchy, he just picked his spot.

:01:34. > :01:37.This was some initial drive, as well. Debuchy, he just picked His

:01:38. > :01:44.initial touch, creates the angle, and he hammers it away. Just a

:01:45. > :02:03.concern that Evra is still down. He will want to see the second goal

:02:04. > :02:06.again now, Benzema. Evra now. I'm pretty sure the shot hit him while

:02:07. > :02:11.he was on the ground but he seemed to drift away from the challenge and

:02:12. > :02:21.go down before the Debuchy effort came in. They won't want to lose

:02:22. > :02:27.Evra. It was his ankle. The air, he has gone over on his ankle. I think

:02:28. > :02:32.they will be happy to finish it with ten men. There's no need to put him

:02:33. > :02:40.back out there. We will watch that one with interest. Confirmation of

:02:41. > :02:56.Benzema's two and the own goal. They barely had a sniff of a chance,

:02:57. > :03:11.Honduras. Evra is back on his feet, thankfully.

:03:12. > :03:23.I think the referee thinks he's not coming back. Still waiting to come

:03:24. > :03:25.on the pitch. Espinoza was found a little bit laid there. Garrido. The

:03:26. > :03:50.youngster. Not even creating a sniff of a

:03:51. > :03:55.chance. This is the goal we are looking at there. Look at that,

:03:56. > :04:02.right into the roof of the net. A glorious finish.

:04:03. > :04:24.He's having some 12 months, for France, Benzema.

:04:25. > :04:32.A depressing goal drought against Australia in October and he is

:04:33. > :04:41.continued banging them in ever since when he's been playing. Valbuena has

:04:42. > :04:48.been excellent throughout. Yes, creates so much. The manager

:04:49. > :04:52.deserves a great deal of credit, believing in Benzema, as he does.

:04:53. > :04:58.Everything is geared towards him. The cross deflected away. Gives

:04:59. > :05:07.France a corner. Their seventh corner of the day. The Hondurans

:05:08. > :05:15.Billy good coach looks on. He and his team has really been up against

:05:16. > :05:21.it today. -- believe good coach. -- beleaguered coach. The sending-off

:05:22. > :05:25.of Palacios certainly did not help. You don't want to go down to ten men

:05:26. > :05:36.against a very, very rampant French team. A replica of the French team

:05:37. > :05:39.from 2010, by the way, which destroyed a marketing exercise by

:05:40. > :05:44.one of their sponsors, an exorcism of the Demons of South Africa. A bit

:05:45. > :05:56.of fun. Is there anything left for Honduras

:05:57. > :06:13.in this game? Costly, the lone frontrunner. Here is Giroud about to

:06:14. > :06:15.come on. It is Valbuena coming off. He's had a terrific game. He

:06:16. > :06:34.certainly has. Giroud thought it was going to play

:06:35. > :06:41.tonight. Benzema, too. You can see the delight on his face there. He

:06:42. > :06:47.has played very well tonight. Giroud has gone up top. Benzema has gone

:06:48. > :06:56.into the deeper position, where he played against Jamaica. He played

:06:57. > :07:04.very well against Jamaica, Garrido, -- Giroud, with Benzema. One back by

:07:05. > :07:24.Sissoko. Benzema. It is dusk in Brazil and in Porto

:07:25. > :07:26.Alegre. The night can't come together for Honduras. They are

:07:27. > :07:32.still trying to play some decent possession football. They are

:07:33. > :07:33.starting to try to play now, Honduras. It's a little bit late for

:07:34. > :07:47.that. Sakho does not need to do that. He

:07:48. > :07:48.needs to let it run with more awareness, and roll it back to his

:07:49. > :08:00.keeper. Huge discrepancy in the playing

:08:01. > :08:10.budgets of the two football associations. France should be

:08:11. > :08:17.beating Honduras. In the end, they have beaten them comfortably enough.

:08:18. > :08:28.A throw to France. Their first opening game victory in the World

:08:29. > :08:41.Cup finals since they beat South Africa 1-0 in 1998. Characters there

:08:42. > :08:43.from Asterix the Gaul. I read those cartoons when I was young. In fact,

:08:44. > :09:17.I'm still reading them. Patrice Evra, still hungry, 33 years

:09:18. > :09:22.of age. Really gets a shove there. Look at him. He's a big man, no firm

:09:23. > :09:31.-- Garcia. We were talking to him about the

:09:32. > :09:35.Holland and Spain game he was at that day. Holland were excellent but

:09:36. > :09:43.Spain, this system didn't really suit against the free-flowing Dutch

:09:44. > :09:49.football. Talked about playing three at the back. Is that the way forward

:09:50. > :09:52.for Holland or is it just because it was against the Spanish? We will

:09:53. > :10:15.have to see if Holland stick with that.

:10:16. > :10:21.Figueroa, 31. He might have another World Cup inside him. They look for

:10:22. > :10:30.Beckeles. Did so well in qualifying. To win in

:10:31. > :10:45.Mexico, it's some feat, that. A sobering opening for Honduras

:10:46. > :11:03.today. I can't remember Griezmann wasting a

:11:04. > :11:07.ball. No, he's been excellent. He's not had many caps for his country

:11:08. > :11:13.but he certainly taken advantage of this opportunity is tonight. He's

:11:14. > :11:17.only had cameo roles really for France's opening four International

:11:18. > :11:25.'s. They got a free kick year now. Another big challenge here. Garrido.

:11:26. > :11:30.Look at that. Dear oh dear. That is unbelievable. It's like the referee

:11:31. > :11:34.has turned a blind eye since the sending-off. He's picking his leg up

:11:35. > :11:52.at the moment. There seem to be a brandished,

:11:53. > :11:54.surely. Garrido? I know Honduras is a proud nation but France have been

:11:55. > :12:07.so much better in this game. It's being played at walking pace,

:12:08. > :12:40.at the moment. Benzema has looked sharp throughout.

:12:41. > :12:44.Garcia just manages to get in the way there. Otherwise it would have

:12:45. > :12:51.been another one. Just preparing to shoot. Garcia gets back in front.

:12:52. > :13:00.They've answered a few questions tonight. A lean spell in front of

:13:01. > :13:12.goal late on in front of goal for Madrid. A winning start here today.

:13:13. > :13:22.One of the Hondurans is down. The referee has to stop it.

:13:23. > :13:31.Chavez is down, I think. Giroud comes in. Two years in the English

:13:32. > :13:38.Premiership, nice and physical, have some of that.

:13:39. > :13:47.He did use his elbows, though. He's got to protect himself but for me,

:13:48. > :13:49.he does not do that deliberately. You can't be sure who you are going

:13:50. > :14:04.to catch, of course. Now, one of the Hondurans goes down

:14:05. > :14:31.in the box. The referee was totally unimpressed by the flop from Costly.

:14:32. > :14:45.Matuidi covers so much ground in a game. Mavuba has a sound season as

:14:46. > :14:55.minutes to go. -- five minutes to go. Mavuba has been so steady for

:14:56. > :15:04.Lille this season. Been with them since 2011. His third campaign.

:15:05. > :15:33.Sissoko, this season, could've been a bit better. For Liverpool.

:15:34. > :15:37.Koscielny for Arsenal on the bench. Free kick for the challenge on

:15:38. > :16:11.Giroud. Griezmann with the free kick.

:16:12. > :16:15.Benzema in there. The referee blown before the free kick was taken

:16:16. > :16:25.because he wants a word with Giroud and Figueroa.

:16:26. > :16:34.No-one's standing on Giroud at the moment. Benzema. Headed away by

:16:35. > :16:43.Figueroa. Sakho.

:16:44. > :16:50.Oh, lovely. Benzema back in the middle.

:16:51. > :17:10.It's a delight to see that kind of football. His vision and technique.

:17:11. > :17:20.A couple minutes more plus stoppage time. Sakho.

:17:21. > :17:35.France leading 3-0. Benzema whose shot was pushed into his own net.

:17:36. > :17:41.Mavuba. The French have the confidence to just whizz the ball

:17:42. > :17:46.around. Confidence is really high now in the

:17:47. > :17:57.group. They have got more and more

:17:58. > :18:02.confident. Their nation fell in love with the World Cup after a gradual

:18:03. > :18:41.start. Evra. Cabaye is smiling. Seemed to pick up

:18:42. > :18:51.maybe a recurrence of an injury. Giroud away.

:18:52. > :18:58.Lloris has had virtually nothing to do. A couple of saves. It's been so

:18:59. > :19:05.easy for France. After the sending off, they were dominating. It's just

:19:06. > :19:13.been a piece of cake for them really.

:19:14. > :19:34.Evra. Sissoko to Benzema. Three minutes stoppage time. Mavuba.

:19:35. > :19:37.Figueroa got there first. He's done a shift, hasn't he, Figueroa? Yes.

:19:38. > :19:58.Gave it everything for his team. We thought they would sacrifice a

:19:59. > :20:04.forward at half time, but Benzema is a young man. They left Costly out.

:20:05. > :20:08.Yes, I suppose either of them. They are similar types. They have got

:20:09. > :20:15.other games in mind, maybe. They went down to ten men, but the alarm

:20:16. > :20:25.bells were ringing sooner in the Honduras team. Here they come again.

:20:26. > :20:30.Five against three. It's Evra. Over the bar by Matuidi.

:20:31. > :20:37.Nodding in acceptance that perhaps there were better options. Evra

:20:38. > :20:39.again down the left. A long way off. I would like to see better quality

:20:40. > :20:52.from his finishing there. Honduras have been the authors of

:20:53. > :21:18.their own misfortune. Gary Lineker referred to Platini,

:21:19. > :21:24.saying he was a manager born with the attitude nana polian had. He

:21:25. > :21:31.said, I wonder if he was dropped in a church font when he was born.

:21:32. > :21:38.Certainly turned France around -- Napoleon. He knows what makes

:21:39. > :21:43.players tick, says the right things at the rite times and you can't

:21:44. > :21:46.question him tonight. A lot of people would have been thinking that

:21:47. > :21:52.Giroud would have started. He didn't two with him. Griezmann's not played

:21:53. > :21:55.much football, but you can see the way the French are going to go now,

:21:56. > :22:16.total football once more. 163 games as Marseille manager, he

:22:17. > :22:20.only used 44 players. He had success with Marseille, but he's settled

:22:21. > :22:27.now. The referee puts Honduras out of their misery. France have won by

:22:28. > :22:36.3-0. Two for Benzema, who saw his shot bounce off the post and chucked

:22:37. > :22:42.in. There was a bit of confusion on the goal-line technology. France

:22:43. > :22:50.have won the points. Palacios sent off. France have won 3-0.

:22:51. > :22:55.A comfortable victory for France. Ten games now in the 2014 World Cup

:22:56. > :22:59.and we have not had a single draw. That's not happened since the 1950

:23:00. > :23:04.World Cup which was also in Brazil, since the group stages were brought

:23:05. > :23:11.in. The 1930s World Cup didn't see any draws.

:23:12. > :23:16.France's win will go down in World Cup history as the first to see a

:23:17. > :23:31.goal decided by goal-line technology. They top the group ahead

:23:32. > :23:37.of Switzerland. Well, Thierry... I always like to

:23:38. > :23:46.say it looked like an easy game, made it easy and deserved it. An

:23:47. > :23:51.overall good game, great second football when they relaxed? I think

:23:52. > :23:55.it was a total different game, everyone wanted to two on the ball,

:23:56. > :23:59.skills, changing side, they could have scored more goals. Is it fair

:24:00. > :24:05.to say they dominated the second half? Definitely, after the second

:24:06. > :24:09.goal especially. They started to loosen up a little bit, used their

:24:10. > :24:15.qualities, passing skills, possession off the ball was there.

:24:16. > :24:21.But I was worried about the physical aspect. It became very hard But

:24:22. > :24:25.fortunately enough, everybody stayed well until the end. Three points and

:24:26. > :24:29.plenty of bruises I would imagine? Yes, a very physical approach from

:24:30. > :24:36.hon due wrasse, but Benzema looked good and Thierry said before the

:24:37. > :24:40.game he got a goal, Matuidi played well. A very good performance for

:24:41. > :24:46.France. We have had our first goal given by goal-line technology and a

:24:47. > :24:55.little bit of wind-up at first for the Honduras fans. It works. When it

:24:56. > :24:59.hits the post, they have to, because the ball's on the line, they have to

:25:00. > :25:02.say there, no goal. The crowd can boo, but that shows it works

:25:03. > :25:05.perfectly in the first instance. We can see it hasn't crossed the line,

:25:06. > :25:09.so the question is, they have to show that. Then on the second

:25:10. > :25:14.instance, the ball's over the line so it's a goal so it works perfectly

:25:15. > :25:18.well, no confusion about it. But the question is, do they have to show

:25:19. > :25:22.the first one Thierry? No, they don't, but like you said, rules are

:25:23. > :25:28.rules, we don't make them, but that ball is clearly over the line, by

:25:29. > :25:31.the way. Do you think so? ! I'm not totally confinesth Vinced that looks

:25:32. > :25:35.over the line. But we have to trust the technology. Or did they just

:25:36. > :25:43.make it up? The whole of the ball Thierry? Yeah. OK.

:25:44. > :25:48.For sure. It's clear. It's clear when they draw that ball behind the

:25:49. > :25:53.line, somebody quickly draws a ball. I did it.

:25:54. > :25:57.How long have we been asking for this? I mean, this changes the game

:25:58. > :26:02.and I think that everybody has seen a much better game afterwards. In

:26:03. > :26:05.all seriousness, without the goal-line technology, that would

:26:06. > :26:17.have been incredibly difficult? Yes, it was a goal. If it The only thing

:26:18. > :26:22.is, we talk about Benzema and the goal, we haven't talked about that.

:26:23. > :26:29.You have the opportunity now. The goal by Cabaye is outstanding but

:26:30. > :26:38.then it's very difficult. We see this one. That's a guy just full of

:26:39. > :26:47.confidence. Everything is against him. Very similar to a strike I saw

:26:48. > :26:54.from Seedorf a few days ago, in a charity game.

:26:55. > :27:07.It's actually a great finish. The only thing is, he didn't close his

:27:08. > :27:10.eyes there. That's the one actually, first of all Cabaye, I mean... This

:27:11. > :27:25.is the penalty. Yes. OK. Great composure. What's always

:27:26. > :27:33.difficult, we see again Palacios didn't have to do that. Benzema,

:27:34. > :27:40.great composure and what's difficult about that, it's also he's had to

:27:41. > :27:48.wait for a long time before he takes the penalty. That's not easy, I'm

:27:49. > :27:53.telling you, I've been there. Robbie, Palacios? Honduras on the

:27:54. > :28:00.whole were shocking. It's OK being physical but they were going oaf the

:28:01. > :28:06.top at time and some of the French players will hurt. You are a perfect

:28:07. > :28:11.man to ask about physicality. Well, some of the tackles are ruthless,

:28:12. > :28:15.cynical, they done it against England and Brazil. Absolutely, at

:28:16. > :28:22.times, shocking. Palacios, you know, he deserved to

:28:23. > :28:29.go, no question about that. They're lucky.

:28:30. > :28:33.Ooh... That there is ridiculous. I remember 1962, Santiago, I wouldn't

:28:34. > :28:40.say it's on that level, but at times they were shocking challenges.

:28:41. > :28:47.Credit to the French and their composure they showed.

:28:48. > :28:55.It does help to keep your composure when you're one or 2-0 up. I imagine

:28:56. > :29:02.at half time they were being told to just... They did well. It's not an

:29:03. > :29:09.easy task. Next up is Argentina v Bosnia, on BBC One at 10. 10.30.

:29:10. > :29:17.That's the view from high over Rio. Spectacular it is too.

:29:18. > :29:18.Here is our first glimpse of one Lionel Messi arriving at the

:29:19. > :29:57.stadium. Will this be his time? COMMENTATOR: Listen to the roar that

:29:58. > :32:14.creates this young man. I think were all looking forward to

:32:15. > :32:20.seeing Lionel Messi later on. You want to make a point, the fact that

:32:21. > :32:23.the goal line technology, we missed one of the great passes of the

:32:24. > :32:29.tournament so far. Yes, great finish, obviously. Didn't score.

:32:30. > :32:34.Although, as a striker, that should be a goal because look at that

:32:35. > :32:40.technique. I mean, that is Benzema at his best. He does that all his

:32:41. > :32:47.time. People don't talk about it. He's a great, great striker. Cabaye

:32:48. > :32:53.is also amazing. There's nothing extra, the celebration afterwards.

:32:54. > :32:59.It's all finished. Many other great players are scoring goals the

:33:00. > :33:08.tournament. Yes, let's see if Lionel Messi can get any. Looking forward

:33:09. > :33:15.to seeing Lionel Messi? Yes, yes, yes, we were talking about it

:33:16. > :33:18.before. I was privileged to see him in training. I'm not even talking

:33:19. > :33:24.about the games. In training, it's frightening. He's a wonderful

:33:25. > :33:29.footballer falls of gentlemen, it's been a pleasure, as always. Thank

:33:30. > :33:34.you very much indeed. France are up and running. Next, if Lionel Messi

:33:35. > :33:39.and Cove. We will see you in about 25 minutes. Don't go anywhere. We

:33:40. > :33:50.will be here on BBC1. From all of us here, bye bye for now.

:33:51. > :34:10.We are about to find out whether they can cook.

:34:11. > :34:15.You're going to love it. Smashed it. Yum-yum-yum.

:34:16. > :34:23.They are nervous. Ken's just frying some lettuce.

:34:24. > :34:25.What are you cooking for us today, Frankie?