:00:38. > :00:42.the matches France against Switzerland, with Dave Woods, your
:00:43. > :00:51.commentator. -- the match is.
:00:52. > :00:57.Switzerland make two changes, unsurprisingly it is the players he
:00:58. > :01:08.came on and scored, Seferovic replacing Drmic. Mehmedi comes in
:01:09. > :01:15.place of Valentin Stocker. The three-man attacking midfield
:01:16. > :01:27.certainly capable of causing the French some problems. The two
:01:28. > :01:38.skippers, Inler of Switzerland, and Hugo Lloris of France. The referee
:01:39. > :01:42.is Dutch, Bjorn Kuipers, he owns three supermarkets back at home, a
:01:43. > :01:50.good man to know if you are running out of milk. Two Dutchmen alongside
:01:51. > :01:55.him, and the referee's for the visual is from Norway. He was in
:01:56. > :02:02.charge for the Spain against Netherlands game. France make three
:02:03. > :02:11.changes, Paul Pogba is out, likewise Antoine Griezmann. Ollie Rayner --
:02:12. > :02:27.Olivier Giroud comes in, so does Moussa Sissoko. Karim Benzema pushed
:02:28. > :02:36.a little wider. A 4-3-3 but France. -- for France. Plenty of quality
:02:37. > :02:41.midfield. Karim Benzema, two goals, might have had a hat-trick, eight
:02:42. > :02:47.goals in his last seven internationals. All those not
:02:48. > :02:55.playing are available from the bench. Paul Pogba picked up a yellow
:02:56. > :03:02.card in the opening game, should he come on, will have to be careful of
:03:03. > :03:08.his step. Ottmar Hitzfeld, the German born, Swiss coach, former
:03:09. > :03:16.German international, he has won the Champions League with Borussia
:03:17. > :03:22.Dortmund and Bayern Munich. Didier Deschamps, hoping to be only the
:03:23. > :03:27.third man to win the World Cup as a player and manager, Franz
:03:28. > :03:44.Beckenbauer and Mario Zagallo having done before him.
:03:45. > :03:55.The French looked nervous. Certainly in the stands. How calm the players
:03:56. > :04:09.on the pitch, and how the Swiss ahead of this game? -- how calm are
:04:10. > :04:17.the Swiss. They have been at pains to insist that is it is -- that it
:04:18. > :04:23.is the French you are favourite said. Straightaway Ricardo Rodriguez
:04:24. > :04:39.is up there looking to create something. Here is Giroud, on four
:04:40. > :04:49.Lichtsteiner. Mehmedi. Debuchy ? Hugo Lloris, winning his 59th cap,
:04:50. > :05:02.the man from Spurs. One of seven who play or have played in the Premier
:05:03. > :05:22.League. Here is Sakho. Behrami, out to Debuchy.
:05:23. > :05:40.Joe Johan Djourou, Lichtsteiner likes to get up and help the
:05:41. > :06:01.attacking intent of his side. Sakho. Back to Lloris, Captain, as
:06:02. > :06:02.he has been the last few years now. The 250th World Cup game between
:06:03. > :06:40.European sides here today. Lichtsteiner. Shaqiri, he has
:06:41. > :06:47.Mehmedi wide left, bundled over by Debuchy. The Swiss want to take the
:06:48. > :06:58.free kick quickly, but are rather wasteful with their efforts. They
:06:59. > :07:05.had to come behind to beat Ecuador by 2-1. Never before winning their
:07:06. > :07:13.opening two matches in the World Cup. The last time France won their
:07:14. > :07:25.opening two matches, they went on to win the whole thing, back in 1998.
:07:26. > :07:37.Benzema. There is progress being made, but the defensive cover was
:07:38. > :07:50.good enough from Rodriguez. Debuchy getting all the way back to his
:07:51. > :07:59.defensive position. The way by Benaglio. -- away. Seferovic, scored
:08:00. > :08:18.the late goal to give his side the win in stoppage time. Debuchy,
:08:19. > :08:24.earning his side a throw. The last three meetings between these sides
:08:25. > :08:32.have ended in draws, with only two goals. The last one was in 2006, in
:08:33. > :08:38.the World Cup, 0-0. They both progressed from the groups.
:08:39. > :08:41.Switzerland losing out on penalties to Ukraine in the last 16. There is
:08:42. > :09:06.a bit of history between these two. Cissokho. -- Sissoko, Debuchy. A
:09:07. > :09:10.Swiss clearance, only so far as Cabaye, these are problematic
:09:11. > :09:18.moments for the Swiss defence. Benzema, with space to work. Curling
:09:19. > :09:28.it just wide. Encouraging start from France. He is a man full of
:09:29. > :09:44.confidence, the man of the moment. Not picking out his range just yet.
:09:45. > :09:53.Some were suggesting that Didier Deschamps was using this tournament
:09:54. > :09:56.to blood a few extra youngsters ahead of the European Championships
:09:57. > :10:01.that his country are hosting in a couple of years. I think their
:10:02. > :10:06.intentions are a little higher, their aspirations are certainly
:10:07. > :10:11.higher. Looking to make a mark on this tournament, never mind two
:10:12. > :10:25.years time. That was a high boot from Giroud. He has caught von
:10:26. > :10:39.Bergen on the nose, that would have stung, no doubt about that. Stephen
:10:40. > :10:52.von Bergen, reaching the veteran stage of his career. The only Swiss
:10:53. > :10:53.based player in the team. The man representing the Swiss domestic
:10:54. > :11:40.league in a bit of trouble here. It will take some sorting out. A
:11:41. > :11:51.very early stoppage, and an encouraging sign from Philip
:11:52. > :12:01.Senderos' point of view. He retires at the end of this tournament,
:12:02. > :12:04.Ottmar Hitzfeld. What a way to mark what has been a glittering career,
:12:05. > :12:10.if he could do something special with this Swiss side. Von Bergen
:12:11. > :12:13.clearly not healthy. Whether it is something they can sort out on the
:12:14. > :12:30.touchline, or they have two make an immediate change? Looks like Philip
:12:31. > :12:44.Senderos is coming on. -- or they have to. A disappointing end to the
:12:45. > :12:59.game for Stephen von Bergen. Philip Senderos, these days of 11 --
:13:00. > :13:10.Valencia. Winning his 55th cap. Several of its -- Seferovic, doing
:13:11. > :13:45.well to win the ball. Benaglio. The Swiss defence has been to the
:13:46. > :13:56.fore in the last few tournaments, only conceding a couple of goals in
:13:57. > :14:01.their last eight World Cup matches. Valencia of Ecuador, and Gonzalez of
:14:02. > :14:07.Chile the only two players to breach this defence in the last three
:14:08. > :14:13.tournaments. It is more than this defence that this side's hopes are
:14:14. > :14:28.built on. They have a strong element of creativity. Giroud. Going back to
:14:29. > :14:51.Benagli O. Senderos, and neat little turn. -- Benagli O. He comes Matt --
:14:52. > :14:55.Matuidi. Patrice Evra, divides opinion amongst French supporters
:14:56. > :15:11.given his involvement four years ago. The challenge of Debuchy has
:15:12. > :15:45.given the free kick away. Just to underlie the context of this
:15:46. > :15:58.particular game, a win here would more or less put one of the other
:15:59. > :16:03.sides into the knockout stages. Even a draw here between France and
:16:04. > :16:06.Switzerland would not be disastrous. It would leave qualification very
:16:07. > :16:11.much in their own hands when they play their final games in this group
:16:12. > :16:18.against Honduras in Switzerland's case on the 25th of June, while
:16:19. > :16:31.France play Ecuador at the same time, same day.
:16:32. > :16:50.Couldn't quite keep it under control. He has had a busy start to
:16:51. > :16:56.the game, Yohan Cabaye. Very nearly 13 minutes on the clock. We know
:16:57. > :17:21.there will be a lot of stoppage time given the injury to Von Bergen.
:17:22. > :17:26.Matuidi trying to create something with Giroud. Good intelligent
:17:27. > :17:36.football from a classy French midfield. Suddenly the counterattack
:17:37. > :17:37.is on. The Swiss have got pace. There were asking a little too much
:17:38. > :18:30.of the support. Sakho of Liverpool. Inler blocking
:18:31. > :18:59.the run of firmware now. -- then Brenna.
:19:00. > :19:26.It is a slow tempo envelope -- on a hot day.
:19:27. > :19:36.The wave going around as the fans tried to maintain the entertainment
:19:37. > :19:41.levels on the stands in the absence of any clear action so far. A
:19:42. > :19:51.sliding challenge from Djourou saves the day for Switzerland. Corner kick
:19:52. > :20:01.to France. They have had the running so far. They have dominated
:20:02. > :20:10.possession. Can they turn it into something a little better cure? The
:20:11. > :20:18.header! It is in! The goalkeeper reached at it but Olivier Giroud has
:20:19. > :20:28.just managed to squeeze it past and France have the early goal! Their
:20:29. > :20:39.early form rather demanded it. Benaglio is beaten. Translate. --
:20:40. > :20:45.France lead. Swung in here and Giroud picking up a place right at
:20:46. > :21:02.the back. Finding a position to get a very strong header in. Benaglio
:21:03. > :21:08.beaten. The question before this game is, how good are the French?
:21:09. > :21:12.That they were not perhaps tested as much as they might have been against
:21:13. > :21:19.Honduras. They have started superbly well year. Matuidi with a second! In
:21:20. > :21:30.the blink of an night, France has a 2-0 lead. Matuidi, the man they call
:21:31. > :21:38.the Marathon man, has done it for France! Hitzfield is shell-shocked.
:21:39. > :21:49.Deschamps cannot believe it. France have a 2-goal lead with 18 minutes
:21:50. > :21:54.played. Well, the Swiss are absolutely shell-shocked. A mistake
:21:55. > :22:05.you are giving France possession. And what about that for a finish
:22:06. > :22:10.from the angle from Matuidi? Only his fourth international goal. My
:22:11. > :22:25.word, that must rank as one of the best. Their 101st World Cup goal.
:22:26. > :22:37.Giroud took them to a century. Matuidi has just taken them beyond.
:22:38. > :22:44.How do Switzerland respond to this? Here come France again. Benzema was
:22:45. > :22:56.the target but it is aware by Lichsteiner. The Arena Fonte Nova is
:22:57. > :23:01.buzzing, not for the first time in this tournament. 12 goals in less
:23:02. > :23:11.than two and a half games seen at this stadium. Confirmation that
:23:12. > :23:18.there were 66 seconds between those two French goals. They have another
:23:19. > :23:31.free kick. Another promising position. Two goals in eight World
:23:32. > :23:43.Cup matches previous two today conceded by Switzerland. And two
:23:44. > :23:49.goals in 66 seconds they have conceded to this electrifying French
:23:50. > :23:59.team. That was wide. I think the flag was up for offside. I think it
:24:00. > :24:31.is Benzema who starts to run a little early.
:24:32. > :24:45.They are rather missing their connections at the moment, the
:24:46. > :24:49.Swiss, rattled by those goals. The French are allowed and proud. --
:24:50. > :25:03.loud. A little coming together here
:25:04. > :25:07.between Olivier Giroud and Stephan Lichtsteiner. The referee will keep
:25:08. > :25:41.an eye on that, I am sure. Nobody in the middle to make
:25:42. > :26:04.anything of that. Here comes Rodriguez.
:26:05. > :26:23.Seferovic tried to get in behind Sakho but the central defender stays
:26:24. > :26:29.strong and makes sure it is out for a free kick -- goalkick. Terrific
:26:30. > :26:35.leap by Olivier Giroud. Despite the very best efforts of Benaglio,
:26:36. > :26:40.unable to keep it out. And literally 66 seconds later, here comes Matuidi
:26:41. > :26:47.with a wonderful finish from the angle. Oh, no! It translates into
:26:48. > :27:16.any language. They will have a throw again, the
:27:17. > :27:46.French. Five internationals before this this
:27:47. > :27:52.year, the French have won four and drawn one, but they have scored 18
:27:53. > :28:01.goals. They are on a terrific strike rate in 2014. You just wonder how
:28:02. > :28:04.form -- far this form can take them. Second behind Spain in qualifying,
:28:05. > :28:10.they had to go through the play-offs. They lost the opening
:28:11. > :28:13.play-off game against Ukraine, which prompted one French newspaper to ask
:28:14. > :28:20.if this was the worst French side in record on history. A 3-0 return when
:28:21. > :28:22.brought them here. What they have been doing since has made quite a
:28:23. > :28:39.few people sit up and take notice. It is all too easy for the French
:28:40. > :28:55.defence. Attacking with real menace again,
:28:56. > :29:05.the French. Benzema! He just tried to push it through.
:29:06. > :29:41.Behrami winning his 50th CAP for Switzerland this afternoon.
:29:42. > :30:12.Free kick for Switzerland. There is a glimmer of hope here.
:30:13. > :30:25.athleticism in the French defensive line. We'll take something good for
:30:26. > :30:38.Switzerland to pierce the armour. -- it will take. The referee settling
:30:39. > :30:46.things down. Sakho having a word. Shaqiri waiting to deliver it. A
:30:47. > :30:57.decent ball, Inler hitting it in, but offside. The flag was up before
:30:58. > :31:08.he got into his celebration proper. I don't think anyone in the stadium
:31:09. > :31:09.expected it to stay down. The man who did strike it home was certainly
:31:10. > :31:33.the tightest of the three. Evra with the header. Giroud.
:31:34. > :31:41.Senderos. Mehmedi winning the challenge. Rodriguez trying to get
:31:42. > :32:09.outside Sissoko, goes back. He has given it away.
:32:10. > :32:10.an injury issue after the first match, but clearly fit enough to
:32:11. > :32:34.play. Giroud with the shot. It is an
:32:35. > :32:43.effort that shows the inflated confidence that the French have
:32:44. > :32:48.about them at the moment. Why wouldn't you have a go from that
:32:49. > :32:54.distance, given the fact that your side is leading 2-0, you have scored
:32:55. > :33:03.one of them? Everything is looking pretty rosy in the French garden at
:33:04. > :33:11.the moment. Here is an opportunity to push the other way, only half
:33:12. > :33:18.away, Shaqiri, right across the face of goal. That close for Switzerland.
:33:19. > :33:27.Given away by the French in the middle, the sharpest response.
:33:28. > :33:36.Shaqiri's shot powered away by Lloris. The keeper got a hand to
:33:37. > :33:44.that. Fingertips. I do think the referee saw it. Seferovic was not
:33:45. > :34:07.far away on the far post. That will give the Swiss plenty of
:34:08. > :34:10.hope with 30 minutes played. Despite those two quickfire goals conceded,
:34:11. > :34:27.there is still potential in this game for them. Shaqiri. Here is
:34:28. > :34:36.Rodriguez. Seferovic. Inler. Xhaka. Shifting its awards Lichtsteiner. --
:34:37. > :34:44.towards. The pass is poor, the hole is being exploited by Benzema.
:34:45. > :34:54.Claims for a penalty, gets the penalty. Djourou chopping at his
:34:55. > :35:03.ankles. The referee had a good line of vision, pointing to the spot.
:35:04. > :35:09.They can complain as much as they like. The Dutch referee will not
:35:10. > :35:15.change his mind here. Benzema, tantalising and teasing, and when
:35:16. > :35:20.Djourou came across with the challenge, there was contact. The
:35:21. > :35:33.referee had an excellent sight of that.
:35:34. > :35:42.I think Djourou is congratulating Karim Benzema on winning that
:35:43. > :35:51.penalty kick. He feels that the referee was fooled.
:35:52. > :35:58.They like their penalties at World Cup finals, do France. Karim Benzema
:35:59. > :36:05.looking for his third of the tournament, he is denied! The
:36:06. > :36:32.follow-up is off the woodwork by Cabaye. Somehow Benaglio gives the
:36:33. > :36:36.Swiss and escape. -- an escape. It was not the best bit penalties, the
:36:37. > :36:43.follow-up from Cabaye should have been buried. Instead, the Swiss
:36:44. > :37:03.survived with a 2-0 deficit when it might have been three. Sissoko
:37:04. > :37:14.looking wide to Debuchy. This is Sissoko. Debuchy. The flexion, could
:37:15. > :37:17.have been helpful. Shaqiri. Matuidi very quickly on to him. Rodriguez
:37:18. > :37:32.put down by Debuchy. Inler. Now Senderos. Looking for the
:37:33. > :38:03.run of Seferovic. Always martialled. You would have expected him to score
:38:04. > :38:08.this every day of the week. Benzema denied, Cabaye at the second time of
:38:09. > :38:26.asking, they did not believe it. Here is Lichtsteiner. Switzerland in
:38:27. > :38:31.danger of being overrun again. Evra leading the charge. Plenty of
:38:32. > :38:56.defenders back, and the pass is poor as well.
:38:57. > :39:18.Rodriguez. Senderos. Inler, the skipper.
:39:19. > :39:29.Djourou. Senderos, playing his third World Cup finals, three games in
:39:30. > :39:36.2006, one game four years ago, when an ankle injury ended his tournament
:39:37. > :39:41.prematurely. An injury today giving him a chance to extend his World Cup
:39:42. > :39:50.experience today. Switzerland pushing forward with Shaqiri, went
:39:51. > :40:00.to ground looking for the free kick. Xhaka. Behrami. Djourou.
:40:01. > :40:10.They are trying to be neat and tidy, but not finding a way to penetrate
:40:11. > :40:15.the French backline. Djourou did not get booked for that penalty, another
:40:16. > :40:17.yellow card would force him to miss the next game with suspension. Here
:40:18. > :40:39.is Senderos, Rodriguez. They may have had their confidence
:40:40. > :40:48.knocked in this first half, the Swiss. Just looking to regroup, if
:40:49. > :40:52.they can. They went behind in the opening game against Ecuador,
:40:53. > :40:58.finding a way back, but that was only one goal. With all due respect
:40:59. > :41:03.to Ecuador, they don't carry the same pedigree as the friendship.
:41:04. > :41:17.Shaqiri, he is a bright spark. Seferovic, but Raphael Varane and,
:41:18. > :41:33.he has support. Benzema trying to make space. -- Raphael Varane. .
:41:34. > :41:38.What is up with Lichtsteiner? I do not think the referee is too
:41:39. > :41:43.impressed. A big smile from the Dutchman. There was a clash of
:41:44. > :42:08.heads. Senderos. Rodrigue is being closed
:42:09. > :42:17.down, again losing it. The French come forward, he comes Ben. Senderos
:42:18. > :42:24.keeping his poise. -- here comes Benzema.
:42:25. > :42:58.Mehmedi. Goal-scoring hero just four days ago. Rodriguez.
:42:59. > :43:09.Skips away from the challenge from Debuchy. Played in four Shaqiri.
:43:10. > :43:24.That is a corner, could have been so much better. Seferovic could have
:43:25. > :43:28.been unremarked, had Shaqiri been able to avoid the violence is of the
:43:29. > :43:39.three defenders. Here comes Rodriguez with the corner.
:43:40. > :43:52.Benzema. Look at the space they have here. Olivier Giroud. With pace and
:43:53. > :44:01.time. Rolling it in for a third goal. It is the little man, Mathieu
:44:02. > :44:13.Valbuena. France have three, they are on their way.
:44:14. > :44:24.The Swiss were torn apart. Once they gave the ball away in their own
:44:25. > :44:26.half, coming from a Swiss corner. Benzema taking control, and off they
:44:27. > :44:34.go. Benzema taking control, and off they
:44:35. > :44:51.There is a staying in every French attack, it seems. -- there is a
:44:52. > :45:04.sting. They have missed a penalty, and yet they still lead 3-0 five
:45:05. > :45:11.minutes of the half remaining. It is painful to watch first Swiss eyes.
:45:12. > :45:16.How do they climb back into this contest? Can they? It is a Swiss
:45:17. > :45:21.side who looked absolutely flat at the moment. -- look. They had to dig
:45:22. > :45:46.deep. Senderos was asking too much of
:45:47. > :45:53.Rodriguez by some distance. The French celebrations already in full
:45:54. > :46:08.flow. They have plenty of tricks up their sleeves in this first half.
:46:09. > :46:23.Matuidi... Real strength and athleticism about this French side.
:46:24. > :46:24.The save from Valbuena. It is a question of how many here at this
:46:25. > :46:50.stage. Every past being cheered by the
:46:51. > :47:48.French and the neutrals alike in the crowd here in Salvador.
:47:49. > :47:57.The French supporters absolutely bouncing in sheer delight with what
:47:58. > :48:35.The way it stands, the French are surely going through. No
:48:36. > :48:43.mathematical certainty with a 3-0 win here. But given their goal
:48:44. > :48:46.difference as well, it will take something absolutely monumental to
:48:47. > :48:57.deny them a place, even now, in that last 16. The Swiss defence perhaps
:48:58. > :49:01.unsettled by the loss of Von Bergen in the early stages. Even so, you
:49:02. > :49:06.would not have bet against the French, the way they have played, in
:49:07. > :49:11.scoring as often as they have, even with Von Bergen on the field. Two
:49:12. > :49:28.minutes of stoppage time. The Swiss are going backwards.
:49:29. > :50:01.A goal back before the break would be very good indeed.
:50:02. > :50:06.Cabaye with the eagle eye darting forward and reading it well, and
:50:07. > :50:07.winning it back. France was another counterattack. We know how this so
:50:08. > :50:46.often ends. Benzema... He cannot pull it back
:50:47. > :50:57.with any real force to truly test Benaglio.
:50:58. > :51:03.Into the final few seconds of this opening half, with the Swiss in
:51:04. > :51:08.possession but very much out of control. The French have been
:51:09. > :51:13.devastated in that opening 45 minutes. -- devastating. Given
:51:14. > :51:22.themselves a winning platform. Giroud, Matuidi and Valbuena the
:51:23. > :51:30.goal-scorers as France racked up three. They even have the luxury of
:51:31. > :51:43.seeing Benzema miss a penalty. France lead Switzerland by 3-0.
:51:44. > :51:51.Eight of Switzerland's last ten World Cup wins have come in the
:51:52. > :51:56.second half of matters. They need three more at the very least this
:51:57. > :52:00.afternoon to get something from this match. They need a miracle against a
:52:01. > :52:14.French side that is running riot and looking very good. Mehmedi... There
:52:15. > :52:18.was a little pull. Seferovic puts it over. It is a bright, encouraging
:52:19. > :52:29.start for the Swiss. They need lots more of that.
:52:30. > :52:39.They have made a change to their personnel in the second half.
:52:40. > :52:52.Gemelli has come on and replaced Behrami. -- Dzemaili. Von Bergen has
:52:53. > :52:55.been taken to hospital with a suspected fractured cheekbone, and
:52:56. > :53:03.also to check out his eye as well because that boot was very close to
:53:04. > :53:13.his eye. Look at the ground that Sakho covered. His timing was
:53:14. > :53:17.perfect. Wonderful defending. Mehmedi thought he was clear. Look
:53:18. > :53:22.at that. The rhetoric. Absolutely the rhetoric. -- terroristic,
:53:23. > :53:57.absolutely terrific. Ottmar Hitzfield no doubt perplexed
:53:58. > :54:02.with what he has seen in the first-half. Impressed, I am sure,
:54:03. > :54:11.quietly with the way the French played it.
:54:12. > :54:17.It is another French corner. They are starting the second half in the
:54:18. > :54:27.manner in which they finished the first.
:54:28. > :54:35.The Swiss under pressure again. The majority of French supporters behind
:54:36. > :54:46.that goal that France attack in this second period.
:54:47. > :55:06.There was not much Sissoko could do with that.
:55:07. > :55:22.France get the free kick. If France win here, and surely they will, as
:55:23. > :55:26.long as Honduras beat Ecuador in the other game, or it is a draw, they
:55:27. > :55:35.will go through for certain. But with six points and a six goal goal
:55:36. > :55:46.difference, it is very hard to see them not qualify from here anyway.
:55:47. > :55:54.A fresh head in the middle of the Swiss midfield, Dzemaili. The Swiss
:55:55. > :56:32.players have been shell-shocked by events so far.
:56:33. > :57:08.That was a rather hopeful effort. The man from Real Sociedad. Like a
:57:09. > :57:14.lot of these Swiss players, he plays with teams who are pretty
:57:15. > :57:21.well-respected in Germany, Italy and Spain.
:57:22. > :57:24.well-respected in Germany, Italy and None of them are real stars at any
:57:25. > :57:35.their clubs. Workmanlike, if you like. They depend more than most on
:57:36. > :57:53.coming together as a team. Not on any kind of individual brilliance.
:57:54. > :57:58.Switzerland sitting deep in the early minutes of the second half.
:57:59. > :58:15.France quite content with how things stand. Shaqiri will get a free kick.
:58:16. > :58:38.Sissoko stretching but not making contact with the ball.
:58:39. > :58:50.A picture of concentration. Shaqiri. He went short. Unable to produce
:58:51. > :58:57.anything like an angle for a real attempt on goal they are for Jack.
:58:58. > :59:07.He has got a corner kick. -- a real attempt on goal therefrom jackass.
:59:08. > :59:21.The French defence at all angles covered. -- had all angles covered.
:59:22. > :59:28.It is thinking time for Ottmar Hitzfield. He will have seen
:59:29. > :59:32.situations like this before. How does he respond? How do his players
:59:33. > :00:02.respond? A different reaction from Didier Deschamps.
:00:03. > :00:30.Bordeaux, when he was coming through as a youngster. Lichtsteiner.
:00:31. > :00:39.Djourou. Here is Senderos. Mehmedi. Senderos called in again. Shaqiri. A
:00:40. > :00:46.little bit of space opening up for that long-range effort. It will take
:00:47. > :00:48.something very special, as the old cliche says, to beat Hugo Lloris
:00:49. > :01:29.from that distance. Evra with their header. Won by
:01:30. > :01:37.Shaqiri. Once again, the Swiss are possibly deciders over their own
:01:38. > :01:41.downfall. Giroud trying the shot from distance that whistles
:01:42. > :01:46.worldwide. Time and again the Swiss have given away possession in their
:01:47. > :01:48.own half, making it very dangerous for themselves, but the French can't
:01:49. > :02:09.prosper this time. The skies above us just beginning to
:02:10. > :02:16.darken, with ten minutes of the second half played. Still a bright
:02:17. > :02:23.outlook from a French point of view, they lead by 3-0, if you are joining
:02:24. > :02:30.us late. Two in the space of 60 seconds, number one and number two
:02:31. > :02:34.macro, Benzema missing a penalty, Valbuena scoring the third to give
:02:35. > :02:35.his side a truly outstanding position to play the second half
:02:36. > :03:09.with. Inler. Dzemaili. Shaqiri has a
:03:10. > :03:26.couple of French defenders with him. Including Varane.
:03:27. > :03:49.Rodriguez. Shaqiri. Here is Rodriguez again. Shaqiri. Rolling it
:03:50. > :03:58.nicely, a chance for Dzemaili. There is something about substitutes in
:03:59. > :04:01.Swiss colours in this tournament, two scoring comeback goals in the
:04:02. > :04:04.last game, a decent opportunity to test Lloris, failing to do so
:04:05. > :04:34.adequately. Senderos. Shaqiri. Riding his luck a
:04:35. > :04:40.little, no shortage of skilled. Rodriguez, another strong challenge
:04:41. > :04:59.from Sissoko, coming last off the Swiss man.
:05:00. > :05:18.Senderos. Dzemaili. Mehmedi is wide on the left. Drawing a couple
:05:19. > :05:23.defenders to him. Senderos. The French are defending tightly at the
:05:24. > :05:27.moment. Not making anything easy for this Swiss side. Lichtsteiner. Here
:05:28. > :05:48.is Djourou. Senderos again. Dzemaili. Evra. A couple of slips,
:05:49. > :05:57.suddenly the French are in attacking mode. Benzema, wide to Valbuena,
:05:58. > :06:03.looking for Giroud. Senderos has to do bit more work. Falling for
:06:04. > :06:10.Benzema. Matuidi. Sissoko is in there. Valbuena, then the shot from
:06:11. > :06:15.Benzema, deflected over for a corner. How quickly they put
:06:16. > :06:21.themselves in that kind of position, the French. Just a couple
:06:22. > :06:31.of errors from the Swiss, and France are all over them. A little bit of
:06:32. > :06:33.luck required for Switzerland to ride out that moment of danger. More
:06:34. > :06:48.to come here. Valbuena, headed away by Inler.
:06:49. > :06:54.Matuidi was in position to launch it back, he has gone all the way back
:06:55. > :06:56.to Hugo Lloris in the French goal. 16 shots for France, 11 of them on
:06:57. > :07:19.target. The French supporters, as you would
:07:20. > :07:23.expect, making quite a noise here. The Brazilians are joining in as
:07:24. > :07:38.well. To ratchet up the atmosphere little. This is Cabaye. Debuchy.
:07:39. > :07:46.Working hard, putting pressure on Rodriguez. He goes flailing to the
:07:47. > :08:00.ground, the referee was well cited, unimpressed by the attempts to win
:08:01. > :08:07.the penalty by Mattia Debuchy. -- Mattia Debuchy.
:08:08. > :08:25.Dzemaili. Shaqiri, back to Djourou. Inler.
:08:26. > :08:41.This is Lichtsteiner. Inler. Shaqiri. He is quick footed and
:08:42. > :08:46.quick-witted, not quick enough to beat the French defence. Then the
:08:47. > :08:59.drifted across, just over the head of a couple. A change for France.
:09:00. > :09:07.Paul Pogba coming on, Olivier Giroud the man coming. His goal starting
:09:08. > :09:18.the French party in the first half. After only 17 minutes.
:09:19. > :09:25.Paul Pogba, he started the first game against Honduras, will take his
:09:26. > :09:52.place. Here is Varane. Inler. They are
:09:53. > :09:58.enjoying time on the ball, the Swiss. Confidence is not shot to
:09:59. > :10:04.pieces by what happened in the first period. You would not want them to
:10:05. > :10:10.throw away all the good work of the last few years, work in progress
:10:11. > :10:20.under Ottmar Hitzfeld. Many in the squad were in the under 17s squad
:10:21. > :10:27.that won a tournament. They have been growing to this tournament,
:10:28. > :10:33.sixth in the world according to the FIFA rankings. They had a bad first
:10:34. > :10:38.half, that does not mean a ban World Cup, depends on how they respond.
:10:39. > :10:47.Dzemaili laying it right. In a virginity for Mehmedi. -- an
:10:48. > :10:54.opportunity for Mehmedi, his first touch was a bit heavy. A glimmer of
:10:55. > :11:01.hope for Switzerland. Finding a way through the French defence. Mehmedi
:11:02. > :11:16.was unmarked. The first touch ballooning it away.
:11:17. > :11:47.A problem for Sakho. It seems to be his lower leg. He had a thigh
:11:48. > :11:51.problem for Liverpool. Not walking very easily at the moment. You
:11:52. > :11:53.wonder if it is a recurrence of the same injury. Looks as if he's coming
:11:54. > :12:08.off. He will be replaced by Lauren
:12:09. > :12:19.Koscielny. A worrying sign for the French. For Sakho especially.
:12:20. > :12:36.Memory do Sakho -- memory Mamadou Sakho retreating to the sidelines,
:12:37. > :13:05.gives Lauren Koscielny a first taste of this World Cup. Koscielny wears
:13:06. > :13:09.the number six shirt at Arsenal, took it over from the man wearing
:13:10. > :13:17.number six for Switzerland, Senderos. An opportunity for
:13:18. > :13:29.Benzema, he will not miss from there. His third World Cup goal.
:13:30. > :13:34.France's seventh in total, their fourth in this match already. It
:13:35. > :13:55.would appear they are flying through to the last 16. It was a Swiss
:13:56. > :14:01.defence in tatters again. Pogba delivering the ball, Benzema onside,
:14:02. > :14:14.Senderos missing the flight, he puts it through the legs of the
:14:15. > :14:30.goalkeeper. Making it 4-0. They are enjoying every moment of their time
:14:31. > :14:36.in Brazil. Midway through the second half, Senderos cannot believe what
:14:37. > :14:43.has befallen him and his team. It will go down as a defensive error
:14:44. > :14:48.from him. Another goal from Benzema, three goals in two macro
:14:49. > :14:49.matches in this World Cup, nine goals in his last eight
:14:50. > :15:26.international appearances. How do Switzerland recover their
:15:27. > :15:43.poise from this? They are making another change. Seferovic is going
:15:44. > :15:53.to be replaced by Drmic. Even Seferovic expected Drmic to start
:15:54. > :16:03.today. The last time France scored four goals in a World Cup game was
:16:04. > :16:16.back in 1998 at the tournament they staged, against Saudi Arabia. They
:16:17. > :16:20.won by 4-0. If memory serves, it was a match at the start to France. --
:16:21. > :16:31.Stander France. France leading by four - zero.
:16:32. > :16:37.Switzerland looking for some kind of response to lift their hopes for the
:16:38. > :16:47.next game at least. This would appear to be a lost cause. 20
:16:48. > :16:58.minutes remaining for them to create some kind of football miracle.
:16:59. > :17:18.Just steered wide. Not a bad effort. Pogba's ball in here and
:17:19. > :17:21.Benzema with his third goal of this World Cup tournament. Putting France
:17:22. > :17:56.out of sight, surely. Valbuena chasing. The finish was
:17:57. > :18:07.nearly very good. Patrice Evra came a long way to get in that position.
:18:08. > :18:13.He could not quite finish it. Picking a whole again in the Swiss
:18:14. > :18:35.defence. Evra just lacking the touch when it mattered.
:18:36. > :18:49.The French playing this now in such an easy way. They have the numbers
:18:50. > :19:09.again here. Pogba! Is five goals for the French! Welcome to the party,
:19:10. > :19:14.Sissoko. They are having a ball. It is so easy on the eye here. And
:19:15. > :19:23.France are laying down the mark at the World Cup finals. Look at the
:19:24. > :19:28.way again they just one picked the Swiss defence. So many men in white
:19:29. > :19:35.shirts. Sissoko on the right side with another fine finish. Benzema
:19:36. > :19:55.the provider. And France have a 5-0 lead. They are sharing the goals
:19:56. > :19:58.around. 2006 was a nightmare for the French. This is something of a dream
:19:59. > :20:29.start to 2014. This is a stadium which has seen
:20:30. > :20:36.more than its fair share of goals already. 15 goals in the three World
:20:37. > :20:42.Cup matches played here, and counting. Still 17 minutes of this
:20:43. > :21:11.one left. Today the Swiss want to end as quickly as possible.
:21:12. > :21:52.They have lost heart, it seems. The Swiss.
:21:53. > :22:04.Three of the French players, by the way, are on yellow cards at the
:22:05. > :22:11.moment. Patrice Evra, Yohan Cabaye and Paul Pogba all have a yellow
:22:12. > :22:15.card to their name. You just wonder whether they might be better off
:22:16. > :22:21.picking up another yellow card, without being too cynical here.
:22:22. > :22:24.Surely the next game for France is not going to matter too much in
:22:25. > :22:31.terms of whether they qualify or not. The goalkeeper saved from
:22:32. > :22:47.Valbuena. The goalkeeper saves again and
:22:48. > :22:51.again, and Senderos hoax it away. The Swiss are rocking and rolling
:22:52. > :23:19.once again. But somehow they survive. Still only five. Only five!
:23:20. > :23:33.That took a deflection on the way through. Somehow they managed to
:23:34. > :23:46.keep that out. A couple of decent saves by Benaglio. Acrobatic stuff
:23:47. > :24:01.from Senderos. Lloris got a left hand to that. From the cusp of
:24:02. > :24:05.disaster when they almost didn't qualify, given how things started in
:24:06. > :24:09.that play-off game against Ukraine, to the point of being installed as
:24:10. > :24:15.potentially one of the favourites for this tournament, France, with
:24:16. > :24:19.the way they have produced the goals and produced the goods in the
:24:20. > :25:32.opening two matches so far. Eight goals scored, none conceded.
:25:33. > :25:37.The French National Convention ringing around the stadium. --
:25:38. > :26:01.national anthem. Time and again they have been
:26:02. > :26:05.overrun in the midfield. It has produced chances for France at the
:26:06. > :26:23.other end. This really has been an
:26:24. > :26:29.extraordinary show by the French. If they finished top of this group, by
:26:30. > :26:45.the way, they will play the runners up in Group F. , Iran and Nigeria in
:26:46. > :26:53.that group. -- Argentina, Bosnia, Iran and Nigeria. Switzerland will
:26:54. > :26:58.still have high hopes of getting through the group. But goal
:26:59. > :27:03.difference against them may prove crucial going into that final game.
:27:04. > :27:17.So getting a goal back just gives them a little bit more optimism.
:27:18. > :27:29.Laurie Cisse beaten! -- Lloris is beaten! What about that from all of
:27:30. > :27:39.30 yards! Dzemaili with a thunderous effort. That has caught them by
:27:40. > :27:46.surprise. Dzemaili through the wall. It didn't do its job. Lloris
:27:47. > :27:52.couldn't get across quick enough. Switzerland have a goal back. Too
:27:53. > :27:55.little, too late to rescue their pride to date but it gives them a
:27:56. > :28:05.little momentum, surely, for the rest of this tournament. In the
:28:06. > :28:19.meantime, France making their change as well. Griezmann waiting on the
:28:20. > :28:23.sidelines. Valbuena comes off. Taking the plaudits from his coach,
:28:24. > :28:28.who will be slightly disappointed to have conceded that goal. But you
:28:29. > :28:35.have two say, only slightly. Griezmann takes his place for the
:28:36. > :29:03.final eight minutes. 5-1 Translate. -- France lead.
:29:04. > :29:30.The linesman has said it is a French throw.
:29:31. > :29:39.60 years ago this very day Hungary beat Germany by 8-3 in the World Cup
:29:40. > :29:42.in Switzerland. You would not have thought there is a risk of that
:29:43. > :29:48.scoreline being beaten today but it is still a very healthy number of
:29:49. > :30:02.goals for France. 5-1 against the Swiss.
:30:03. > :30:20.The highest number of goals in a World Cup match, in case you were
:30:21. > :30:28.wondering, also came in 1954, the Swiss losing 7-5 to Austria. They
:30:29. > :30:42.still went on to reach the quarterfinals. Their best ever
:30:43. > :30:57.finish. Debuchy was offside. Inler. Shaqiri. Lichtsteiner offering the
:30:58. > :31:05.width. Winning a corner. Much brighter from Switzerland. It is too
:31:06. > :31:08.late to have any bearing on the outcome of the game, but still
:31:09. > :31:38.looking for a second here. Shaqiri. Rodriguez. Lichtsteiner, still up
:31:39. > :31:47.there. It has been a day of travel is for the most part for this group
:31:48. > :31:52.of Swiss players. -- a day of troubles. The French are happy to
:31:53. > :32:12.mock them, the sheer delight of a 5-1 lead.
:32:13. > :32:29.Here is Inler. Taking it past Cabaye. Make sure a second man
:32:30. > :32:30.doesn't get past him. A shot. It was Shaqiri trying his luck from that
:32:31. > :33:07.range. It has been outstanding performance
:33:08. > :33:15.by the French today. A wonderful lesson in finishing. Five different
:33:16. > :33:21.goal-scorers. They just seem to be a team flooded with confidence at this
:33:22. > :33:25.stage of the tournament. The question is, have they peaked too
:33:26. > :33:35.soon. Inler with the ball in, another classic finish, Xhaka with
:33:36. > :33:40.another goal back for Switzerland. Had this recovery started earlier,
:33:41. > :33:48.you may have wondered? There is only a few minutes left to play. 5-2 is
:33:49. > :33:55.quite a scoreline. Inler with the ball over the top, the man who made
:33:56. > :34:04.the run was onside, Xhaka. It was a very, very good finish. A more than
:34:05. > :34:33.decent goal in an otherwise lost cause.
:34:34. > :34:42.Switzerland are going again. This will pass on their supporters, the
:34:43. > :34:50.way they have responded. At 5-0, could have shut up shop. Cabaye,
:34:51. > :34:57.that is his second booking, he will miss the final group game, the
:34:58. > :35:02.academic game against Ecuador. From a cynical point of view, not a bad
:35:03. > :35:24.yellow card to pick up, gives him a game. -- a game off. Lichtsteiner.
:35:25. > :35:33.They are hungry for more. Inler. The French defence is being tested here.
:35:34. > :35:39.Inler, Rodriguez. He is the left-back, by the way, underlining
:35:40. > :35:47.their greed for goals. Shaqiri. France playing it away. They bring
:35:48. > :35:58.it away with purpose here. Benzema. Pogba. Benzema macro making a dash
:35:59. > :36:03.in the middle. The ball from Pogba is straight to the goalkeeper. Into
:36:04. > :36:07.the final minute plus whatever time the Dutch referee is going to
:36:08. > :36:20.add-on. It has been enterprising from both sides.
:36:21. > :36:47.The second half, as it stands, as a score of 2-2. -- has.
:36:48. > :36:57.Djourou, recovering back to his goalkeeper. Three minutes to be
:36:58. > :37:08.played at the end of this 90. Will we get more goals here? Rodriguez.
:37:09. > :37:12.Here is Pogba. Sissoko, energetically running down the right
:37:13. > :37:14.flank. They still have a lot of running about them, this French
:37:15. > :37:37.side. Give credit to the way the Swiss
:37:38. > :37:43.have pulled themselves, and their socks up in the final ten minutes of
:37:44. > :37:48.this game. Absolutely overrun by the French for the most part, but they
:37:49. > :37:53.have shown some character to at least get those two late goals, and
:37:54. > :37:57.give themselves some confidence for their final game in the group. They
:37:58. > :38:00.already have three points, qualification to the knockout stages
:38:01. > :38:42.is still very much possible. Mehmedi. Asking too much of him.
:38:43. > :39:03.Looking a little dishevelled as he tried to chase a lost cause.
:39:04. > :39:10.The final 40 seconds of the match remaining. The Swiss have a throw
:39:11. > :39:23.deep in their own half, trailing 5-2. Senderos, Djourou, can they
:39:24. > :39:37.launch a final attack? Dzemaili, the goal-scorer with a free kick.
:39:38. > :40:03.Pogba. Sissoko. Benzema! That is the way to finish. Karim Benzema. Well,
:40:04. > :40:13.the referee has blown his whistle here. I am not sure if this will
:40:14. > :40:18.stand. Karim Benzema may have been denied a second goal in this game, a
:40:19. > :40:26.fourth in the tournament. Available at the referee, he blows the whistle
:40:27. > :40:34.just before Benzema takes aim. The whistle has blown, the goal does not
:40:35. > :40:40.count. Karim Benzema within a split second, and a missed penalty of
:40:41. > :40:42.scoring a hat-trick. France are still won an extraordinary game by
:40:43. > :41:05.5-2. -- France have still won. That is it. Thank you very much for
:41:06. > :41:11.watching. Two live games later, Germany against Ghana, followed by
:41:12. > :41:15.Bosnia against Nigeria. Highlights of those games tomorrow.