Friendly in Marseille, February 25, 1998
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France - Norway 3-3 (2-1)
Stade Velodrome
Att: 55 000
0-1 Frank Strandli (pen. 13)
1-1 Laurent Blanc (23)
2-1 Zinedine Zidane (28)
2-2 Tore André Flo (67)
2-3 Vegard Heggem (89)
3-3 Marcel Desailly (90)
Referee: Jan Wegreef, Netherlands.
Yellow card: Bernard Diomede, Laurent Blanc, France, Lars
Bohinen, Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Norway.

Line-ups
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  France (4-4-2): Fabien Barthez - Lilian Thuram, Laurent
Blanc, Marcel Desailly, Alain Boghossian - Robert Pires, Didier
Deschamps, Zinedine Zidane (Claude Makele from 61.), Bernard
Diomede - Youri Djorkaeff, Stephane Guivarc'h (David Trezeguet
from 61.).

  Norway (4-5-1): Frode Grodås - Alf-Inge Håland, Claus Lundekvam,
Henning Berg, Stig Inge Bjørnebye - Petter Rudi (Vidar Riseth from
46.), Erik Mykland, Bent Skammelsrud, Lars Bohinen (Vegard Heggem
from 79.), Frank Strandli (Egil Østenstad from 85.) - Tore André
Flo.


Match report
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As I didn't watch the game myself, this report will be short.

Appearantly, France dominated the game until Zidane left the field.
Then. things got more even. but based on chances France should have
won this game. Norway had 4-5 opportunities and scored 3 goals! The
first after an inexplicable hand ball in the penalty area by Blanc,
and subsequent conversion by Strandli. The second after a long
free-kick was headed into the path of Flo, who directed the ball into
the net with his head. And the third after good work by sub Riseth on the
left hand side, and his cross was with a first-time shot by another
sub Heggem. Still this wasn't enough for a win, as France almost
immediately scored the tying goal on the stroke of full time.

Of the players, Grodås had a reasonable game in goal, after spending
9 months on the substitute bench at Chelsea and Tottenham. The defence
was not so good, as three goals against should testify. Bohinen had
his first game in the national team for some years, but didn't impress
enough to be selected the next time. Rudi was weak, and his replacement
Riseth was much better. Heggem got his international debut, and didn't
look out of it at all.

Next game will be against Belguim in a month when more testing of
players and combinations are expected.