Goals and highlights: France 3-2 Georgia in UEFA Euro U21

MATCH ENDS! The central referee blows the final whistle. France opens with a victory in this UEFA Euro U21 and defeats Georgia on the hour in a thrilling close.

France 3-2 Georgia.    

GOOOAAL GOOOAAL GOOAAL GOOAL GOAAL FOR FRANCE! We have the fifth goal of the match and the third for the French national team. Once again, great goal by Thierno Barry who closes the pincer inside the small area and brings this score back.

GOAL DISALLOWED! After a silent review by the central referee with the VAR, it is ruled that Thierno Barry's goal will be disallowed for offside. The score remains a 2-2 draw.     

GOOOAAL GOOOAAL GOOAAL GOOAL GOAAL FOR FRANCE! We have the fifth goal of the match and the third for the French national team. A great goal by Thierno Barry, who scores a powerful right-footed shot from inside the box to bring this score back.

Time added. We have the final minutes of the match where the center referee adds six minutes to this group stage match. We'll see if either of these two teams can score a late winner.  

GOOOAAL GOOOAAL GOOAAL GOOAL GOAAL FOR FRANCE! We have the fourth goal of the match and the second for the French national team. A great goal by Johann Lepenant, who entered the box to take a cross shot from the right and score the equalizer.

The match is paused due to a possible injury. The player who scored the second goal, Saba Sazonov, hurts his left leg. The central referee allows medical assistance to enter the stadium.   

GOOOAAL GOOOAAL GOOAAL GOOAL GOAAL FOR GEORGIA! We have the third goal of the match and the second for the Georgian national team. Saba Sazonov makes it 2-1 after a header from a cross by Abuashvili.

Scored by Abuashvili

1-1 Georgia U21.

OH WOW!!!!!!!!! GIORGI ABUASHVILI SCORES THE EQUALIZER AGAINST FRANCE U21!!!!!!!!!!! NICE GOAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#FRAGEO pic.twitter.com/GqCiPm8e50

— The Football Frame | 🎥✨ (@Fabian_Manu1999) June 14, 2025

GOOOAAL GOOOAAL GOOAAL GOOAL GOAAL FOR GEORGIA! We have the second goal of the match and the first for the Georgian national team. Giorgi Abuashvili makes it 1-1 after a low shot in the center of the box to tie the match.

SUBSTITUTIONS! We have the fourth changes for this match and the second for France.

France: Matthis Abline and Thierno Barry come on to replace Mathys Tel and Wilson Odobert.     

The hour mark has passed and the Georgian national team is starting to put pressure on the French. In the last few minutes, Georgia have been in the box. They tried with a low cross into the box where Abuashvili failed to close the pincer to get a shot off.

SUBSTITUTIONS! We have the third changes for this match and the second for the Georgian national team.

Georgia: Gabriel Sigua and Vasilios Gordeziani enter the field to replace their teammates Irakli Yegoian and Lasha Odisharia.

SUBSTITUTIONS! We have the second substitutions of this match and the first for the French national team.

France: Félix Lemaréchal is injured and Loum Tchaouna replaces him and enter to the field.

Alarm bells are ringing in the France team! Félix Lemaréchal is lying on the pitch with severe pain in his leg. The central referee allows the assistance to enter and it seems that the 21 jersey will not be able to continue.

REESTEESS! What a great save by the French goalkeeper. The Georgian player, Abuashvili, takes a powerful shot from outside the box that was going straight to goal, but with a hand, the French goalkeeper deflects the ball and avoids the goal.

SUBSTITUTIONS! We have the first changes for this match and the first for the Georgian national team.

Georgia: Otar Mamageishvili and Giorgi Abuashvili enter the field to replace teammates Gizo Mamageishvili and Luka Gagnidze.

CLOOSEEERR! Georgia's cross into the box finds player number 7, Tel, and the Frenchman's right-footed shot is dangerously over-hit. The ball went down but ended up going slightly wide.   

SECOND HALF! The referee's whistle has blown! The match between the France national team and the Georgia national team is resuming with the second half at the Stadium Pod Dubnom in the city of Zilina, Slovakia.

HALF TIME! The central referee blows the whistle for the end of the first half and we go to the break at the Stadium Pod Dubno where the French are leading by one goal to zero in this first half.

Time added! We play the extra minutes of the first half. The referee adds only two minutes to this first half. Let's see if Georgia can score the equalizer before the break.     

Yellow card! The referee shows the third caution of the match and it is the second for the Georgia team. The number 6 shirt, Nodar Lominadze, is shown the yellow card for a foul in the middle of the field.

Final minutes of the first half! We'll see if France can hold on to their one-goal lead in this first half, or if Georgia can get the equalizer before going into the halftime break.    

Scored by Tel

GOAL: Mathys Tel scores for France. Fully COYS 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/IqLmMCt5e6

— SpursOTM (@SpurOTM) June 14, 2025

GOOOAAL GOOOAAL GOOAAL GOOAL GOAAL FOR FRANCE! We have the first goal of the match and the first is for the French national team. Mathys Tel makes it 1-0 from the penalty spot and the French already win it.

PENALTY PENALTY PENALTY! The central referee awards a penalty to France in the 33rd minute. Sazonov commits a penalty for a foul on Tel and the Georgia player also gets the second yellow card of the match.

FIRST ARRIVAL OF GEORGIA! The Georgian national team had the first arrival with a cross into the box that was chested down by Mamageishvili, but his shot was blocked and the referee flagged offside.

A series of fouls in midfield in the last five minutes of this first half. The Georgian National team can not get past the midfield and is desperate to get into the opponent's area.   

GREAT SAVE! Georgia's goalkeeper saves the first goal of the match. France takes a free kick near the box where Tel takes a shot on goal that Kharatishvili deflects with two hands to keep out the goal.

CLOOOSEEER! The french player, Johann Lepenant, right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide of the goal after collecting a free kick in the attacking half.         

We reached the first quarter of the match with very little excitement at the start of the first half. France looks better with possession, but still does not generate scoring chances. Georgia, on the other hand, can't find any space.

Yellow card! The referee shows the first caution of the match and it's the first for the France team. The number 8 jersey, Johann Lepenant, has been shown the yellow card for dangerous play.   

The Georgians have a free kick and Maisuradz takes the ball and takes the foul to send a cross into the box that goes wide and no one is able to get a header on target to create a scoring opportunity.

The start of the match was very tight in midfield where both teams had to resort to fouls to gain possession of the ball. We'll see if the referee issues cards in these first few minutes.    

FIRST TIME The central referee's whistle has blown! The match between the national team of France and Georgia has started at the Stadium Pod Dubnom in the city of Zilina, Slovakia. A match full of emotions awaits us.

23 Kharatishvili, 18 Maisuradze, 16 Sazonov, 4 Khvadagiani, 16 Azarov, 11 Mamageishvili, 6 Lominadze,  7 Odisharia, 21 Egoyan, 9 Kvernadze.

This is France's starting lineup

👥 Voici le 𝟏𝟏 𝐝𝐞 𝐝𝐞́𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 choisi par Gérald Baticle pour affronter la Géorgie 🇬🇪 dans ce 2e match de poule de l’Euro Espoirs 💪

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— Equipe de France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) June 14, 2025

Both the French team and the team from Gerogia have already taken the field at the Pod Dubnom stadium where they are warming up before the match, which is just minutes away from kicking off.      

This is the group shared by France and Georgia. It is sector C where both teams are second and first in the group, respectively. The opposite is the case of Portugal and Poland, who are at the bottom of the sector.

This is the refereeing team that will be in charge of dispensing justice in this match.

Jakob Sundberg (center referee)

Victor Skytte (first assistant)

Deniz Yurdakul (second assistant referee)

Manfredas Lukjančukas (fourth official)

Jonas Hanseno (VAR)

The history of clashes between these two teams is relatively short as they have only 2 previous matches between them, where the result has ended in two wins for the French and none for Georgia. No draws have been recorded either.

They are already at the stadium! The protagonists have arrived. Both the players of the French national team and the Georgian national team are already at the Stadium Pod Dubnom for the second group stage match.

The stadium that will host this match will be Stadium Pod Dubnom, which was inaugurated in 1941. It has a capacity to hold just over 11 thousand spectators. It is located in the city of Zilina, Slovakia.

We resume again our VAVEL coverage. There is just under an hour to go until this match between France and Georgia, corresponding to the group stage of the U21 Euro, kicks off at the Stadium Pod Dubnom. Both teams want the victory to continue the good momentum. Follow all our coverage on VAVEL.

In a few moments we will share with you the starting lineups for France vs Georgia, as well as the latest information from the Stadium Pod Dubnom. Don't miss any details of the match with VAVEL's live online minute-by-minute coverage.

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This is the last lineup used by the Georgian national team in its most recent match against Poland:

23 Kharatishvili, 18 Maisuradze, 16 Sazonov, 4 Khvadagiani, 16 Azarovi, 17 Sigua, 6 Lominadze, 10 Gagnidze, 7 Odisharia, 20 Abuashvili, 9 Kvernadze.

This is the last lineup used by the France national team in its most recent match against Portugal:

16 Restes, 5 Sildillia, 4 Matsima, 2 Lukeba, 3 Merlin, 20 Diouf, 8 Lepenant, 19 Doukouré, 10 Odobert, 9 Abline, 7 Tel.

The center referee for the match between France and Georgia will be Danish referee Jakob Sundberg. The remaining refereeing team is to be confirmed soon.             

On the other hand, the Georgian national team started off on the right foot in this U21 Euro. On matchday 1, they got off on the right foot with a 2-1 win over Poland, with goals by Lominadze and Gordeziani, which keeps them at the top of Group C with 3 points.

With a draw today, they could seal their place in the next round, but they should not be overconfident against one of the tournament's favorite teams.

The French national team looks like the favorite team in group C, however, it did not start in the best way this European tournament.

The debut of the French team began its participation in Euro 2025 last Wednesday, June 11, when it faced the Portuguese national team. That match ended in a goalless draw, so today they will have to go all out in search of victory if they do not want to stay out of the qualifiers. In their most recent five-game unbeaten streak, they are undefeated with 3 ties and 2 wins.

We reached the month of June in this summer season with several continental tournaments at national team and club level with the World Cup. On this Saturday noon, we will have a very striking match corresponding to the group stage of sector C of the UEFA Euro U21 between two good teams. The FStadium Pod Dubnom will witness this clash between the national team of France and the national team of Georgia. Both teams will want to continue the good streak in this tournament, as both share the group C and are fighting to stay at the top of their sector and qualify for the next round so they will seek to stay in top form and get the win in this match. Will the home or the visitors be able to achieve victory? Or will it end in a draw? Find out on VAVEL.

The group stage match between the national team of France National Team and Georgia National Team will be played at the Stadium Pod Dubnom Žilina, in the city of Zilina, Slovakia. Kick-off is scheduled for 15:00 hours (ET time).

Hello all VAVEL readers! Welcome to the live broadcast of the match between the France national team and the Georgia national team, corresponding to a group stage match of the group C of the U21 Euro. Follow all our coverage on VAVEL and don't miss any details of this match.