{"id":1368,"date":"2019-11-20T14:18:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T14:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/website.euronews.al\/en\/i-pakategorizuar\/2019\/11\/20\/france-celebrate-2-0-win-in-albania-s-new-stadium\/"},"modified":"2019-11-20T14:18:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T14:18:22","slug":"france-celebrate-2-0-win-in-albania-s-new-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/france-celebrate-2-0-win-in-albania-s-new-stadium\/","title":{"rendered":"France celebrates 2-0 win in Albania&#8217;s new stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World champions France produced a fitting inaugural match in Albania\u2019s newly-built Arena Kombetare stadium after goals from Corentin Tolisso and Antoine Griezmann gave them a 2-0 win in a Euro 2020 Group H qualifier on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Having already booked their berth in next year\u2019s 24-nation tournament, France finished top of the group on 25 points from 10 games, two ahead of second-placed Turkey who cruised to a 2-0 win at Andorra.<\/p>\n<p>Albania, who had no chance of breaking into the top two, looked subdued in front of a passionate home crowd and UEFA dignitaries including the soccer governing body\u2019s chief Aleksander Ceferin.<\/p>\n<p>Tolisso fired the French into an eighth-minute lead when he headed home superbly inside the near post after Griezmann swung in an inviting free kick from the left.<\/p>\n<p>Griezmann netted the second in the 31st minute when he turned in a sharp low cross by Leo Dubois, as the gulf in class between the two sides was everywhere to be seen in front of a capacity 22,000 crowd.<\/p>\n<p>France continued to press after the break and Olivier Giroud missed three chances to extend their lead, having twice been denied by goalkeeper Etrit Berisha before hitting the post with a fierce shot from inside the penalty area.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey, who also sealed qualification with a match to spare, breezed past Andorra thanks to a first-half brace from striker Enes Unal.<\/p>\n<p>In the group\u2019s other fixture, Iceland eked out a 2-1 win in Moldova and although the Nordic nation failed to progress from the group, they will have another chance through the playoffs in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World champions France produced a fitting inaugural match in Albania\u2019s newly-built Arena Kombetare stadium after goals from Corentin Tolisso and Antoine Griezmann gave them a 2-0 win in a Euro 2020 Group H qualifier on Sunday. 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