Norway second half substitute saves them from another defeat as they manage to eke out a draw with France

France 1 Norway 1
2005 UEFA Championship Finals
Thursday, June 9, 2005
Halliwell Jones, Warrington

Scoring
France Mufgneret-Béhgé, 20th. minute
Norway Herlovsen, 66th.

Match
France took the game to Norway from the start, and dominated the play in the first half. The Norwegians looked slow and unsure relying on their physical presence to stay in the match. The French squad always looked dangerous, especially up front where they left the Norwegian defense in some sort of quandary. Norway came out in a more competitive mood for the second half , and finally were able to rescue some face in the last half hour.

Norway
1. Nordby, Bente
2. Stangeland, Ane-Captain
3. Folstad, Gunhild
4. Stensland, Ingrid
5. Nordby, Siri
6. Christensen, Marit
7. Renning, Trine
8. Gulbrandsen, Solveig
10. Lehn, Unni (9.Herlovsen, Isabell, 46)
14. Mellgren, Dagny
19. Frantzen, Stine (20. Klaveness, Lise, 64)

Substitutes not used
11.Kaufmann, Maritha
12. Hjelmseth, Ingrid-GK
13. Nilsen, Christine-GK
15. Heimlund, Tone
16. Bjerke, Kristin B.
17. Paulsen, Marianne
18. Knutsen, Marie
Head Coach Bjarne Berntsen
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France
20. Bouhaddi, Sarah-GK
3. Provost, Peggy
4. Georges, Laura
5. Diacre, Corinne
6. Soubeyrand, Sandrine
7. Mugneret-Béghé (17. Kramo, Marie-Ange)
8. Bompastor, Sonia-Captain
9. Pichon, Marinette
11. Dusang, Sandrine
18. Lattaf, Hoda
19. Bussaglia, Elise

Substitutes not used
1. Capy, Sandrine-GK
2 Viguer, Sabrina
10. Herbet, Candie
12. Abily, Camille,
13. Casseleux, Anne Laure
14. Necib, Louisa
15. Thomis, Elodie
16. Deville, Céline-GK

Head Coach Elisabeth Loisel
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Officials
Referee Gyöngyi Gaal (Hungary)
Asst.Refs.
Blazenka Logarusic (Croatia)
Miroslava Migalova (Slovakia)
4th. Official
Wendy Toms (England)