Prancis Ditekuk 2-0 di Kiev oleh Ukraina
France were Beaten 2-0 in Kiev by Ukraina
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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Kiev (B2B) - Prancis menghadapi prospek gagal berpartisipasi di turnamen utama untuk pertama kalinya dalam 20 tahun, ketika mereka kalah 0-2 saat bertandang ke Ukraina pada pertandingan pertama playoff Piala Dunia 2014 pada Sabtu dini hari (16/11).
Les Bleus, yang terakhir kali absen di turnamen utama ketika mereka gagal lolos ke putaran final Piala Dunia 1994, kemasukan gol Roman Zozulia tidak lama setelah pertandingan berlangsung 60 menit, dan penalti Andriy Yarmolenko, empat hari sebelum pertandingan kedua di Stade de France, seperti dilansir Yahoo News.
Pemain Prancis Laurent Koscielny dan pemain tuan rumah Oleksandr Kucher diusir keluar lapangan di masa tambahan waktu, ketika Ukraina mengambil langkah maju untuk mengamankan kesertaan mereka di Piala Dunia untuk kedua kalinya setelah mencapai perempat final pada 2006.
Prancis memiliki peluang dari upaya Samir Nasri dan mampu mengguncang tebalnya pertahanan Ukraina.
Kiev - Lackluster France faced the embarrassing prospect of missing out on a major tournament for the first time in 20 years when they lost 2-0 away to Ukraine in the first leg of their World Cup playoff tie on Friday.
Each team picked up a red card as Les Bleus, who last missed a major competition when they failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup finals, succumbed to Roman Zozulia´s goal shortly after the hour and Andriy Yarmolenko´s 82nd minute penalty.
France´s Laurent Koscielny and the home side´s Oleksandr Kucher were sent off in injury time ahead of the return leg at the Stade de France on Tuesday when Ukraine will start as favorites to secure their second World Cup appearance.
France - World Cup winners in 1998 - barely had a chance apart from a Samir Nasri effort and were shaken throughout by a bold Ukraine side, who reached the quarter-finals in 2006.
