Russian HC Dobriakov was very dissapointed after the game and said that the french team won on their speed and that the french defens played much better than he expected.
French HC Paul Vincent Miraval were more happy how his team performed. They have played better and better the longer the Championship has gone but he doesn’t think that they are the favourites in the final. Now they have three days of before the final to rest and get into shape. They will tour Stockholm with the players and have light practises. They will also make some minor adjustments on their own game and set up a good game plan for the final.
More pictures of the game can be fetched from photographer Cecilia Håkanssons homepage later on today or tomorrow at: www.cillen.com/ejc2006
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Russia.............. 0 0 0 0 - 0 Record: (1-2,1-2)
France.............. 7 21 14 20 - 62 Record: (3-0,3-0)
Scoring Summary:
1st 01:02 FR - T Baldini 3 yd run (A Bouayach kick), 9 plays, 89 yards, TOP 3:23, RU 0 - FR 7
2nd 07:07 FR - S Delaval 48 yd run (A Bouayach kick), 5 plays, 76 yards, TOP 2:44, RU 0 - FR 14
06:09 FR - A Bouayach 11 yd pass from P Durand (A Bouayach kick), 2 plays, 16 yards, TOP
0:50, RU 0 - FR 21
02:22 FR - J Bizet 11 yd run (A Bouayach kick), 6 plays, 65 yards, TOP 1:42, RU 0 - FR 28
3rd 08:02 FR - T Lapios 3 yd pass from M Saint Denis (A Bouayach kick), 6 plays, 66 yards, TOP
1:58, RU 0 - FR 35
03:40 FR - JB Duarte 62 yd run (A Bouayach kick), 1 play, 62 yards, TOP 0:15, RU 0 - FR 42
4th 09:51 FR - JB Duarte 18 yd run (A Bouayach kick), 4 plays, 35 yards, TOP 2:04, RU 0 - FR 49
09:30 FR - Y Kamga 20 yd run (A Bouayach kick), 1 play, 20 yards, TOP 0:09, RU 0 - FR 56
06:35 FR - S Delaval 58 yd pass from M Saint Denis (A Bouayach kick failed), 1 play, 58
yards, TOP 0:13, RU 0 - FR 62
RU FR
FIRST DOWNS................... 12 26
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 35-128 31-394
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 64 127
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 15-6-2 12-7-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 50-192 43-521
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 0-0 0-0
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 6-102 0-0
Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 2-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 4-25.3 0-0.0
Fumbles-Lost.................. 4-3 0-0
Penalties-Yards............... 9-72 8-65
Possession Time............... 24:23 15:37
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 1-6
RUSHING: Russia-D Sidorov 14-48; A Medvedev 6-24; K Chekhov 5-23; A
Shaykhiev 2-22; D Kleymenov 1-12; M Borisenkov 2-5; V Fatyukin 1-3; S
Simakov 2-2; E Garanin 2-minus 11. France-JB Duarte 5-111; J Bizet 6-79; S
Delaval 2-61; Y Kamga 6-48; J Siwiela 3-42; P Thorrignac 3-26; T Baldini
3-21; J Zanchi 2-6; M Saint Denis 1-0.
PASSING: Russia-A Shaykhiev 5-12-1-60; K Chekhov 1-3-1-4. France-M
Saint Denis 6-11-0-116; P Durand 1-1-0-11.
RECEIVING: Russia-K Chekhov 2-42; V Belenko 2-9; A Medvedev 1-8; M
Batishev 1-5. France-S Delaval 2-72; T Lapios 2-10; J Zanchi 1-38; A
Bouayach 1-11; P Thorrignac 1-minus 4.
INTERCEPTIONS: Russia-None. France-G Masnil Blanc 1-0; K Marchandise
1-0.
SACKS (UA-A): Russia-None. France-B Mimouni 1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): Russia-D Khotsinskiy 4-3; Y Khotsinskiy 4-3; A
Yachrov 2-2; A Galkin 2-1; A Kishkaruk 1-2; R Azizov 1-1; A Pugovkin 1-1; V
Kartashov 1-1; A Vorobyev 1-0; R Khisyametdino 1-0; D Filipov 1-0; I
Presnyakov 1-0; Y Kostomarov 0-1; E Kablukov 0-1. France-M Malavard 4-5; J
Zuppardi 3-3; B Simon 3-2; V Blond 1-4; B Mimouni 2-2; JB Senecot 2-2; E
Maitrel 1-3; G Masnil Blanc 0-4; G Ryon 0-4; P Meneguzzi 3-0; K Sejean 1-2;
PY Ducher 1-2; T Capitaine 1-2; K Marchandise 0-3; G Cher 1-0; M Chaboud
1-0; P Thorrignac 0-1; M Fuss 0-1.