Ruidiaz cannot control a long ball forward and France work it into the feet of Giroud. He drives into the box, but is denied a goal by a good challenge from Ramos.
90' +3
Peru win a free-kick and the ball goes long into the box from the boot of Advincula, but Guerrero's header travels out harmlessly for a goal-kick.
90' +2
WIDE! Matuidi goes for a strike to nothing on the edge of the box on the volley, just sending his effort wide of the post.
90' +1
Fekir wins a free-kick in the corner to take further time off the clock. France are in no hurry here.
90'
There will be four minutes of added time. Peru have to find a goal to keep their World Cup hopes alive.
89'
S. Nzonzi enters the game and replaces P. Pogba.
N'Zonzi enters the action for the final stages to replace Pogba. Deschamps is shutting up shop.
87'
SAVE! Guerrero goes for goal and he lifts his effort over the wall, but it does not have the power or curl to trouble Lloris, who makes a comfortable save.
86'
P. Pogba gets yellow.
Pogba catches Farfan with an outstretched arm and he goes into the book. Peru have a free-kick in a decent position.
85'
Umtiti rises at the back post to clear the danger. He has been a rock at the back for his side for the majority of the game. Umtiti was beaten only once and Guerrero failed to make him pay.
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84'
Guerrero makes a charge down the left channel and he wins a corner off the legs of Pavard. Peru send numbers forward to attack the set-piece.
82'
R. Ruidíaz enters the game and replaces C. Cueva.
WIDE! Dembele goes for the kill as he latches on to Giroud's knockdown. He drills a low effort towards the net from the edge of the box, only to pull his strike wide of the mark.
Last roll of the dice for Peru as Ruidiaz replaces Cueva.
81'
P. Aquino gets yellow.
Aquino is booked for pulling back Fekir on the charge. The referee initially booked Flores, but with the aid of VAR, the official made the correct call.
80'
N. Fekir enters the game and replaces A. Griezmann.
Griezmann makes way for France after an underwhelming display. Fekir replaces him for the final 10 minutes.
79'
OFFSIDE! Guerrero has not been at his best this afternoon. He mistimes his run from Cueva's throughball and the linesman immediately raises his flag. Disappointing from the Peru forward.
77'
Peru are running out of time to break down Les Bleus. They've put forward a fine display, but have lacked the quality in the final third.
75'
O. Dembélé enters the game and replaces K. Mbappé.
Mbappe is withdrawn for the fresh legs of Dembele down the right flank.
73'
WIDE! Peru send a long ball forward as Guerrero battles Umtiti. It lands at the feet of Cueva, who sends the ball out wide for Carrillo. He fires the ball across the face of goal. Farfan sticks out a leg in the left inside channel, but the ball strikes only the sidenetting.
71'
France are trying to take the pace out of the game. Peru have thrived when the tempo has been increased, but Les Bleus are trying to stifle that flair with a slow build.
69'
Guerrero battles Umtiti in the final third and Peru are able to win a corner as the ball comes off the France defender last. However, a foul on Giroud from the resulting set-piece gives Les Bleus breathing space.
68'
OVER! Advincula and Carrillo combine down the right flank. The full-back cuts back to shoot on his left foot with a rasping effort at goal, which sails just a fraction over the bar.
67'
Flores works the ball into the box for Guerrero, but he meets the ball with his head and knocks it away from danger. He has not been at his best this afternoon.
65'
France have dropped back into a defensive shape to absorb the pressure. However, they have ample pace on the break to exploit space when the Peru full-backs push forward.
62'
OVER! Peru work the ball well in the final third and it hands Carrillo space to fire a drive towards the net. He gets the power, but not the accuracy on his shot, which sails over the bar.
61'
Advincula makes a break down the right flank and bursts past Hernandez to cross the ball into the box. However, Umtiti clears the danger with ease in the middle.
59'
Carrillo goes on the charge and attempts to break between Matuidi and Hernandez on the edge of the box. He flings himself down under pressure, but the referee tells him to get to his feet.
58'
Deschamps' men are taking control of the contest in the early stages of the second half. They're giving Peru little to no room to exploit.
57'
Mbappe rises from the corner with Gallese in the middle. Fortunately for the South American side, the ball bounces safely before they can clear the danger.
56'
France are working the ball around the Peru backline deep in the final third. Pogba teases his man before winning a corner for his team.
54'
Giroud wins a header in the box from the free-kick and the ball bounces awkwardly, although Gallese is able to come through to gather it ahead of a couple of blue shirts.
Carrillo sends Hernandez tumbling to the floor on the left flank. It's another free-kick to France.
52'
Farfan brings down Mbappe on the charge and hands France a free-kick on the left flank. Les Bleus pour men forward into the box.
50'
OFF THE POST! Farfan tees up Aquino on the edge of the box. He makes sweet contact with his right-footed strike. It pings off his foot and travels towards the top corner, but his effort hits the upright and travels behind for a goal-kick. Peru inches away from an equaliser.
48'
Umtiti is back on his feet and we're back underway in the contest.
47'
Farfan and Umtiti collide in the air and the defender receives a knee to the thigh. He tumbles to the deck in agony. A sore one for the Barcelona man.
46'
J. Farfán enters the game and replaces Y. Yotún.
A. Santamaría enters the game and replaces A. Rodríguez.
Peru make their intentions known by adding a second forward at the break as Farfan replaces holding midfielder Yotun.
Santamaria enters the fold at the break to replace Rodriguez.
We're back underway in Ekaterinburg.
45' +3
HALF-TIME: FRANCE 1-0 PERU
45' +2
Griezmann makes an incisive pass towards Giroud on the edge of the box, but Trauco gets across to make an important challenge.
45'
There will be two minutes of added time.
43'
Mbappe raids into acres of space in the right inside channel and he cuts the ball back towards the middle, but Cueva is there to clear the danger for Peru.
42'
WIDE! Kante rolls the ball towards Griezmann on the edge of the box and he offloads immediately behind him for Hernandez. He goes for the blast, but sees his effort blocked by a wall of players. His second effort travels wide of the post on the half-volley.
40'
France break on the counter through Mbappe and he offloads to Griezmann in space. The Atletico Madrid forward tries to pick out Giroud at the back post, but Gallese is off his line to gather ahead of the Chelsea man.
38'
Carrillo has switched flanks and he tries to work the ball in towards Guerrero in the box, but the solid line of France defenders are there to deny the Peru forward.
36'
Peru just lost their composure at the back and Les Bleus were clinical enough to expose their deficiencies. The South American side have a lot of work ahead of them now to get back into the game.
34'
K. Mbappé has scored a goal for France!
GOALLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!! MBAPPE TAPS HOME!!!! FRANCE LEAD 1-0!!! This time Mbappe does find the net as he converts from close range. Giroud did the hard work with a run into the box to latch on to Griezmann's throughball. His strike was deflected by Ramos, but it beat Gallese. Mbappe followed the ball in and was able to guide it over the line. A hammer blow for Peru.
33'
CLOSE! Pogba unlocks the Peru defence with a fine lofted pass over the top of the line for Mbappe. He has his back to goal and has to strike it at an awkward angle. Mbappe can't quite connect and it allows Gallese to make the save.
32'
That was the opening that Peru were searching for in the final third. They will not get many better than that, but the striker failed to hit the corners with his left-footed drive.
30'
CHANCE! Flores feeds the ball into Guerrero in the box and he takes a good first touch to get away from Umtiti. He only has to place his strike either side of Lloris, but he goes straight at the keeper, who makes a solid stop.
28'
Guerrero, Cueva and Carrillo attempt to probe down the right flank, but between Umtiti and Hernandez, Les Bleus do enough to thwart another Peru attack.
26'
Peru are being urged forward by the noise of their fans around the stadium. They're not backing down from the challenge and France are having to work hard at the back to keep them in check.
24'
France clear the corner as far as Flores, who goes for a strike from 20 yards on his left foot. The attempt does not have a lot going for it, being pulled well wide of the target.
23'
P. Guerrero gets yellow.
Advincula has acres of space to drive into down the right flank. He goes for the early cross, but Hernandez gets back to divert the ball out for a corner.
Guerrero and Umtiti have a disagreement and it results in the Peru forward entering the book for his reaction.
22'
It has been an action-packed contest thus far. Both sides are going for it in the final third, leaving plenty of space for counters.
20'
Rodriguez fouls Umtiti in the box from the free-kick and it hands France an opportunity to clear their lines.
19'
Trauco finds space down the left and his attempted cross into the box hits the hand of Pavard. The referee awards a free-kick to the South American side.
18'
Griezmann makes a run into the right inside channel to latch on to Pavard's long ball forward. He cuts it back into the middle with a desperate left boot, but Gallese gathers with ease.
16'
B. Matuidi gets yellow.
Matuidi catches Advincula late on the flank and goes into the book for his challenge.
SAVE! Griezmann latches on to a loose ball in the penalty area and fires low towards goal, but Gallese is down to make the stop with his legs.
15'
PENALTY SHOUT! Mbappe slides a pass to Giroud, who returns with a backheel towads the PSG forward. Mbappe goes down under pressure in the box, but the referee turns down his appeal for a penalty.
14'
CHANCE! Varane should put France ahead. He rises to head Griezmann's corner from the left towards goal. He gets ahead of his man to head towards the far side of the goal, but the defender places his effort wide of the post.
13'
Mbappe and Hernandez combine down the flank and it forces Cueva to turn the ball behind for a France corner.
12'
CLOSE! Pogba turns his man 25 yards from goal and goes for a right-footed strike. He gets the power on his effort and curl towards the bottom corner. It bounces awkwardly in front of Gallese, although it drifts just wide of the target.
11'
WIDE! Giroud makes a nuisance of himself in the final third and the ball deflects to Griezmann in the right inside channel. He goes for the strike from a tight angle on his right foot, but he places his effort wide of the post.
9'
Carillo gets the better of Hernandez down the right flank to lift a cross into the box. However, it sails over the head of Flores attacking the delivery at the back post.
7'
Cueva and Guerrero combine in the final third, but a strong challenge from Umtiti stops the progress for the Peru forward.
6'
Yotun goes for goal from the half-way line and he makes a sweet connection on his strike. Lloris backpedals towards his goal, although the ball sails comfortably over the bar.
4'
The Ekaterinburg Arena is full to the brim of Peru supporters. It will be an intimidating atmosphere for Les Bleus for 90 minutes this afternoon.
3'
Carrillo takes on Hernandez again down the right flank, testing the full-back. He sends a low cross into the box, although Varane is able to clear the danger.
Carrillo is down on the deck after crossing the ball and play has to stop for him to get back to his feet.
2'
Carrillo has a dart at Hernandez down the right flank, but the full-back holds his composure to make the challenge.
1'
We're underway in this Group C contest.
Hello and welcome to live text commentary of the Group C match between France and Peru at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
France kicked off their World Cup campaign with a 2-1 win over Australia. Les Bleus were far from their best, but strikes from Antoine Griezmann and Paul Pogba were enough to guide them to the three points. Didier Deschamps' men were grateful to VAR for their opening goal as Griezmann was brought down by Josh Risdon in the box. Initially the referee waved play on, but the decision was overturned allowing the forward to score from the spot.
Peru were beaten 1-0 by Denmark in their opener as Yussuf Poulsen's strike condemned them to defeat. The South American side now need at least a point this afternoon to keep their hopes of reaching the knockout phase alive. There's enough talent in their squad to give Les Bleus a tough match and they will need to rise to the occasion to produce a famous result in Ekaterinburg.
Denmark and Australia played out a 1-1 draw in the earlier Group C contest today. Therefore France can secure their place in the knockout phase of the tournament with a victory. However, Deschamps will have his sights set on going through as winners of the group.
Let's take a look at the two teams this afternoon, starting with Les Bleus.
FRANCE (4-2-3-1): Hugo Lloris; Benjamin Pavard, Raphael Varane, Samuel Umtiti, Lucas Hernandez; Paul Pogba, N'Golo Kante; Kylian Mbappe, Antoine Griezmann, Blaise Matuidi; Olivier Giroud.
France subs: Presnel Kimpembe, Thomas Lemar, Ousmane Dembele, Corentin Tolisso, Steven N'Zonzi, Steve Mandanda, Adil Rami, Nabil Fekir, Djibril Sidibe, Florian Thauvin, Benjamin Mendy, Alphonse Areola.
PERU (4-2-3-1): Pedro Gallese; Luis Advincula, Christian Ramos, Alberto Rodriguez, Miguel Trauco; Pedro Aquino, Yoshimar Yotun; Andre Carrillo, Christian Cueva, Edison Flores; Paolo Guerrero.
Peru subs: Aldo Corzo, Anderson Santamaria, Miguel Araujo, Paolo Hurtado, Jefferson Farfan, Raul Ruidiaz, Carlos Caceda, Renato Tapia, Andy Polo, Wilder Cartagena, Jose Carvallo, Nilson Loyola.
Despite their win over Australia, Deschamps has made changes to his team. Giroud comes into the side to be a focal point of the attack, leading the line. Mbappe and Griezmann drop back to play in support roles alongside Matuidi, although that may alternate him and Pogba. Dembele and Tolisso make way from the starting line-up after underwhelming performances in the opener.
Peru boss Ricardo Gareca has made two changes to his side from their defeat to Denmark. Guerrero comes into the side to lead the line ahead of Farfan, while Aquino is given the nod ahead of Tapia to start in the middle of the park.
France lead Peru 1-0 at the break thanks to Kylian Mbappe's first World Cup goal. The South American side will be eliminated from the competition should they fail to make a comeback in the second half. They began with a rapid intensity, but Les Bleus were able to ride out the early storm before hitting on the counter later in the half. Mbappe was in the right place at the right time to tap home after Olivier Giroud's shot was deflected goalwards to put his team in control.
Ricardo Gareca's men may rue a missed opportunity from Paolo Guerrero, who could have opened the scoring in the 31st minute, but he failed to beat Hugo Lloris. For all their pressing it was the one clear-cut chance that Peru made in the first half. They will need to create a lot more openings in the second half to avoid a premature exit.
France are through to the knockout stages of the World Cup courtesy of their 1-0 win over Peru. Kylian Mbappe scored the only goal of the game to hand Les Bleus their second victory of the tournament, which sends the South American outfit crashing out.
Thanks for joining our commentary this afternoon. Until next time, goodbye.
Didier Deschamps' men were far from their best, but created a moment of quality to break the deadlock as Mbappe scored his first World Cup goal. At the other end Peru created two good opportunities, but Paolo Guerrero failed to beat Hugo Lloris from inside the box, while Pedro Aquino's effort in the second half struck the post and bounced wide. Ricardo Gareca's side just lacked a clinical edge in the final third, and for that reason they're heading home after their final Group C game.
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