JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Uruguay meet France in their opening match of Group A in the World Cup finals on Friday. Where: Green Point Stadium, Cape Town Capacity: 66,005 When: Friday June 11, 2030 local (1830 GMT) Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Teams: Likely formation, shirt numbers, age, caps, goals: Uruguay (3-4-3) France (4-3-3) 1-Fernando Muslera 23-6-0 1-Hugo Lloris 23-11-0 2-Diego Lugano 30-42-4 2-Bacary Sagna 27-20-0 3-Diego Godin 24-38-3 3-Eric Abidal 30-48-0 6-Mauricio Victorino 27-4-0 5-William Gallas 32-81-5 16-Maximiliano Pereira 26-37-0 13-Patrice Evra 29-30-0 15-Diego Perez 30-50-0 8-Yoann Gourcuff 23-20-1 5-Walter Gargano 25-28-0 14-Jeremy Toulalan 26-34-0 18-Ignacio Gonzalez 28-17-1 15-Florent Malouda 29-54-3 11-Alvaro Pereira 24-15-2 10-Sidney Govou 30-46-10 9-Luis Suarez 23-30-10 21-Nicolas Anelka 31-67-14 10-Diego Forlan 31-62-24 7-Franck Ribery 27-45-7 Also available: 20 Alvaro Fernandez 24-7-0 23-Cedric Carrasso 28-0-0 4 Jorge Fucile 25-34-0 16-Steve Mandanda 25-13-0 7 Edinson Cavani 23-14-2 4-Anthony Reveillere 30-6-0 13 Sebastian Abreu 33-56-26 6-Marc Planus 28-1-0 21 Sebastian Fernandez 25-6-0 17-Sebastien Squillaci 29-20-0 8 Sebastian Eguren 29-27-5 22-Gael Clichy 24-4-0 12 Juan Castillo 32-11-0 19-Abou Diaby 24-5-0 14 Nicolas Lodeiro 21-4-0 18-Alou Diarra 28-25-0 17 Egidio Arevalo 28-6-0 12-Thierry Henry 32-121-51 19 Andres Scotti 34-26-1 9-Djibril Cisse 28-39-9 23 Martin Silva 27-1-0 11-Andre-Pierre Gignac 24-13-4 22 Martin Caceres 23-19-0 20-Mathieu Valbuena 25-2-1 Trainer - Oscar Tabarez Raymond Domenech Injured - None None Suspended - None None Changes - Domenech must decide up front between Nicolas Anelka, who started France's three warm-up games, and Thierry Henry. Centre back William Gallas has recovered from a knee injury and should start Key stats: * If France win, Raymond Domenech will become the most successful France coach ever in terms of victories with 42, one more than Michel Hidalgo (1976-84). * Uruguay havent scored a goal against France for 44 years. Previous meetings: 15.07.66 London Uruguay 2 France 1 21.08.85 Paris France 2 Uruguay 0 06.06.02 Busan France 0 Uruguay 0 19.11.08 Paris France 0 Uruguay 0 GROUP A STANDINGS: P W D L F A PTS France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 South Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Next fixtures June 16 South Africa v Uruguay, Pretoria, 1830 GMT June 17 France v Mexico, Polokwane, 1830 GMT June 22 Mexico v Uruguay, Rustenburg, 1400 GMT France v South Africa, Bloemfontein 1400 GMT (Edited by Patrick Johnston; To query or comment on this story email [email protected])
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