France and Brazil are level at the break in this evening's friendly at the Stade de France, Oscar's goal on the stroke of half time cancelling out Raphael Varane's opener to leave the scoreline poised at 1-1.
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The first concrete chance of the game fell to the hosts as Karim Benzema pounced on a cross to nod goalwards from inside the six-yard box, but goalkeeper Jefferson was able to palm the ball away from harm.
Brazil then enjoyed a lively spell as Neymar was able to burst clean through on goal following a mislaid Morgan Schneiderlin pass, only for Steve Mandanda to push the resulting effort away.
France were able to counter-attack and power down at the other end where they won a corner, with the resulting set piece from Mathieu Valbuena falling to Varane, who rose highest to head home.
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Les Bleus continued to push forward following the opener and saw Blaise Matuidi's angled shot from 18 yards hit a yellow shirt and spin out for another corner, but this was snuffed out.
Dunga's charges slowly picked themselves up and forced a save from Mandanda on the half-hour mark, courtesy of Firmino's drive from distance.
Five minutes before the break the Selecao successfully struck back when Oscar latched on to Firmino's through-ball before slotting the ball through Mandanda's legs and into the net.
Giuseppe Labellarte
