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France held to 1-1 draw by Paraguay

The France national football team drew with its similar of Paraguay 1-1, on Sunday June 1, 2014 at the stadium Allianz Riviera Nice preparatory game for the World Cup Brazil 2014.

The Gauls were ahead on the scoreboard eight minutes to go through the attacker Real Sociedad, Antoine Griezman, who pounced on a rebound and then beat goalkeeper Anthony Silva.

However, the Guarani, performing well in defense and almost tactical military training, could tie the game a minute from time through Victor Caceres, who surprised with a header that silenced the stadium after seeing his team was left tie in a preparatory match for the World Cup.

France debut in the World Cup against Honduras on June 15 in Porto Alegre and Didier Deschamps led team has yet to improve enough to be in the knockout stages.

France acted without Varane and Benzema both vacation after participating in the final of the Champions League with his club Real Madrid, without Franck Ribery, who could miss the World Cup for his continuing back pain, which led to also lost the previous match "Les Bleus" against Norway, in which the Gauls thrashed Vikings by 4 goals to 0.