Turkey A national team were defeated 1-0 by France in a friendly international played at Stade de Gerland, Lyon. On 37 minutes, İbrahim Üzülmez tripped Nicolas Anelka inside the penalty area. Then, German referee Manuel Gräfe pointed to the spot, dismissing İbrahim with a direct red card afterwards. Karim Benzema converted the penalty and put his side ahead a minute later.

In the second half, despite the numerical disadvantage, Turkey made solid defending with some nice saves from goalkeeper Volkan Demirel. This prevented the increase at the deficit and the game ended 1-0 for France's favour.

Stadium: Gerland
Referees: Manuel Grafe, Feli Zwayer, Markus Hacker (Almanya)
France: Lloris, Sagna, Mee, Boumsong, Abidal, Toulalan, Diarra, Gourcuff, Malouda (58 Ribery), Benzema (46 Gignac), Anelka (58 Govou)
Turkey: Volkan, Sabri (90 İbrahim Kaş), Gökhan Zan, Hakan (90 Caner), İbrahim Üzülmez, Tuncay, Mehmet Topal (74 Sercan), Nuri, Arda (Dk. 79 Yusuf), Mevlüt (40 Eren), Halil (46 Semih)
Goals: 39 Benzema (P.) (France)
Red Card: 37 İbrahim Üzülmez (Turkey)

Fransa 1-0 Türkiye (Kaynak: A.A)