France begins its European female championship in a ” death group Faced with England, title holder. Despite an impressive series of eight consecutive victories, including six in the League of Nations, which makes Bleues the first female team of League A to cross the undefeated group phase, their historic difficulty in exceeding the direct elimination phases remains a brake. For its part, England, with a large 7-0 victory against Jamaica, seeks to consolidate its shape after a seam-in-saw season, with the ambitious objective of becoming the first team to keep its European title since 2013. From the start, the Blue has undergone their first alert. The French defense had left James alone in the area, and the English number 7 struck, but its shot has passed far above (2nd).
After a delicate start, the Blue gradually took control of the ball, thus succeeding in repelling the English block. The French people quickly took the initiative by relating from the rear, testifying to a good collective mastery. On a nice overflow of Bacha on the left side, Williamson was able to calmly free the ball (14th). However, it was England who first thought he was opening the scoring thanks to Russo, but the goal was refused for offside (17th). This alert awakened the Blue, aware that they could not afford the slightest imprecision in defense. Magnificent revival of Sombath, who tried a lob on Hampton, but Karchaoui missed his recovery, sending the ball in the small left exterior net (25th).
Successful entry for France
The French team finally found its click. De Almeida has made a superb opening for Delphine Cascarino Right on the right, which centered powerfully in front of the goal. Katoto, out of the opposing marking, pushed the ball to the bottom of the nets (36th, 1-0). In the process, Baltimore was found on the left side; She timed, then deceived Hampton of a right shot which spun under the bar (39th, 2-0). Upon returning from the locker room, Élisa de Almeida illustrated again on her side: she struck with the left foot, but found only the small right outside (52nd). A few minutes later, Karchaoui was served on the left side; She centered powerfully in front of the goal, but unfortunately, no teammate was at the reception (59th).
Despite some English attempts, the French team was superior at the end of the match. The Bleues displayed a more coherent and better organized game, while showing real physical solidity. But the English ended up finding the fault after several attempts, reducing the gap in the 87th minute. On a corner from the right, the ball was pushed back into the axis, and Walsh placed a rolled strike from the right. Pauline Peyraud-Magnin has relaxed well, but could not prevent the ball from crossing the line, lacking a few centimeters (2-1). Thanks to this controlled success, at least during a large part of the match, the French team has perfectly launched its euro. The Bleues take second place in the group, behind the Netherlands, 3-0 winners of Wales a little earlier.
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