2023-07-29 19:37:24
Les Bleues won their first World Cup success by dominating Brazil (2-1) following a memorable fight on Saturday July 29, in Brisbane, Australia.
The doubts born of the first match once morest Jamaica (0-0), the uncertainty regarding the state of Renard’s calf, the songs of the thousands of Brazilian supporters present in the stands… The French team swept everything away. backhand at Brisbane Stadium, thanks to the angry header from the Lyon captain in the 83rd minute on a corner from Selma Bacha. Uncertain until the last moments before the match due to a recalcitrant calf, the defender was able to let go, in a cry, all the emotions she had buried in her this week: the savior of the Blue, that’s her.
“She showed courage and efficiency. It frees us and allows us to win a very important match“, savored the coach Hervé Renard, convinced that his Blue “wanted to set the record straight“. Jostled by the grinta of the Seleção and by a bronca rarely seen in women’s football, especially on this side of the globe, France responded with an unfailing intensity which allows them to take the lead of group F, a point in front of the Brazilians.Hervé Renard even almost came to blows with a member of the Brazilian staff in the last seconds, confirmation that this five-star poster smelled of powder.
First place in sight
Before a much more affordable third match once morest modest Panama on Wednesday (12:00 p.m.) in Sydney, this success already looks like qualifying for the round of 16. Les Bleues even opened the door wide for the first group place, crucial for their future since it would probably make them avoid Germany from the round of 16, a dreaded draw. Barring a Jamaican festival during the next two matches of the “Reggae Girlz”, a victory once morest the Panamanians will give them the lead of the group.
“We were back to the wall once morest Jamaica, we had to win this game. We are very happy and very proud. It’s a reference match for the moment“, underlined Eugénie Le Sommer, author of the opener. So tasteless, tense or even worrying in the first match, France made an opposite copy for this emblematic summit of international football, played in a full stadium (49,000 spectators) The “Jogo bonito” dear to Brazil was mastered with authority, especially in the first period, even brushing once morest the correctional in some duels. But it is perhaps this aggressiveness that Hervé Renard wanted to see, he who asked the day before to its players to “free themselves” and “live intensely” this Oceanian World Cup.
The Decisive Sommer
The coach had taken out his legendary white shirt on the bench. Perhaps he also brought out one of his favorite talks, because his Bleues were transfigured from the start. After a quarter of an hour of clear domination, the returning Le Sommer concluded a superb action collective, initiated by Sakina Karchaoui on the left and magnified by the delivery of the head of Kadidiatou Diani (17th). A 90th goal in selection for the one who has now scored in the last three Worlds. The Brazilians regained their colors in the second half and Debinha ended up converting a ball that returned by chance between her feet (58th).
And when the pressure from Brazil was at its maximum, when the Bleues seemed ready to give in, Renard emerged to score his 35th goal for the Bleues, his fifth in the World Cup. Certainly, it was not Germany or the States United opposite, and women’s Brazil had never beaten France in eleven confrontations, including the round of 16 of the previous edition in France (2-1 following extra time). But neither the phenomenon Ary Borges following his hat-trick in the first match, nor the “queen” Marta, who came into play at the end of the match in a deafening din, might not achieve the success of which they dreamed. Les Bleues are dreaming once more.
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