2023-07-23 20:52:16
In the hard for the first thirty minutes, the France team then dominated the debates without sharing. A crossbar and the post on a Diani header deprive her of a success that was stretching her arms.
Martin Charmasson • Published on July 24, 2023 at 07:52, updated on July 24, 2023 at 07:54
After having created so many chances and having come close to the liberating goal in the last minutes, the frustration could be read on the faces of the Blues. Captain Wendie Renard summarized the ills of the France team in a match well within her reach, concluding with a draw which forced her to clear for the rest of the group stage. “We had a lot of situations. What penalized us was a lot of loss of balls, a lack of technical accuracy against a compact, very aggressive team”.
At kick-off, a major change: coach Hervé Renard abandoned the usual 4-3-3 of his preparation, for a 4-4-2 with the entry of Amel Majri on the left wing, and the use of Clara Mateo, third top scorer in D1 Arkema this season, on the right. Kenza Dali, yet aligned against Ireland (responsible for the three goals) and Australia in a friendly, starts on the bench. A choice that in the first minutes pays off. Mateo makes the difference. It is she who launches her side Lakrar in the back of the defense, but the center is badly adjusted (12th).
The team then seems to lose track. Too many faults conceded, especially on the attacker Shaw who by her pivot game, her starts and her athletic size (1m82), has trouble being contained. The Jamaicans harassed receivers Geyoro and Toletti with very high pressing from Primus, and left very little space in their line of four midfielders. Lost balls follow one another on the French side, while the public at the Allianz Stadium in Sydney gives voice.
After half an hour of play, the first clear chances. Mateo shifts Diani to the right side of the box. The forward sees her low shot deflected by Rebecca Spencer’s gloves. An inbound corner from Majri is headed by Renard just above the crossbar. The Jamaicans suffer and Shaw, very aggressive, receives a yellow card. In the process, she thundered the 39,045 spectators with a tense free kick from 30 meters, off target. Majri answers him with a brushed center which takes the direction of the opposite skylight before being pushed back for a corner. Diani, just in front of the surface, sees her shot blocked, passing very close to the post.
The second half is a constant siege of the “Reggae Girlz” camp. The Blues chain the good shifts. He lacks efficiency in the last pass. When the target is settled, on this center taken at the far post by Diani in the last five minutes of regulation time, crossbar then post push back the head of the attacker. Despite the second warning from Shaw, expelled, his own perform an excellent operation with this 0-0. Their first World Cup point celebrated in the tunnel as a victory. “It was not easy, we lacked luck, and quality in the last 30 meters to score. We will see all that on the video, and we will try to remedy it, Wendie Renard analysis. “We took a point, we have to win the next two games in group F”. Matches against Brazil in Brisbane, then against Panama in Sydney.
1690151886
#Womens #World #Cup #Les #Bleues #hung #deserved #Jamaica