Every day throughout the Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, 20 minutes Evaluates the highlights of the competition. This Tuesday, two-time world champions America shuddered against the Portuguese, while the Blues prepare for their decisive match against Panama.
The Portuguese make the American tenor tremble
A few centimeters away, the Americans, four-time winners of the tournament, left this World Cup in the first round, and the Portuguese celebrated their first participation in the final stage by qualifying for the round of 16. But the post responded with substitute Ana Capita's shot in stoppage time (90+1), and the United States succeeded in a 0-0 draw in Auckland.
For the first time since 2011, Alex Morgan's teammates did not finish first in their group. They are in second place in Group E behind the Netherlands, who are ruthless in Vietnam (7-0), and are supposed to face the dangerous Sweden team in the round of 16. “This is a relatively new team that has not been cohesive for a long time,” said American coach Vlatko Andonovski, at the head of a half-renewed group compared to the 2019 World Cup, justifying an unconvincing match.
English woman on a walk
If the world champions struggled to get out of the groups, the 2022 European champions performed well. The Lionesses achieved their third victory in three matches in Adelaide, against China (6-1). After two short wins over Denmark (1-0) and then Haiti (1-0), Lauren James' teammates, who scored two wonderful goals, crushed their opponents today. They will face Nigeria in eighth place, while the Danes, who defeated the Haitians (2-0) and are in second place in Group D, will face the Australians at home.
Hervé Renard's mistake
Facing an already eliminated Panama side, the French team must check its top spot, and thus its ticket to eighth place on Wednesday (12pm) in Sydney. On the eve of this confrontation, Hervé Renard returned for the first time to the stormy finale of the victory over the Brazilians (2-1) on Saturday, when, angry with the refereeing, he received a yellow card. The Blue coach said in a press conference – and in English: “You are still somewhat on my side, as you saw at the end of the match against Brazil.” I would just like to apologize for this behavior. This is not good behaviour, nor a good image for France, so I apologise. »
The blues will turn
Of course, they haven't qualified yet, and it's not about overlooking their new rivals. But the French will change their faces this Wednesday, to involve the largest possible number of players and give some time to breathe, with the aim of playing a possible round of the round of 16 against Germany. Captain Wendi Renard in defence, Sandy Toleti and Kenza Daly in midfield, or Elodie Le Sommer in attack can thus be saved. Elisa de Almeida, Lea Le Jarric, Clara Mathieu and Vicky Pecho are ready to take their place.
