2023-08-08 15:21:12
There was simply no match this Tuesday at Hindmarsh Stadium in Adelaide. Very little worried, Hervé Renard’s players easily won (4-0) against Reynald Pedros’ Morocco, unable to get serious chances in this round of 16 of the World Cup.
Facing the 72nd nation in the Fifa rankings – Les Bleues are fifth – the French team quickly killed the suspense, opening the scoring in the 15th minute to finally win 4 goals to 0. Now it’s time for the quarter-finals of this World Cup against the host country: Australia. The Matildas eliminated Denmark (2-0) and, above all, can once again count on their captain Sam Kerr, back from injury. The match will be held this Saturday, August 12 at 9 a.m. (French time) at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.
What you must remember
In front of some 13,000 people and in a sober atmosphere to say the least, the French women entered their match perfectly, only very rarely leaving the ball to their opponents of the day. The left side of the France team was particularly reactive, well led by Selma Bacha and Sakina Karchaoui. The Lyonnaise and the Parisienne are also behind Les Bleues’ first goal, when, after a good combination, Kadidiatou Diani perfectly received a center from Karchaoui in the area. She only had to adjust her head to win her duel against Er-Rmichi (15th).
Quickly, the French followed with Kenza Dali (20th) then Eugénie Le Sommer (23rd). The first named, served by Diani from the right of the field, was able to adjust a cross shot from the right, hitting the post before slipping into the Moroccan net. The second took advantage of heavy pressing in the Moroccan area to score in turn with a cross shot from the right foot.
Much more comfortable technically, the Blues have very little let their opponents pass in their half of the field. At the end of the first half, they had more than 70% possession of the ball, when the Moroccans did not count any shots…
Certainly, the start of the second period was a little more hung and the Moroccans were more aggressive. Goalkeeper Pauline Peyraud-Magnin, always vigilant, was particularly called upon on a breakthrough by Jraidi (49th), part behind Élisa De Almeida. But Eugénie Le Sommer came to extinguish the last glimmers of hope of the Atlas Lionesses (70th), by adjusting with her head a precise cross from Becho, who had come into play for a few minutes.
The player: Kadidiatou Diani
The new Lyonnaise delivered a very solid performance. Already in sight during the match against Panama (3-6) where she scored a hat-trick, Kadidiatou Diani was involved in the first three goals of Les Bleues. First to score with a header, she then combines with Kenza Dali to allow her to open her counter in this competition. Finally, she is at the origin of the pressing (23rd) which comes to offer, in the surface, the ball of the third goal to Eugénie Le Sommer.
With four goals on the clock, the now former Paris Saint-Germain player sits on the podium of the top scorers of this World Cup, dominated by the Japanese Hinata Miyazawa (5 goals). Also, she equals the performance of Wendie Renard in 2019, and occupies with her the status of top scorer of the Blue on the same World Cup.
4 – Kadidiatou Diani has 4 goals at the 2023 World Cup and equals Wendie Renard (in 2019) as the player of the France team with the most achievements in the same World Cup. Diamond. #FORWARD pic.twitter.com/1r5xX1DN0s
— OptaJean (@OptaJean) August 8, 2023
The number: 92
Like the number of goals now scored by Eugénie Le Sommer with the France team. By scoring the third and fourth goals of the day, the top scorer in Les Bleues history has already scored three times in this competition.
The phrase: “We always want a little more”
Hervé Renard, at the microphone of M 6 after the match: “The objective is fulfilled. We always want a little more, but that’s good. Now, we have to plan for this quarter-final against the host country. We equaled the performance of four years ago. We know why we came here. The priority objective is to do better than what the French team did in 2011 (Editor’s note: qualified for the semi-finals). We know what we have to do. It will be a not easy match, but not easy for both teams”.
France-Morocco 4-0
(Halftime: 3-0)
Goals. France: Diani (15th), Dali (20th), Le Sommer (23rd, 70th)
France: Peyraud-Magnin – Perisset (Cascarino, 81st), De Almeida, Renard (cap), Karchaoui (Tounkara, 90th + 1′) – Dali, Geyoro, Toletti (Becho, 64th), Bacha – Diani (Asseyi, 90th). + 1′), The Summer (Feller, 81e). Entr. : Hervé Renard
Maroc: Er-Rmichi – Redouani, Benzina, El Chad, Ait El haj – Ouzraoui, Nakkach (Kassi, 64e), Chebbak (cap.), Tagnaout (Bouftini, 64e) – Jraidi, Lahmari (Ayane, 64e)
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