Colombia and France advance to quarterfinals

Colombia It is France are the last selections classified for the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Cup. In the early hours of this Tuesday (8), the Colombians overcame Jamaica by the minimum score and, for the first time in history, are among the eight best teams in the tournament.

France, on the other hand, did not take notice of Morocco and, after a devastating first half, thrashed the Africans and qualified for the next round. With these results, all the clashes of the quarterfinals of the World Cup played in Australia and New Zealand are defined.

The quarterfinals will see Holland v Spain, Japan v Sweden, Australia v France and England v Colombia.

Colombian attack outperforms Jamaican defense

The game between Colombia and Jamaica started out as a match between offense and defense. The South Americans started the match with greater possession of the ball, but found it very difficult to break through the Caribbean blockade. Jamaica even had more of the ball at the end of the first half, but did little. With the game locked, both teams went into the break without having created much of a chance.

The second half, however, already started with a Colombian goal. After a long cross, Catalina Usme received the ball in the area and gave a nice slap to open the scoring. It was Colombia’s first goal in a World Cup knockout match.

At the head of the confrontation, the South Americans even tried to control the match, but Jamaica went on the attack. In the final minutes, many chances were created, but the Colombians managed to remain with the advantage and, when the final whistle sounded, they celebrated like no one else the classification.

France makes three in 10 minutes and dispatches Morocco

The Moroccan dream was beautiful, but France didn’t care about the beautiful story built by the Africans and, in 23 minutes of the game, they had already resolved the match. At a fast pace, the French opened the scoring at 15. Five minutes later, another one. And, to close the account, Le Sommer scored the third at 23 of the first stage.

With such a huge advantage over the favourite, Morocco was lost in the game. France could have expanded, but the first half ended in 3 to 0. On the return of the match, both teams assumed different postures. Morocco seemed much more organized and even offered some danger to the French. The Europeans, however, were clearly saving themselves for the next phase and produced little.

Even so, it was Le Sommer who scored the only goal of the second half, extending the French advantage and sealing the Moroccan elimination. Now, France faces the ghost of the quarterfinals: the European team was eliminated at this stage of the tournament in the last two editions of the World Cup.

Check out the upcoming World Cup matches:

08/10
10 pm – Netherlands v Spain

08/11
4h30 – Japan v Sweden

08/12
4pm – Australia v France
7.30am – England v Colombia