France thrash Morocco and face Australia in Women’s Cup quarterfinals

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Europeans won 4-0 in a duel that closed the round of 16

Closing the round of 16 of the Women’s Soccer World Cup, France had no problems beating Morocco by 4-0, this Tuesday (8), in Adelaide (Australia) and advancing to the quarterfinals of the competition.

The next match promises to be much more complicated: on Saturday (12), the Europeans face the Australian hosts, in Brisbane. The French will try to match their best campaign, in 2011, when they reached the semifinals and later finished fourth.

For 15 minutes the result at the Hindmarsh Stadium was in doubt. It was the time that the Moroccan national team remained competitive. However, the African team, which advanced with two 1-0 wins after debuting leading 6-0 against Germany, again showed defensive weakness and, in a matter of minutes, saw the match get completely out of control.

At 15 minutes, Karchaoui made a move on the left and crossed into the area. Diani, completely unmarked, just dodged slightly with her head to open the scoring.

Five minutes later, after a play on the right, Dali completed the first shot and scored.

France did not allow the opponent to breathe and scored the third in the 22nd minute. With the ball going out the back line, the Moroccan defense barely cleared it and the ball landed right on Le Sommer’s foot, in front of the goal, to finish and score 3 to 0.

With such an advantage in such a short time, the duel took on another face. France managed, while Morocco didn’t have the strength to go get the result. The African team finished the first stage without any submissions.

At training pace, France (which closed the game with 59% possession and 15 shots against just 25% and a shot on goal by the opponents) still reached the fourth goal in the second half. Becho advanced on the right and crossed for Le Sommer, again completely unmarked, to finish with a header.

France reaches the quarterfinals stage for the fourth consecutive edition. This time, it will measure forces with Australia, which equaled its best campaign (in 2007, 2011 and 2015) by placing among the eight best in the world. In the search for history, the two teams promise to play one of the great games of this Cup.

⚽ 91 et 92ème buts en Bleue
🤯 8 buts in 19 Coupe du Monde matches

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— Team France Féminine (@equipedefranceF) August 8, 2023

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