They will try to write the most beautiful page in the history of French women’s football. This Wednesday, February 28, in Seville, the players of the French team challenge the Spanish in the final of the League of Nations.
45′ French corner, safe
Finally a corner kick for the Blues, but Selma Bacha’s cross arrives in the gloves of Cata Coll.
42′ The French women deprived of the ball
The Spanish world champions have 63% ball possession. The Blues fail to endanger the Iberians.
40′ No penalty for the Blues
Kadidiatou Diani falls in the area, but it is not whistled by the Swedish referee of the match, Tess Olofsson.
38′ Fear for Bonmati
The Barça player gets up after a few seconds on the ground.
37′ Mbock center, for no one
No player takes her cross, And Coll can calmly catch the ball.
33′ Shy attempt at reaction
The one-two between Le Sommer and Mbock on the right side achieves nothing.
31′ Spaniards open the score!
Goal for La Roja after another overflow from Caldentey. His cross finds Bonmati who pushes the ball with his right foot into the back of the net.
30′ Spain pushes
Caldentey crosses from the left after a new incursion by the Spanish. It’s captured by Peyraud-Magnin.
27′ New center for the Spanish
Del Castillo’s pass on the right side finds no takers.
25′ First chance for Spain
Irene Paredes’ header from a corner narrowly misses!
18′. Les Bleues in difficulty
Hervé Renard’s players did not enter the Spanish penalty area once. Eugénie Le Sommer suffers several fouls, but the free kicks achieve nothing.
10′. Fire in the French defense!
After the first corner of the match for La Roja, the Blues were forced to try three times to clear the ball in their area.
7′. The sharper Spanish women
Several accelerations from Bonmati on the right side should be noted. France manages to free itself.
3′. First foray for French women
First overflow from De Almeida after a difficult first few minutes for the French, who struggled to get out of their own half.
1′. Let’s go !
The kick-off is given by the Spanish.
6:59 p.m. The French anthem whistled
The French women are ridiculed by some of the Spanish supporters.
6:55 p.m. The players’ entry onto the pitch
The French and Spanish entered under the fireworks of the Cartuja stadium. Hervé Renard’s Les Bleues sing the national anthem first.
6:48 p.m. A sum of 160,000 euros for the champion team
Compared to 10 million for the Spanish men’s team which won the Nations League.
6:45 p.m. Jenni Hermoso, a new opportunity to shine
The player forcibly kissed by Luis Rubiales last August starts this evening. After opening the score in the semi-final against the Netherlands, the number 10 can make history if Spain wins the title this evening, as we told you about in the Dispatch.
6:42 p.m. Playing Spain works well for Les Bleues
The French remain on 10 victories and 3 draws, for no defeats, in their confrontations against the Iberians.
6:27 p.m. Selma Bacha, a player who made the news
The Lyon winger published a video this Tuesday, February 27 in support of Océane, a schoolgirl harassed in a college in the Pyrénées-Orientales. A strong gesture that the Dispatch spoke about yesterday.
6:10 p.m. More than 20,000 people expected at the stadium.
Between 20 and 27,000 people are expected at the “Cartuja”, the Olympic stadium in Seville.
6:06 p.m. Good evening everyone!
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