The World Cup opens this Wednesday July 20 with New Zealand – Norway (9 a.m.) but for the France team it will be necessary to wait until Sunday July 23 with the meeting against Jamaica.
Hervé Renard’s players showed great things during their preparation, especially against Ireland (3-0). Before that, for the first steps of the new coach on the bench of the France team, they had won their two friendly matches, against Canada (2-1) and Colombia (5-2), in April.
But the last meeting played by the Blues was less successful: defensive errors and inaccuracies benefited the Australians, winners Friday in Melbourne with the score of 1 to 0. The other big black point of this evening is the Selma Bacha’s ankle injury, left in tears on a stretcher. The France team will be deprived of its striker at least for the first match of this World Cup.
First game against Jamaica on July 23 at noon
Les Bleues will officially enter the competition this Sunday 23 against Jamaica. This first match of the group stage will be to follow on M6. The following two matches, against Brazil on July 29 and Panama on August 2, will be broadcast on France 2 at noon.
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Groupe M6 will offer half of the matches in the competition:
– 24 pool matches including the 1st match for the French team on 23/07: France – Jamaica
– 4 round of 16 including potentially that of France
– 2 quarter-finals
– a semi-final with the… pic.twitter.com/fcad9Av83R— M6 Group (@M6Group) June 26, 2023
For the rest of the competition, the broadcast will be divided between the M 6 group and the France Télévisions group, which acquired the rights to this World Cup late. In the event of France qualifying for the round of 16, M6 announced the broadcast of the match on its antennas. The final of the competition, on August 20, will be offered on one of the France Télévisions channels.
Les Bleues have great expectations for this World Cup, after the appointment of Hervé Renard as coach, who succeeds Corinne Deacon. The former coach of Saudi Arabia at the last Men’s World Cup in Qatar has also displayed his ambitions: “We hope to be together for two months,” he said at a press conference at the end of June.
