The match: 0-2
The step was too high, much too high for the French, dominated head and shoulders in Spain (0-2) on Wednesday. For the first final in their history, the Blues did not exist, asphyxiated by the reigning world champions. Limited by their lack of technical accuracy, they finished the match without hitting the slightest shot.
From the first minutes, the theme of the match was given, with a ball monopolized by Spain and the French running behind. Unable to break the incessant Iberian pressure, Hervé Renard’s charges spent the match returning the ball to their opponents, delighted to take advantage of so many technical errors.
The biggest meeting in the history of Les Bleues missed
A sign that nothing was going well with the Blues this Wednesday, they were even feverish on set pieces, one of their strong points, when Irene Paredes found the post from a corner (25th). A first warning before the punishment. Aitana Bonmati came to cut a perfect cross from Olga to put hers in front (1-0, 32nd). Stunned by the opening score of the Ballon d’Or, France no longer existed before being punished again by Mariona Caldentey (2-0, 53rd).
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France has never won against the world’s leading nation in 6 meetings. She lost four times against the USA, once against Germany and once against Spain.
Once the fate of the meeting was sealed, Amandine Henry’s partners fought back slightly, without appearing dangerous. They thus finished the biggest meeting in their history without the slightest opportunity, apart from a completely missed recovery from Elisa De Almeida (78th). Full of regrets but lucid, captain Eugénie Le Sommer came to summarize the meeting on M6: “They were better than us.” An implacable observation, as France seemed far from the level of the best nation currently.
The player: the inevitable Bonmati
Many attackers would dream of scoring 22 goals after 52 caps. Aitana Bonmati did it, as a midfielder, thanks to a new achievement to open the scoring (32nd). Always as valuable for its activity in the midfield, the France Football 2023 Ballon d’Or was once again decisive. Her projections and her technical quality did a lot of harm to the Blues, unable to contain her.
2024-02-28 19:51:27
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