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France are present successful their 4th consecutive World Cup quarter-final| Hosts: Australia and New Zealand Dates: 20 July-20 August |
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Eugenie Le Sommer scored doubly arsenic France cruised into the Women's World Cup quarter-finals, thrashing Morocco to extremity the African side's imagination run.
Goals from Kadidiatou Diani, Kenza Dali and Le Sommer enactment France 3-0 up astatine half-time successful Adelaide, with Le Sommer adding her 2nd aft 70 minutes.
France volition present look Australia successful the past 8 successful Brisbane connected Saturday.
Morocco had been hoping to go the archetypal African broadside to triumph a knockout lucifer astatine the Women's World Cup.
Clinical France maximise onslaught successful ruthless win
Herve Renard's France basal 67 places supra Morocco successful Fifa's satellite rankings and their superior prime was evident successful the archetypal half, with Dianni nodding them successful beforehand aft a neat transverse from Sakina Karchaoui arsenic she scored her 4th extremity successful the competition.
In the 20th infinitesimal Dianni turned provider, cutting the shot backmost to Aston Villa's Dali who struck a debased changeable into the corner.
And with little than a 4th of the lucifer gone the necktie was wrapped up erstwhile Morocco's Nesryne El Chad slammed a clearance against Dianni and the shot fell nicely to Le Sommer who added a third.
In the closing stages, with Morocco's defence tiring, Le Sommer added a fourth, heading successful Vicki Becho's heavy cross.
France's champion effect astatine a World Cup finals is 4th successful 2011, and they person present reached the past 8 successful each of the past 4 editions.
With top-10 ranked teams the United States, Germany, Brazil and Canada each eliminated, the French volition present fancy their chances of going each the mode successful the tournament.
Morocco's imagination tally ends
Morocco - the archetypal Arab federation to vie astatine the finals - claimed a daze 2nd spot successful Group H up of two-time winners Germany, who had beaten them 6-0 successful their opening game.
A 2nd upset against unbeaten France though was a measurement excessively far.
The squad fell isolated defensively arsenic the much experienced broadside scored their archetypal 3 goals crossed 8 first-half minutes.
Morocco's champion accidental fell conscionable aft the restart erstwhile Ibtissam Jraidi motored done connected goal, but she was rapidly smothered by France stopper Pauline Peyraud-Magnin.
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France
Squad number16Player namePeyraud-Magnin
Squad number22Player namePérisset
Squad number3Player nameRenard
Squad number5Player namede Almeida
Squad number7Player nameKarchaoui
Squad number15Player nameDali
Squad number8Player nameGeyoro
Squad number6Player nameToletti
Squad number13Player nameBacha
Squad number9Player nameLe Sommer
Squad number11Player nameDiani
Squad number14Player nameTounkara
Squad number18Player nameAsseyi
Squad number19Player nameFeller
Squad number20Player nameCascarino
Squad number23Player nameBècho
Morocco
Squad number1Player nameEr-Rmichi
Squad number17Player nameAït El Haj
Squad number5Player nameEl Chad
Squad number3Player nameBenzina
Squad number2Player nameRedouani
Squad number19Player nameOuzraoui Diki
Squad number6Player nameNakkach
Squad number7Player nameChebbak
Squad number11Player nameTagnaout
Squad number9Player nameJraïdi
Squad number16Player nameLahmari
Squad number4Player nameKassi
Squad number20Player nameBouftini
Squad number23Player nameAyane
Line-ups
France
Formation 4-4-1-1
- 16Peyraud-Magnin
- 22PérissetSubstituted forCascarinoat 81'minutes
- 3Renard
- 5de Almeida
- 7KarchaouiSubstituted forTounkaraat 90+1'minutes
- 15Dali
- 8Geyoro
- 6TolettiSubstituted forBèchoat 64'minutes
- 13Bacha
- 9Le SommerSubstituted forFellerat 81'minutes
- 11DianiSubstituted forAsseyiat 90+1'minutes
Substitutes
- 1Durand
- 2Lakrar
- 4Fazer
- 10Majri
- 12Matéo
- 14Tounkara
- 17Le Garrec
- 18Asseyi
- 19Feller
- 20Cascarino
- 21Picaud
- 23Bècho
Morocco
Formation 4-4-2
- 1Er-Rmichi
- 17Aït El HajBooked astatine 57mins
- 5El Chad
- 3Benzina
- 2Redouani
- 19Ouzraoui Diki
- 6NakkachSubstituted forKassiat 64'minutes
- 7Chebbak
- 11TagnaoutSubstituted forBouftiniat 64'minutes
- 9Jraïdi
- 16LahmariSubstituted forAyaneat 64'minutes
Substitutes
- 4Kassi
- 8Amani
- 10Badri
- 12Zouhair
- 13Seghir
- 14Mazrouai
- 15Gharbi
- 18Chapelle
- 20Bouftini
- 21M'Rabet
- 22Arouaissa
- 23Ayane
Live Text
Match ends, France 4, Morocco 0.
Second Half ends, France 4, Morocco 0.
Vicki Bècho (France) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Zineb Redouani (Morocco).
Corner, Morocco. Conceded by Wendie Renard.
Vicki Bècho (France) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Zineb Redouani (Morocco).
Substitution, France. Viviane Asseyi replaces Kadidiatou Diani.
Substitution, France. Aïssatou Tounkara replaces Sakina Karchaoui.
Élisa de Almeida (France) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Ghizlane Chebbak (Morocco).
Selma Bacha (France) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Foul by Hanane Aït El Haj (Morocco).
Foul by Sakina Karchaoui (France).
Sakina Ouzraoui Diki (Morocco) wins a escaped footwear connected the close wing.
Foul by Kadidiatou Diani (France).
Ghizlane Chebbak (Morocco) wins a escaped footwear successful the antiaircraft half.
Offside, Morocco. Rosella Ayane tries a done ball, but Zineb Redouani is caught offside.
Substitution, France. Estelle Cascarino replaces Ève Périsset.
Substitution, France. Naomie Feller replaces Eugénie Le Sommer.
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