The French women’s football team takes on Morocco on Tuesday 8 August. Who will be the opponent of Les Bleues in the event of qualification?
This Tuesday, the France team faces Morocco for a place in the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Cup. A highly anticipated meeting, as during the last Men’s World Cup a few months ago. Faced with Hervé Renard, the France team will find a well-known face in the person of Reynald Pedros, former coach of Lyon. The French technician, interviewed at a press conference, explained that he would see no problem in beating Les Bleues and that’s normal. “It’s a special match because I’m French and my staff is French but my heart is Moroccan, he says. We’ve been working hard for three years to achieve unexpected, incredible goals. , improbable and we manage to achieve them with this team, this Federation, this group of absolutely fantastic players. I really like this country, I discovered it, I live very well there, I am very happy to train there -bas. Today, I will have absolutely no qualms or remorse about beating the France team. I will do everything to ensure that we qualify for the quarter-finals. We will see what will happen in the end. of the match. It’s a special match yes but for me, it’s a match to win for Morocco.”
If the match should not be taken lightly, the France team is clearly the favorite of this round of 16 of the World Cup and Herve Renard admitted, this match was well anticipated. “We had prepared for this eventuality, he pointed out in the preamble. We prepared for the match by supervising our opponent for a long time. A perfect job was done. We still have to obtain this qualification on the ground. About me, “I have wonderful memories of my time in Morocco, I keep a lot of friends. Now it’s time for football. Even when you play a little game with friends, you have to win it. So we’re here to qualify.
Which opponent for Les Bleues in the quarter-finals?
If and only if the France team wins against Morocco on Tuesday, Les Bleues will find the Australians, host country of this World Cup, on their way. An opponent who seems to be accessible to reach the last four, but carried by an entire country, the 10th world nation in the Fifa ranking will give everything to reach the semi-finals, especially with the return of their star striker Sam Kerr. Note however that France had lost to Australia just before the start of the competition.
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The opening match of the World Cup has been set for Thursday July 20, with New Zealand and Norway facing off. The group stages will continue until August 3 before a latency day.
The rest of the competition will be more decisive with the knockout stages and a final organized on August 20 in Sydney, at Stadium Australia.
France was the last host country of the Women’s World Cup in 2019. It passes the torch to co-hosts New Zealand and Australia.
France Télévisions, broadcaster of the Women’s World Cup with M6, has scheduled 32 matches including the opening match, New Zealand-Norway and the final (August 20 at noon). The M6 group broadcasts the other 32 matches.
If the broadcasting of the final was decided by drawing lots, the matches of the final phases were distributed fairly.
The Football World Cup lasts a whole month and is played in two phases, first the pools and then the finals.
- Monday August 7
- England – Nigeria (Brisbane): 9:30 a.m.
- Australia – Denmark (Sydney): 12:30 p.m.
- Tuesday August 8
- Round of 16 7: Colombia – Jamaica (Melbourne): 10 a.m.
- Round of 16 8: France – Morocco (Adelaide): 1:00 p.m.
- Friday August 11
- Spain – Netherlands (Wellington): 3h00
- Japan – Sweden (Auckland): 9:30 a.m.
- Saturday August 12
- Quarter-finals 3: Winner of the round of 16 6 – Winner of the round of 16 8 (Brisbane): 11 a.m.
- Quarter-finals 4: Winner of the round of 16 5 – Winner of the round of 16 7 (Sydney): 12:30 p.m.
- Tuesday August 15
- Semi-final 1: Winner quarter-final 1 – Winner quarter-final 2 (Auckland): 10:00 a.m.
- Wednesday August 16
- Semi-final 2: Winner quarter-final 3 – Winner quarter-final 4 (Sydney): 12:00 p.m.
- Saturday August 19
- Small final, match for 3rd place (Brisbane): 10:00 a.m.
- Sunday August 20
- Final (Sydney): 12:00 p.m.
32 teams have qualified for the Women’s World Cup. The selections, after drawing lots, were divided into 8 groups of 4.
- Group A: New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Switzerland
- Group B: Australia, Ireland, Nigeria, Canada
- Group C: Spain, Costa Rica, Zambia, Japan
- Group D: England, Denmark, China, Haiti
- Group E: United States, Vietnam, Netherlands, Portugal
- Group F: France, Jamaica, Brazil, Panama
- Group G: Sweden, South Africa, Italy, Argentina
- Group H: Germany, Morocco, Colombia, South Korea
The French women’s team has the outsider label. Les Bleues, in international competition, are very regular, they have systematically come out of the pools since 2009. However, they have never played in a final, always disqualified before.
The Habs are struggling to gain the upper hand over opponents who have shown more confidence and serenity in key moments. France, solid, is once again in search of a first final.
- July 23, 2023: France-Jamaica (12h)
- July 29, 2023: France – Brazil (12h)
- August 2, 2023: Panama – France (12h)
Disputed since 1991, the Women’s World Cup is very recent. The Mondial 2023 is the 9th edition. Only four nations have won so far.
- 1991: UNITED STATES
- 1995: Norway
- 1999: UNITED STATES
- 2003: Germany
- 2007: Germany
- 2011: Japan
- 2015 : UNITED STATES
- 2019: UNITED STATES