France and England won the last two tickets available for the quarter -finals of the Euro 2025. The Bleues had to fight to win 1st place in this group D.
Victorious of its first two matches, France won 5-2 in Basel against the Netherlands, which still had a tiny chance of qualifying. The Dutchmen had to impose themselves as widely as possible to “erase” the heavy defeat (4-0) suffered last Wednesday against England.
The 2017 European champions could still believe it at halftime, they who led 2-1 following a goal against his camp of the tricolor defender Selma Bacha in the 41st. They then had to score twice – without collecting – to overcome France unlike goals.
But the Bleues mastered their subject on the return from the locker room, showing off the Batavian hopes in just over six minutes thanks to Marie-Antoinette Katoto (61st) and a double of Delphine Cascarino (64th and 67th). Sakina Karchaoui sealed the scoring by transforming a penalty in the 92nd.
A enticing France-Germany
At the same time, England did not leave the shadow of a chance in the little thumb of this group, the Wales, crushed 6-1 in Saint-Gall. The initial defeat against France will therefore not have brought a consequence for the reigning European champions, who already quietly led 4-0 to the break.
First of this hen, France will rub against Germany, second in group C, next Saturday in Basel in the shock of the quarterfinals. England will be measured by Sweden, convincing winner of the Germans on Saturday evening (4-1), Thursday in Zurich for a place in the last square.
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