The French team posted its ambitions in its first match in Euro 2025. The Blue won 2-1 the first shock of group D, that known as death, against England, reigning European champion. This duel held all its promises.
WHY? Ladies the English fired the first in this duel between two of the most impressive offensive armada of the tournament. In the 16th minute, the very remuneration Lauren James cleverly offset Beth Mead who centered for Lauren Hemp. The strike of it was repelled by goalkeeper Pauline Peyraud-Magnin but Alexia Russo was the most prompt on the rebound: 1-0. Yes. No, finally for an offside a few millimeters from Mead, detected in the “Var Room”. Enough to recall bad memories of the Swiss fans present 22542, the team of which was deprived of a penalty against Norway for a very light offside of Alayah Pilgrim.
![The duels were bitter in the shock of this very high group. [KEYSTONE - MARTIN MEISSNER]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw== "The duels were bitter in the shock of this very high group. [KEYSTONE - MARTIN MEISSNER]")
INTENSITY. This big alert had the gift of waking up the players of Laurent Bonadei. Led by the untenable Selma Bacha and Delphine Cascarino, the Bleues intensified their pressing and put the lionesses in great difficulty. After a first skirmish without consequence with the lob right next to Sakina Karchaoui, captain in the absence of Griedge Mbock, hit in a calf, Marie-Antoinette Katototo opened the scoring on a center of Cascarino after a beautiful recovery from Elisa de Almeida. A new recovery in mid-terrain, signed Maëlle Lakrar, allowed France to project itself quickly and to take the break by the attacker of Chelsea Sandy Baltimore. The English tried to return. The French people were able to lock the door and even get the most frank occasions of the second period. But they ended up giving in to the 87th on a goal from Keira Walsh.
First. The invincibility of coach Sarina Wiegman has ended. When she run the Netherlands, the 55-year-old Dutch technician won the six Euro 2017 games to bring her selection to the Triomphe. She had reoffended five years later at the head of England which she had brought to the coronation after six successes. The Wiegman lionesses also became the first holders of the title to lose the first match of the following tournament.
Zurich, Ludovic Perruchoud
