Women’s European Championship in Switzerland
Clear victory: France leaves Wales no chance
09.07.2025 – 10:56 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
Second game, second victory: France’s football women win 4-1 against outsider Wales and are number 1 in group D.
Only 2-1 against England, now 4: 1 against Wales: France is already in the quarter -finals of the European Championship after two games. One point in the final group game against the Dutch on Sunday at 9 p.m. is enough to move into the quarter -finals.
While everything goes according to plan for France, Wales faces the tournament. The team lies without a win and with zero points in fourth place in group D. On the third matchday, the English women have to win (also on Sunday at 9 p.m.) in order to have a chance to progress. However, even then you rely on the protective help of the French women.
France starts the game perfectly. The tour after eight minutes. Bacha brings a corner kick to the sixteen. There, a Wales player continues the ball to Mateo on the second post. This first takes the ball with the chest and then chases it half -high in the right corner – 1: 0. But five minutes later the equalization.
Wales shocked France in the 13th minute with a historical goal: Evans sends Holland into the opposing penalty area with a long ball, where the foreign player puts in the trap for Fishlock. With luck, the player comes to the ball and presses the ball over the line. Shortly thereafter, the assistant lifts the flag, but after checking the video referee, the goal is-and Wales celebrates the first European Championship goal in his association history.
Shortly before the break, the third goal of the game. Holland gets Mateo off his legs in the sixteen. Diani transforms the due penalty in added time with a lot of luck and little pace flat into the middle of the goal. With a 2-1 lead, the French go into half.
The decision in the 53rd minute. The first mistake of the incorrect Middleton patle until then is expensive. The goalkeeper loses the ball to Mateo in her own penalty area, which takes off for Majri in the back room. The 32-year-old reliably puts the ball in the goal-3-1 for France.
France does not let up and adds in the 63rd minute. Wales’ goalkeeper Middleton-Patel is again in focus. Diani crosses the center to the right in the penalty area, where the keeper grabs next to it. Geyoro is right behind it and presses the ball to the 4: 1 final score over the line.