Striker Marie-Antoinette Katoto was the star of the Stade Océane. The Frenchwoman was accurate twice with a heel behind the standing leg. Wendie Renard gave the home team the lead from the spot after a handball by Merel van Dongen. Lineth Beerensteyn scored the only Dutch goal of the evening.
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Mark Parsons saw the exhibition game between the numbers four and five in the world as an important test in the run-up to next summer’s European Championship. Just like last week against Brazil (1-1), the national coach started with his strongest possible eleven, noting that several regular basic players were missing this international period. Thanks to last weekend’s 3-0 victory over Finland, the reigning European champion still finished in second place in the final ranking.