The French team gave up a tie in the last breath against Iceland (1-1)
Their rival in the quarterfinals will be the Netherlands.
The possibility of culminating a perfect group stage vanished at the last breath. The French team gave up a draw against Iceland after committing a penalty in extra time that was converted by Brynjarsdottir . The positive note, the performance of Malard at the tip of the spear, which made us forget at times the absence of Katototop scorer for PSG and star of the national team, who was seriously injured against Belgium.
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Iceland
Sigurdardottir; Arnadottir (Jensen, 88′), Viggósdóttir, Ingibjörg, Gisladottir (Gunnlaugsdottir, 60′); Gunnarsdottir (Jonsdottir, 60′), Vilhjálmsdóttir, Brynjarsdottir; Jonsdottir (Gudmundsdottir, 60′), Thorvaldsdottir, Albertsdottir (Andradóttir, 81′).
France
Peyraud-Magnin; Torrent, Tounkara, Renard, Bacha (Karchaoui, 63′); Toletti (Geyoro, 63′), Bilbault (Palis, 46′), Mateo; Diani (Cascarino, 46′), Malard (Sarr, 79′), Baltimore.
goals
0-1 M. 1 Malard. 1-1 M. 102 Brynjarsdottir (p.).
Referee
Jana Adamkova (Czech Republic). TA: Thorvaldsdottir (38′), Vilhjálmsdóttir (64′)/Karchaoui (93′).
Stadium
AESSEAL New York Stadium. 7,392 viewers
The start of the tricolor box was sudden. The first goal, which was born from a brilliant combination between Malard Y MatthewIt only took 40 seconds to produce. The Lyon forward took a sensational heel strike out of her hat to find Matthew at the front of the area. Immediately afterwards, the midfielder returned the ball to Malardwho emerged from the Irish defense before beating Sigurdardottir.
The speed with which the luminous was released allowed the team led by Corinne Diacre to drift downstream during the first half. The approaches were constant, and a bitten auction of Diana was about to increase the advantage for France. Nevertheless, Viggósdóttir was able to repel the shot.
Despite the dominance of the French, Iceland knew how to hold on until they found their opportunity. He ended up finding her with five minutes to go in the first act, but wasted her with an incomprehensible glitch. A corner service from the Nordic box ended at the feet of Thorvaldsdottir, who was alone in front of the goal. However, Brann’s forward attempt was lost in the Rotherham firmament.
The arrival of the second part balanced the forces of both teams. Iceland saw their farewell to the championship approaching, so they tried to turn the match into a fierce exchange of blows. First came the one from France, the work of Malard, which crashed the ball against the wood. Iceland was quick to respond, and Albertsdóttir connected a threaded shot that forced the intervention of Peyraud-Magnin.
Diacreknowing that the advantage was minimal and the match was becoming more balanced as the minutes went by, stirred the hornet’s nest giving entrance to Karchaoui and Geyoro. The irruption of the PSG side did not take long to notice, as he attended Malard to extend the French advantage. The goal, however, did not go up to the scoreboard due to an illegal position of the forward.
It would not be the only annulled goal of the matchwell Geyoro He also contemplated how, after the VAR review, his goal did not go up on the scoreboard because he helped himself to the control arm. Finally, France ended up regretting these annulled actions when, in the last breath, a penalty was awarded in favor of Iceland. Brynjarsdottir materialized the maximum penalty, but the goal was of no use to the Nordic team, who said goodbye to the European Championship as third in the group.
The tie frustrated the plenary session of France, but not its condition of first group. On July 23 they will face each other against the Netherlands in the quarterfinals.