As was to be expected, it was more of a 90-minute attack / defense than a real duel that the Bleues engaged in this Tuesday evening in Skopje, North Macedonia, in a qualifying match for the Euro 2022. Four days after a sluggish success (2-0) in Serbia, the selection of Corinne Deacon (3rd world nation) made short work (7-0) of the penultimate European nation in the FIFA rankings (129th), further deprived of seven positive players for Covid-19.
Les Bleues consolidate their 2 nd place in Group G, three points behind Austria but with one game less.
What you must remember
Still deprived of six major players, including goalkeeper Bouhaddi, who told her that she would not return to the France team as long as she was in place, Deacon had made two changes in her starting XI.
Amel Majri and Kadidiatou Diani gave way to Viviane Asseyi and Melvine Malard, who celebrated at 20 her first tenure with the Bleues.
After occupying a more remote position against Serbia, Marie-Antoinette Katoto regained her place at the forefront of the attack.
Long competing with Valérie Gauvin for the position, the nugget of PSG still scored points by obtaining the penalty of 2-0 then by offering himself a double full of opportunism in the 6 m on two balloons pushed back (21st, 51st ).
But the essential was already assured thanks to another double, that of Eugénie Le Sommer (15th, 18th), who finally broke the record for top scorer in the history of the French women's team (see below ).
Defenders Marion Torrent (78th) and Elisa De Almeida (90th + 2) also joined in the celebration by scoring their first goal in the blue jersey.
Viviane Asseyi, a new Bayern Munich player, scored a penalty (82nd).
Unlike her Macedonian counterpart, Pauline Peyraud-Magnin, propelled goalkeeper n ° 1, spent a quiet evening.
The player: Eugénie Le Sommer
She has finally found deliverance.
Silent with the Blue for four games and the victory in Kazakhstan (3-0) since October 8, 2019, the Lyon striker ended up breaking the record of goals scored for the French team held since 2006 by Marinette Pichon.
Her 81st and 82nd goals (in 172 caps) allow the 31-year-old Breton to overtake the former emblematic striker by one unit (81 goals in 112 caps).
She will not have procrastinated for long.
After opening on an off-center free kick that crossed the entire surface (14th), she then transformed the penalty obtained by Marie-Antoinette Katoto (18th).
The number: 18
Les Bleues are full of luck during this Euro qualification campaign, postponed from 2021 to 2022 due to the Covid-19.
In four games, they scored 18 goals and conceded none.
Austria, which France will meet again on October 27, did almost as well with 21 goals scored and 0 conceded.
