TOPS
Les Bleues received two out of two
The arrival of Hervé Renard in place of Corinne Deacon was expected.
Eh for his debut, the "
boss
" of the Blue chained a second victory in as many meetings.
After dominating - not without difficulty - Colombia on April 7 (5-2), Wendie Renard's teammates followed up against Canada on Tuesday evening for their second friendly match (2-1).
Serene, the France team did not tremble despite a sluggish end to the match.
Delphine Cascarino omnipresent
Delphine Cascarino was in all the fights.
In the first half, she was very active, offering many solutions to her teammates.
The Lyon player framed a shot (37th) after having served Clara Mateo perfectly a little earlier.
In the second period, she lit the first fuse by offering Geyoro the first goal on a plateau.
She then attempted to animate on her right side but was less prominent in the late game.
Le Garrec, six years later
She had confided to the
Parisian
to have lived her six years of non-selection as “
An injustice
”.
The Fleury midfielder (28) was celebrating her return and her 5th selection for Les Bleues.
Inhabited by a big smile before coming into play in the 56th, Léa Le Garrec immediately stood out.
First by a superb center just in front of the Canadian cage that Renard could not take back (62nd).
Then scored the goal of the break on a superb masterpiece (64th).
Sheridan, the Canadian goalkeeper, got tangled up in her area, missed her raise and Le Garrec, opportunistically, recovered and applied to lob Sheridan.
FLOPS
Picaud dumpling
Hervé Renard had made five changes from the victorious Colombia side four days ago.
Among them, the surprise tenure of goalkeeper Constance Picaud in place of Pauline Peyraud-Magnin.
The PSG goalkeeper celebrated her second selection this Tuesday evening, she who had played a match against Uruguay in February.
After a good first period and two important stops (5th, 31st), Picaud was guilty of a ball on the only goal of the Canadians.
After a long cross, Almeida deflects towards her goalkeeper.
But the latter, after having captured the leather, lets it slip away and offers Huitema the opportunity to score.
In the aftermath, she was immediately reassured by Captain Wendie Renard.
Empty stands...
Hervé Renard complained about it.
“
I heard there would be between 10,000 and 12,000 spectators and the stadium has 25,000.
I am not satisfied, we have not succeeded in our progress, regretted Renard.
More people should come, we need them.
It is important to fill a stadium as much as possible, especially a beautiful stadium like that
”.
Well this evening, the spans of the Marie-Marvingt stadium in Le Mans were far from full (14,201 people present).
Timid “
Go Les Bleues
” sounded at times.
One of the few black points of the evening.