The step was too high.
A few months before the Olympic Games, Hervé Renard's Bleues hoped to strike a big, huge blow.
Winners of Germany (2-1) on Friday in the semi-finals of the League of Nations, they faced Spain, the reigning world champion, this Wednesday in Seville, for what would have been the first title in the history of the League. French women's team.
It is especially the second for Spain, simply too strong (2-0) for the overwhelmed French.
Goals from Ballon d'Or Aitana Bonmati in the first half and Mariona Caldentey in the second.
Note that the Spanish eliminated the Netherlands (3-0) on Friday in the semi-finals.
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