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French team: struggling to score in the game, the Blue attack questions less than four months before the Games

More waste at the finish. For its first qualifying match for Euro 2025, the France team logically won against an Irish team lacking in the game (1-0), Friday April 5, at the Saint-Symphorien stadium in Metz. But even if they quickly took the advantage in the match, the Blue still struggled to show realism. Which once again caught our attention, as has often been the case since the World Cup.

“The second goal didn’t come, the goalkeeper did what was necessary to prevent it from coming [8 arrêts pour Courtney Brosnan]. We pushed, continued to put some pressure. That’s three points and it’s the most important. Overall, I’m happy with this match, in the state of mind it was good”, reacted Hervé Renard at the end of the meeting at the microphone of France 3, he who nevertheless called at half-time to put “a little more technical accuracy in the last 30 meters and to project yourself a little more into the penalty area”.


Euro 2025 Qualifiers – Hervé Renard: “We will remember the victory”

Hervé Renard’s Bleues won in Metz against the Irish this evening for this first qualifying match for the Euro. The French coach is delighted with the commitment of his players. France takes 3 points in this tournament.



The 21 shots attempted in the evening, eight of which were on target, still raise questions about the offensive animation. After a Final Four of the League of Nations marked by the rout against Spain in the final at the end of February (0-2), where the doublet between Eugénie Le Sommer and Marie-Antoinette Katoto had never managed to exist, the coach was yet returned to a 4-3-3 pattern against the Irish. To manage playing time with “MAK” at the forefront, supported by Kadidiatou Diani and the returning Delphine Cascarino. Without much success.

“I think we have to finish the match at 3-0 given the opportunities. There was good defense, very tight and not easy to get around”, regretted the last Lyonnaise cited, optimistic about the fact that Sweden will reveal itself more on Tuesday, allowing potential tricolor counterattacks. While the game plan was to go through the wings in order to deceive an opposing defense well established with five, as confirmed by the technician, it was the midfielders who proved to be the most dangerous offensively.

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