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Paris 2024 – Football: Brazil opens the score at the end of the match
The French team lost to Brazil in the quarter-finals of the women’s Olympic football tournament on Saturday, August 3 at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes.
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Facing Brazil for a place in the last four, the French, too unrealistic in front of goal, lost (1-0) at the end of a match marked by numerous Brazilian errors.
The Olympic dream is over for the Bleues. Having qualified for the quarter-finals of the women’s football tournament after finishing first in their group, Hervé Renard’s players were stopped in their tracks by Brazil (1-0) on Saturday 3 August at the Stade de la Beaujoire in Nantes.
More enterprising offensively than their opponents throughout the match, the French women will be able to blame themselves for not having scored the first goal. After a missed penalty by Sakina Karchaoui in the 16th minute, and a shot on the bar by Griedge Mbock after a corner in the 41st minute, disaster struck with the Brazilian opening the score through Gabi Portilho in the 82nd minute. The 18 minutes of added time were not enough for the Blues to equalize, while Brazil almost made the break after another shot, this time on the post, by Gabi Portilho.