They chewed them. Les Bleues planted promising seeds on the way to the Euro on Saturday against the less dangerous Cameroon (4-0) reaping an easy victory to be credited mainly to the usual substitutes, aligned by Corinne Deacon.
Melvine Malard (32nd), Griedge Mbock (38th) and Ouleymata Sarr (58th, 62nd), came into play at the break in place of Marie-Antoinette Katoto, allowed the Bleues to win this first friendly in Beauvois (Oise), six days before the second and last scheduled against Vietnam, Friday in Orleans (Loiret).
Les Bleues start the Euro against Italy on July 10
At the Euro, the French face Italy on July 10 in Rotherham, England, at the start of their group stage. They will then meet Belgium and Iceland on July 14 and 18 in the same city.
The competition – originally scheduled for the summer of 2021 but postponed for a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic – runs from July 6 to July 31, 2022.