Thanks to its prestigious success against its bête noire on Friday in the semi-finals, the French team will have the opportunity to win the first title in its history in five days.
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Head to the final for the Blues. Facing Germany, an opponent it had never beaten in official competition, the French women’s football team did not give up on Friday February 23 in Lyon, and achieved a historic victory in Nations League semi-finals (2-1). More enterprising and well in place, the French team turned the evening around for the better just before the break.
On a free kick returned by the opposing defense, Kadidiatou Diani opened the scoring with a clear and unstoppable recovery (41st), before Sakina Karchaoui doubled the lead on a penalty in added time (45th+2). A sufficient advantage since the Germans did not get back together despite a penalty, also signed by Giulia Gwinn (81st). Despite a stressful last ten minutes, the Blues did not give in.
Thanks to this convincing success, the France team will compete in the final of the League of Nations, the first in its history in official competition. To finally win a trophy in almost 53 years of existence, the Blues will challenge the Spanish world champions in Seville on Wednesday. For its part, Germany will try to get its ticket to the Olympics in the small final against the Netherlands.
