Deprived of a large part of its best players, the French women’s team lost (1-2) on Tuesday against the 25th selection in the Fifa rankings during the second match of the Laurent Bonadei era.
Published on 29/10/2024 23:05
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Second match and first defeat for Laurent Bonadei at the head of the French women’s football team. Its players were beaten by Switzerland (1-2), host of Euro 2025 in eight months, Tuesday October 29, in Geneva. The setback is difficult knowing that the Blues have not lost against this opponent for 22 years, but there are mitigating circumstances.
Without Selma Bacha, Griedge Mbock, Marie-Antoinette Katoto, Sandie Toletti, Sakina Karchaoui, Elisa D’Almeida or Eugénie Le Sommer, the Blues played the second match of this gathering, four days after the easy success against Jamaica (3 -0). Difficult to draw any conclusions. The new coach especially had the opportunity to give playing time to new faces such as Kelly Gago (Nantes), Cindy Caputo (Saint-Etienne) and Lou Bogaert (Paris FC).
The first named experienced a first period in the form of a roller coaster. Established at the forefront of the attack, the former top scorer in D2 in 2019, first stood out in her own penalty area. The referee of the match judged that she had touched the ball with her hand and therefore awarded a penalty to the Swiss, which Ramona Bachmann converted (25th). Kelly Gago redeemed herself less than ten minutes later by straightening the trajectory of a shot from Cindy Caputo to equalize (34th), scoring her first goal for the selection.
The four changes at half-time, with the entry of Kadidiatou Diani or that of Grace Geyoro, did not allow us to find chemistry. Without complexes, Switzerland continued to find spaces in depth and the young Naomi Luyet (18 years old) rushed in to score the goal of the evening, with a dry strike and with the help of the crossbar (54th).
The Blues could have conceded one more goal. Constance Picaud notably deflected a long shot from Alisha Lehmann onto the post (67th). They also had the opportunity to equalize at 2-2, but Jade Le Guilly, ideally placed in the 5.50m, found the post (83rd). We will have to wait until December 3 to hope to see the French team show a more convincing face, but the opposition in Nice will be much tougher against the Spanish world champions.
