Grace Geyoro scored a hat-trick as France underlined their credentials as one of the favourites to prefer Euro 2022 by thrashing Italy 5-1 of their Crew D opener at Rotherham’s Unusual York Stadium.
Corinne Diacre’s aspect are taking a look to prefer a significant tournament for the first time, and they also set up aside in a efficiency that can for certain assemble other groups take a seat up and seize look.
Italian ahead Barbara Bonansea forced a gargantuan assign out of goalkeeper Pauline Peyraud-Magnin in the first dinky while, but from then things took a snide flip for Italy as France positioned on an attacking masterclass.
Geyoro bought the first of her targets in the ninth minute when she fired dwelling from the stuffed with life Kadidiatou Diani’s unsuitable.
Marie-Antoinette Katoto, widely tipped to prefer the Golden Boot at this tournament, scored her 26th world purpose in her 31st look faithful three minutes later, stabbing in after the goalkeeper had palmed a shot into her direction.
Katoto then noticed a header hit the put up before Delphine Cascarino made it 3-0 with a thunderous strike six minutes before the atomize.
There became unruffled time for France to ranking twice more before half of-time as Geyoro rolled in after rounding the goalkeeper, before she achieved her hat-trick with with a neat attain from 14 yards.
To Italy’s credit, they did enhance after the atomize, despite the indisputable truth that they were fortunate to attain the game with 10 players when Sara Gama had a crimson card overturned following a VAR evaluate, despite the articulate appearing reckless.
Martina Piemonte then headed in with 14 minutes remaining to present the travelling Italy fans a comfort to cheer.
“We wished to characterize what we were fabricated from,” Diacre acknowledged. “Hats off to my players. They were high performing from the rep slump. We felt gargantuan synergy between the players on the pitch.
“The proof is in the pudding, we noticed this in the first half of.”
Relive France’s immense prefer towards ItalyCan France overcome disturbed previous to prefer first critical tournament?Why Renard playing in Rotherham is a upright thingFrance fire warning to rivalsRanked third in the realm and arriving on the tournament on the inspire of 14 consecutive victories, France are rightly considered as being among the main contenders to prefer Euro 2022 – despite the indisputable truth that, to this point, success at critical tournaments has eluded them.
They’ve failed to progress further than the quarter-finals of their six previous appearances on the European Girls’s Championships, however this efficiency confirmed that they’ve the map and quality to circulate well-known further this time.
Italy merely had no acknowledge to France’s realizing assault in the first half of, with Diani’s trickery and explain running causing fear in the defence, whereas Katoto – who moreover to her purpose equipped the inspire for Geyoro’s second – highlighted why she is a striker to be feared at Euro 2022.
On this exhibiting, no defence will have to come up towards this France assault, which blended ability, tempo and scientific finishing to devastating discontinuance.
Defensive work to attain for ItalyHaving failed to rep out of the neighborhood stage in 2017, Italy were hoping to attain significantly better this time round. However such a heavy defeat of their opening game is well-known from an supreme launch up.
Alternatively, they can seize heart from their second-half of boom. As outclassed as they were in the outlet 45 minutes, they competed after the atomize and were unfortunate to no longer earn bigger than the one comfort purpose.
That will possibly possibly moreover were the entire device down to France stepping off in assault to preserve energy, but Italy should always unruffled seize encouragement from how they achieved the game as they earn out about to face up and running towards Iceland on Thursday.
Player of the match
GeyoroGrace Geyoro
with an moderate of 9.00
FranceSquad number8Player nameGeyoro
Squad amount20Player nameCascarino
Squad amount11Player nameDiani
Squad amount21Player namePeyraud-Magnin
Squad amount22Player namePérisset
Squad number9Player nameKatoto
Squad number6Player nameToletti
Squad number5Player nameTounkara
Squad number7Player nameKarchaoui
Squad number3Player nameRenard
Squad amount14Player nameBilbault
Squad amount13Player nameBacha
Squad amount15Player nameDali
Squad amount12Player nameMalard
Squad amount17Player nameBaltimore
Squad amount18Player nameSarr
ItalySquad amount10Player nameGirelli
Squad number4Player nameGalli
Squad amount17Player nameBoattin
Squad number6Player nameGiugliano
Squad amount18Player nameCaruso
Squad number5Player nameLinari
Squad amount11Player nameBonansea
Squad amount20Player namePiemonte
Squad amount13Player nameBartoli
Squad number1Player nameGiuliani
Squad amount16Player nameDi Guglielmo
Squad number2Player nameBergamaschi
Squad number3Player nameGama
Squad amount19Player nameGiacinti
Squad number8Player nameRosucci
Squad number7Player nameSimonetti
Line-upsFranceFormation 4-3-3
21Peyraud-Magnin
22Périsset5Tounkara3Renard7Karchaoui
8Geyoro14Bilbault6Toletti
11Diani9Katoto20Cascarino
21Peyraud-Magnin22Périsset5Tounkara3Renard7KarchaouiSubstituted forBaltimoreat 88’minutes8GeyoroSubstituted forDaliat 67’minutes14Bilbault6Toletti11DianiSubstituted forBachaat 78’minutes9KatotoSubstituted forSarrat 77’minutes20CascarinoSubstituted forMalardat 67’minutesSubstitutes1Chavas2Palis4Torrent10Matéo12Malard13Bacha15Dali16Lerond17Baltimore18Sarr19Mbock Bathy23CissokoItalyFormation 4-3-3
1Giuliani
13Bartoli3Gama5Linari17Boattin
4Galli6Giugliano18Caruso
2Bergamaschi10Girelli11Bonansea
1Giuliani13Bartoli3GamaBooked at 66mins5Linari17BoattinBooked at 16mins4GalliSubstituted forRosucciat 45’minutes6GiuglianoSubstituted forSimonettiat 45’minutesBooked at 52minutes18CarusoSubstituted forPiemonteat 74’minutes2Bergamaschi10GirelliSubstituted forGiacintiat 58’minutes11BonanseaSubstituted forDi Guglielmoat 81’minutesSubstitutes7Simonetti8Rosucci9Sabatino12Schroffenegger14Bonfantini15Filangeri16Di Guglielmo19Giacinti20Piemonte22Durante23LenziniReferee:Rebecca Welch
Attendance:8,541
Are dwelling TextMatch ends, France 5, Italy 1.
2d Half ends, France 5, Italy 1.
Strive saved. Martina Piemonte (Italy) header from the centre of the box is saved in the backside left nook. Assisted by Flaminia Simonetti with a unsuitable.
Corner, Italy. Conceded by Wendie Renard.
Strive left out. Ouleymata Sarr (France) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sandy Baltimore with a unsuitable.
Strive blocked. Flaminia Simonetti (Italy) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Valentina Giacinti.
Substitution, France. Sandy Baltimore replaces Sakina Karchaoui.
Strive left out. Selma Bacha (France) left footed shot from very discontinuance range misses to the left. Assisted by Melvine Malard with a unsuitable following a expeditiously atomize.
Strive blocked. Martina Piemonte (Italy) factual footed shot from out of doorways the box is blocked.
Strive blocked. Lisa Boattin (Italy) factual footed shot from out of doorways the box is blocked. Assisted by Valentina Giacinti.
Strive blocked. Valentina Giacinti (Italy) left footed shot from the left aspect of the box is blocked. Assisted by Martina Piemonte.
Infamous by Ève Périsset (France).
Lisa Boattin (Italy) wins a free kick in the defensive half of.
Substitution, Italy. Lucia Di Guglielmo replaces Barbara Bonansea.
Aïssatou Tounkara (France) wins a free kick in the defensive half of.
Infamous by Valentina Giacinti (Italy).
Corner, Italy. Conceded by Sakina Karchaoui.
Substitution, France. Selma Bacha replaces Kadidiatou Diani.
Substitution, France. Ouleymata Sarr replaces Marie-Antoinette Katoto.
Aim! France 5, Italy 1. Martina Piemonte (Italy) header from very discontinuance range to the pinnacle left nook. Assisted by Lisa Boattin with a unsuitable.