France rounded the Finnish women’s national team to a score of 5–0.
Next The Finnish women’s national football team, which is preparing for the summer European Championship finals, received a rude lesson from the top of the world on Wednesday. World’s Fourth Party France hosts a four-country tournament in Le Havre, knocking Finland 5-0 off.
Finland got a click even before the start of the game, when the organizers played the Albanian national anthem for the visiting team instead of the song Maamme. The choice was accompanied by the astonishing expressions of the Finnish players and the coaching staff.
France did not think about the opening ceremonies, but from the beginning pressed the game to the end of Finland. Finland got into the defensive position when the French ball-safe players dominated the game.
Match got an unfortunate turn for Finland when the defender Anna Westerlund 12 minutes into the match, the referee signaled for a French kick.
For Westerlund, Wednesday was a holiday as he played the 138th international match of his career and passed Jari Litmasen as the player who has played the most matches in the Finland shirt ever.
France took advantage of the embarrassment of Finland’s opening half and jerked the 3–0 lead by the middle break.
Striker Melvine Malard finished off a quick charge from the left of the field by chipping the ball just past the home side’s keeper, making the score 2 – 0 16 minutes into the match. The eyebrow also gave rise to France’s third goal when framed Wendie Renard took the lead 34 minutes into the game, making the score 0 – 1 after some elegant movement down the middle Eveliina Summanen that Westerlund were herding French herdsmen in front of the goal.
France tore openings in Finland’s defense unnecessarily easily. Under pressure, the guests ’own attacking game was scarce.
In the second At half-time, Finland’s defense intensified somewhat, and France was not able to hit tighter distances as easily as in the first 45 minutes.
Pressed by France Grace Geyoro hit the goalkeeper 58 minutes into the game Tinja-Riikka Korpela after careless opening 4–0. Renard scored his second goal in the last minute of the game.
Finland will face the Netherlands next Saturday in a four-country tournament. Its ranking on the December world list is Fifth.
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