Fifa Women’s World Cup: France thrash Morocco to set up Australia clash, Colombia to face England
- Eugenie Le Sommer scores twice as France ease to 4-0 victory on Tuesday night in Adelaide
- Catalina Usme fires Colombia to 1-0 win against Jamaica, and their first World Cup quarter-final
Eugenie Le Sommer scored twice as France eased to a 4-0 win over Morocco at the Women’s World Cup on Tuesday and set up a quarter-final with co-hosts Australia.
Morocco had upset the odds to qualify for the last 16 at the expense of Germany in their debut appearance at the tournament but they never managed to lay a glove on Herve Renard’s French side in Adelaide.
Kadidiatou Diani opened the scoring on the quarter-hour mark and it was 3-0 just after the midway point in the first half as Kenza Dali and Le Sommer added further goals.
Veteran striker Le Sommer, who is France’s all-time top scorer, netted again 20 minutes from time before a crowd of 13,557 as Les Bleues advanced to the last eight with a minimum of fuss.
They will now play Australia in Brisbane on Saturday, with the winners of that going on to play either England or Colombia in the semi-finals.
“We fulfilled our objective. You always want a little bit more, but it’s fine,” Renard told broadcaster M6.