The day after the 0-0 between the France team and Jamaica, Brazil, the next opponent of Les Bleues, outclassed Panama (4-0). Ary Borges scored a hat-trick.
At least things are clear. The France team knows that it will face a Brazil in full confidence, Saturday, for its second match in the Women’s World Cup.
The day after the 0-0 between Les Bleues and Jamaica, the Auriverde launched their competition perfectly by outclassing Panama (4-0). Ary Borges put his team on the right track by scoring two goals in the first period (19th, 39th). Bia Zanaretto killed the suspense on returning from the locker room (48th), then Ary Borges went there with his third goal to offer himself a hat-trick (70th). The player from Louisville (United States) then gave way to legend Marta (37), who played the last quarter of an hour.
Ary Borges scores the first hat-trick at the 2023 Women’s World Cup 🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/RgsryPi3s9
—GOAL (@goal) July 24, 2023
Brazil takes the lead in group F before facing Les Bleues on the second day, and the threat is thus confirmed for the players of Hervé Renard. If we assume that Jamaica (43rd in the Fifa ranking) and Panama (52nd in the Fifa ranking) are of a substantially identical level, we realize that the French team will absolutely have to show something else not to put themselves in great danger in the race for the round of 16.
To go further, it would even be advisable for Les Bleues to win against Brazil to regain first place in the group, and thus reduce their chances of meeting Germany, reigning European vice-champion, in the next round.
