Women's World Cup dream over for Morocco after France hand out four-goal beating

08.08.2023 - 15:57 thenationalnews.com

Morocco's Women's World Cup adventure was brought to a crushing end as France ran out convincing 4-0 winners in their round-of-16 clash in Adelaide on Tuesday.

The Atlas Lionesses were three goals down within 23 minutes at Hindmarsh Stadium after goals from Kadidiatou Diani, Kenza Dali and Eugenie Le Sommer.

Le Sommer, France's all-time leading scorer, grabbed her second 20 minutes from time, despite a much-improved performance from Morocco after the break.

France will now take on co-hosts Australia in the quarter-finals on Saturday. Debutants Morocco became the lowest ranked team (72) to play in the last 16, bouncing back from a 6-0 rout by Germany in their opening match to beat South Korea and Colombia to advance to the round of 16 at the expense of No 2-ranked Germany.

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Australia now go to Sydney on Wednesday to face the winners of the final last-eight tie between England and Colombia.

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