From June 7th to July 7th, France hosted the Women’s World Cup 2019, the eighth competition of this level, which twenty-four teams participated in. For the fourth time in its history, the US national team became the world champion.
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From June 7th to July 7th, France hosted the Women’s World Cup 2019, the eighth competition of this level, which twenty-four teams participated in. For the fourth time in its history, the US national team became the world champion. In the final game, which took place at the sold out arena in Lyon, the American team met with the Netherlands’.
The Americans dominated most of the game, but could only show themselves in the 61st minute. The Dutch team was punished with a penalty kick to their score, which was confidently realized by Megan Rapino, the forward. Eight minutes later, the United States managed to double their lead thanks to Lavell’s accurate strike.
The Netherlands tried to recoup and went forward with great passion, but American defense acted clearly and accurately. As a result, the final match ended with the score of 2:0 in favor of the star-striped team.
The third place at the Women’s World Cup 2019 was taken by the Swedish national team, which outplayed the English women with a score of 2:1. The top scorers of the championship were Alex Morgan from the United States and Ellen White from England. Both players scored six goals.
The most valuable player of the tournament was the American Megan Rapino, who plays at the midfielder position. The best goalkeeper was Sari Van Veenendaal from the Netherlands national team.
Upcoming matches of the French championship on fscore.net
Next weekend will see the start of the third round of the championship of France, the results of which can be followed on the fscore.net. Lyon, having scored six points at the start of the season, will have an away game in Montpellier, which unsuccessfully started the championship, earning only one point.
Another unexpected leader of League 1 – Nice – will have a home game against Marseilles, who in the last two rounds was defeated and played in a tie.
The current champion of the country, PSG, will host Toulouse, who already scored four points.
Monaco, which unsuccessfully spent its first two rounds by missing six goals and not scoring a single one, will meet at home with another outsider – Nimes. The Monegasques need to change the situation right now, otherwise they will have to fight for survival for the second season in a row.
In addition, in the third round of the League 1 there will be several more interesting matches that can be watched with the help of the fscore:
- Brestois – Reims;
- Anger – Metz;
- Amiens – Nantes;
- Strasbourg – Rennes;
- Dijon – Bordeaux.
Do not forget about the confrontation between the two representatives of France in European competition. It will be a match between Lille and Saint-Etienne.
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