France issued a Women’s World Cup warning on Tuesday to arrange a tasty quarter-final conflict in opposition to Australia, with Colombia becoming a member of them within the final eight and going through England. A rampant France scored thrice in eight minutes in a first-half blitz as they gained 4-0 to deliver Morocco’s fairytale run to a brutal finish. Veteran striker Eugenie Le Sommer scored twice, as soon as in every half, and Kadidiatou Diani and Kenza Dali had been additionally on the scoresheet in Adelaide. Herve Renard’s facet will now play co-hosts Australia in Brisbane on Saturday, with the winners of that occurring to play both England or Colombia within the semi-finals.

“We fulfilled our objective. You always want a little bit more, but it’s fine,” Renard advised broadcaster M6.

France had been knocked out within the quarter-finals as hosts in 2019, dropping to eventual winners the United States. A win in opposition to Australia will see them equal their best-ever efficiency on the World Cup, once they obtained to the final 4 in 2011.

“We have matched our performance of four years ago, but our objective was to do better than we did in 2011, so we know what we have left to do,” Renard mentioned.

Asked if his facet may beat the Matildas in entrance of a hostile crowd, he added: “We are capable of doing it but it won’t be easy, albeit not easy for either team.” While France are determined to win a primary main girls’s worldwide title, Morocco got here into the sport with the stress off, their World Cup already an enormous success.

They recovered from a 6-0 thrashing to Germany on their World Cup debut to exceed all expectations by defeating Colombia and South Korea to achieve the knockout rounds.

Colombia make historical past

Colombia reached the quarter-finals for the primary time and a gathering with England after a 1-0 win over Jamaica. Skipper Catalina Usme scored the one aim of the sport in Melbourne within the 51st minute, bringing the ball down expertly and bending it into the underside nook.

It was the primary time on the match that Jamaica had conceded a aim. It set a cagey recreation alight and despatched the pumping pro-Colombian crowd into deafening delirium.

Fired up, Jamaica virtually had a direct reply with Jody Brown’s shot cleared off the road. Behind for the primary time on the World Cup and going through the exit door, Jamaica deserted their defensive posture and threw gamers ahead frantically searching for the equaliser.

Drew Spence virtually grabbed it with a header that spun simply huge, however Colombia held on.

They will play European champions England in Sydney on Saturday.

James says sorry

England might be lacking attacker Lauren James after she was despatched off for stamping on Nigeria’s Michelle Alozie of their last-16 recreation on Monday. England went on to squeeze by way of on penalties.

The 21-year-old James apologised on Tuesday. “All my love and respect to you,” James tweeted to Alozie, who had written on social media that she had “all respect for Lauren James”.

“I am sorry for what happened,” James added. In the opposite quarter-finals, Spain play the 2019 runners-up the Netherlands, and Sweden — who despatched holders the United States dwelling — face Japan.

Jamaican name for assist

Jamaica bowed out however made historical past of their very own, profitable a World Cup recreation for the primary time with a 1-0 victory over Panama and holding closely fancied Brazil and France to goalless attracts.

But regardless of boasting the prolific Manchester City striker Khadija Shaw, Jamaica’s lack of targets proved to be their undoing — they scored only one all match, in opposition to Panama. It was a victory, although, of kinds within the workforce’s wider battle with their federation — they hope their shows will imply extra help in future from Jamaican soccer bosses.

“Obviously we need some help from mainly the government,” mentioned coach Lorne Donaldson, whose workforce has been in a row with their federation over pay and situations.

“Hopefully now we can all come together and try and figure something out so we don’t do things hodgepodge all the time,” he added.