Too much France for Iceland. The Nordics say goodbye to this European Championship with a draw at one in extremis, after a penalty indicated by the VAR in the last minute of the aggregate. The French they dominated the attack although they failed to seal the victoryeven though the VAR annulled them two goals In the second half. the equalizer it doesn’t work for you to the North Atlantic team to advance to the round, after Belgium’s victory over Italy by the minimum in the other match of group D.
little more than 40 seconds it took France to warn Iceland that a spot in the quarter-finals would be a high-priced sale. Melvine Malard the goal was cooked in a play to frame on the edge of the area, leaning on the spur with Clara Matthewwho returned the wall to him to define with his left foot and put it near the stock of the left post of Sandra Sigurdardottirwho could do nothing to avoid it despite his stretch. too much punishment for an Iceland that had practically had no opportunity to move the ball, beyond the kick-off.
Despite this, the Nordic team did not lower their arms and insistently sought to equalize the match. Just five minutes after the French goal, the Icelandic star Karolina Lea Vilhjálmsdottir He tried it with a shot from outside the area, although he went far from the goal of Pauline Peyraud-Magnin. He was not able to intimidate her, but he served to make the Icelandic players they grew up in the face of adversity.
The stopped ball of Iceland is extremely dangerous, and that’s where the clearest chance of the first half came. passed the minute 10 when Hallbera Gudny Gisladottir took a corner and put the ball directly to the second post so that Sveindis Jane Jonsdottir will give him a header and lead him to hit the crossbar of the French goal. The match was possible.
The ball did not quite find a clear dominatordespite statistics showing that France had made more connections than Iceland during the first 45 minutes. The truth is that every time the ball fell into the boots of the French attackers, the North Atlantic players held their breath and sighed when it ended in a wasted chance. the gala front, Malard, he did wonders in attack and just with his presence, his power and his great movements inside the area put in trouble to a Nordic defense that finished the first half with the goal of not conceding any more goals.
The French selection continued instilling terror behind the Icelandic during the second half. In fact, he didn’t need to overexert himself to create danger. While France took advantage of their power in wide attack, Iceland tested it with long balls towards the rival area. The tone of the first half was established in these second 45 minuteswhich looked like an improved version of what had already been seen on the green.
both selections enjoyed opportunities to transform them into a goal, although the clearest went to France, which crashed the ball in the wood on two occasions. The first was Malard in a bitten shot inside the area, where the ball went to the crossbar, and the second was Grace Geyoroin a shot that bounced off the defender’s legs Glodis Perla Viggosdottir and went to the stump of the right post of Sigurdardottir.
Iceland faded away as the minutes passed. With the Nordic intensity falling, it was then that the French took the opportunity to seal the match with two goals, both canceled at the request of the VAR. The first goal came in offside during the attendance of Sakina Kachraoui a Malard, which was in a forward position. The second, for Geyoro’s handswhen the center of Mateo with his right arm before aiming at an empty goal.
Although finally victory looked easy for France, with the referee about to mark the end, the WAS determined that it was necessary review last play of the match of minute 7 of the aggregate: the gala player Ouleymata Sarr threw from behind at Gunnhildur Jonsdottir. The Czech collegiate Jan Adamkova he checked it and understood that this play had to be a penalty. Dagny Brynjarsdottir he turned it into a goal, but there was no time for more.
match sheet
Iceland: S. Sigurdardottir; Árnadottir (Jensen, 88 ‘), Viggosdottir, I. Sigurdardottir, Gisladottir (Gunnlaugsdottir, 60’); Gunnarsdottir (C) (Jonsdottir, 60 ‘), Brynjarsdottir; Vilhjálmsdottir; S. Jonsdottir (Gudmundsdottir, 60 ‘), Thorvaldsdottir, Albersdottir (Andradottir, 81’)
France: Peyraud-Magnin; Bacha (Karchaoui, 63′), Renard (C), Tounkara, Torrent; Mateo, Bilbault (Palis, 46′), Toletti (Geyoro, 63′); Baltimore, Malard (Sarr, 79′), Diani (Cascarino, 46)
goals: 0-1, Malard (1 ‘), 1-1, Brynjarsdottir (90’ + 12 ‘).
cards: Thorvaldsdottir (amarilla, 38 ‘), Vilhjálmsdottir (amarilla, 64’), Karchaoui (amarilla, 90 ‘+ 3’)
referee: Jana Adamkova (Chechen Republic)
spectators: 7392 en el New York Stadium