French women’s team. Les Bleues outclassed by American world champions at

Unbeaten since the 2019 World Cup, the Bleues rub shoulders on Tuesday (9:10 p.m.) in Le Havre with their last executioner, the United States of the double reigning world champion Megan Rapinoe, a friendly high-level duel between two armed nations for a bitter battle.

Corinne Deacon’s team is entering its second game of the year with the wind at its back, carried by his exciting victory on Friday against England (3-1). The Team USA came up against Sweden (1-1) on Saturday, a kind of poor performance after 16 straight wins.

For them to play France, and for us to play the United States, these are always important matches. We will have to be wary of everything, joked the coach on Monday at a press conference from Touques, where her entire group trained at the end of the afternoon.

Not far from there, Tuesday at the Océane Stadium, there will in any case be two camps determined to waver an opponent synonymous with bad memories. Because if the United States eliminated France 2-1 in quarterfinals son World at home in 2019, the French selection is also the last to have brought down the American ogre in January 2019 (3-1), already in Le Havre in a friendly.

But don’t talk about revenge or from return match to Corinne Deacon, the coach who remains in sixteen games unbeaten since the World Cup. These are two completely different competitions, I don’t have a mirror, she cuts.

In fact, the French team, version 2021, presents a very different face two years after the global tournament, between retired or distant players (Bussaglia, Thiney, Bouhaddi, etc.), and those absent in April because they were injured or affected by the Covid- 19.

READ ALSO: all you need to know about the France-United States match

Youth and speed

In the absence of the Lyonnaises, victims of a cluster in club (with the exception of Le Sommer), the Bleues have however managed to get rid of the English, semi-finalists of the last World Cup, Friday in Caen after a performance rather successful, according to Deacon.

But, warns Captain Marion Torrent, the United States is still a level above. We must be solid and stay in this dynamic of solidarity, team spirit, according to the defender of Montpellier.

Power and experience on the USA side, youth and speed on the French side : it is a style opposition that emerges on Tuesday between the first team in the Fifa rankings and the third world nation.

It’s a very physical team while we are more technical players, summarizes with AFP Kadidiatou Diani, whose double in January 2019 had been fatal to the Americans.

READ ALSO: Constance Picaud’s growth spurt

Incredible series

At only 26 years old, the Paris SG striker acts as a guide for young arrows Sandy Baltimore and Marie-Antoinette Katoto, 21 and 22 years old respectively. Against England, she was the only one to count more than 50 caps in a starting lineup with an average of 22 caps per player.

By comparison, the US average was 114 caps at kickoff in Stockholm, with just two players making fewer than 50 star-spangled appearances. The 300th game played by captain Carli Lloyd certainly weighed heavily, but the total could have been even higher with Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe starting.

The Ballon d’Or 2019, famous for his feminist and anti-racist commitment, entered the second half before scoring his 58th international goal from the penalty spot three minutes from the end of regulation time.

The late goal allowed coach Vlatko Andonovski to extend an incredible streak: the United States have not suffered defeat in 38 matches. The technician displayed his mistrust on Monday vis-à-vis the France team. They lack good players but those who are there are just as good. In some ways they are even better, he said. They can miss anyone, they always perform well, according to him.

– .