France scored three targets in seven minutes as they rallied to an aesthetic 5-2 conquer the Netherlands at girls’s Euro 2025 on Sunday to clinch a quarter-final berth together with title holders England, who trounced Wales 6-1.
Marie-Antoinette Katoto within the 61st and a quickfire brace from Delphine Cascarino within the sixty fourth and 67th, earlier than captain Sakina Karchaoui transformed a stoppage time penalty, noticed France reverse a 2-1 half-time deficit, and end atop Group D with most factors.
Sandie Toletti had opened the scoring for Les Bleus on her thirtieth birthday within the twenty second minute however the 2017 champions Netherlands stored up their dim knock-out spherical hopes once they went forward 2-1 from Victoria Pelova within the twenty sixth and a Selma Bacha personal aim within the forty first.
The French would have none of it, although, and superior along with England who had been 4-0 up in St Gallen towards Wales at half-time from Georgia Stanway’s penalty and Ella Toone then scoring earlier than establishing Lauren Hemp and Alessia Russo.
Substitutes Beth Mead and Aggie Beever-Jones wrapped up issues within the 72nd and 89th as England received their second large win following a 4-0 over the Dutch, after a gap 2-1 defeat towards France.
England will now face Sweden within the quarter-finals on Thursday, whereas France play report champions and 2022 runners-up Germany on Saturday.
Each video games are rematches of the 2022 semi-finals received by England and Germany, however France and Sweden have seemed very sturdy in Switzerland.
The opposite quarter-finals are Norway v Italy on Wednesday and hosts Switzerland v world champions and prime favourites Spain on Friday.
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