No clock scoreboard graphic. 23' 0-0 LB #4 Choe Sol Gyong slides down past midfield and misses ball. #4 Tounkara(?), dribbling over her, steps on her right ankle. Choe stays down, France play on. Ref Gillian Martindale (Barbados) stops play. All others get water. 25' 0-0 DPRK chip from circle center to 30m box left, offside. Again the long balls ... 26' 0-0 France sends it to 15m center, DPRK ping poorly. #10(c) Toletti volleys it at box top arc right, deflected wide left. 26' 0-0 France left corner, to 2m 1/3 right. Crazy bounce across goalmouth at 2m, almost an own-goal, but DPRK clear.
29' 0-0 DPRK free kick from box top wide left. RB #6 Kim Hyang Mi comes all the way up and across, curls it to 3m left post. #1 Bruneau dives and punches it way out. 29' 0-0 #7 DeClercq dribbles 1-v-2 down to 5m box left, loses it. Falls under a shoulder challenge? 29' 0-0 #10 Ri Un Sim gets a 1-v-1 at 15m mid-right, backpasses. Forward pass up centerline goes too far, sails to Bruneau.
34' 0-0 #9 Diani spins away and holds well 1-v-2 at box top mid-right. Flicks left outstep square, misses just behind #11 Cousin directly to DPRK. 37' 0-0 DPRK race to 20m, square out to LM #11 Kim Phyong Hwa. She jukes RB #13 Romanelli(?), gets down to 14m mid-left, but shoots way high. 39' 0-0 France right corner, high to 6-top 1/3 right. #18 Rim comes out high and catches overhead. Bit too easy.
40' 0-0 #10(c) Toletti misses a through-ball pass. 40' 0-0 #13 Romanelli encroaches #11 Kim's heels from behind, foul. 41' 0-0 DPRK free kick just past midfield box left. Switch across, #10 Ri Un Sim sprints down to 4m wide right and curls in a bullet cross. #1 Bruneau dives and catches it at center with the far post exposed.
43' 0-0 RM #9 Ri Hyang Sim overlaps down wide right, DPRK probably drop a longball over her shoulder. She lures LB #15 Carage out to box right, cuts back into box and leaves Carage rooted and sprawling. Alone to 9m mid-right, turns terribly and shoots into the right side netting. 45' 0-0 DPRK get to 10m mid-left, 1-v-1 faceoff, hold possession. Backpass to box top arc left, low shot blocked by #5 Mbock Bathy. +1'.
Possession: FRA 15:38 ("50%"), DPRK 15:00 ("50%"). Maybe that should be 15:30 for DPRK? 938/(938 + 900) = 51%.
There's still... there's still... a half... Summer Green will score a boatload of goals against Gambia, right? (Please?)
47' 0-0 No changes. France press to box left, win a corner. 47' 0-0 France left corner, curled poorly to 11m just past spot. 2 DPRK clear it out, strand LCB #5 Mbock Bathy up in the box. RB #13 Romanelli stays up at 30m box right and pokes a good tackle away, gives France time to retreat. 48' 0-0 DPRK still outrun them up the arc right lane, flick down box right. Cross high to 6-top 1/4 left, confuses #1 Bruneau a bit, she backpedals, falls backward, palms it out. DPRK collect at 7m mid-left, cross fast low square to 6-top center, France clear. #7 Choe Yun Gyong(?) shoots long, high.
53' 0-0 France free kick from ~27m box left. #7 DeClercq curls it hard over the wall to 1/4 left 1/2 high. #18 Rim dives and parries it wide. 54' 0-0 France left corner, cleared. 54' 0-0 #10 Ri Un Sim steals it off #5 Mbock Bathy's foot at 30m mid-right, goes 1-v-1 the other way. Tries to lob Bruneau, but shanks it wide right. 56' 0-0 DPRK chip long from circle back right up centerline, bounces in front of #10 Ri Un Sim toasting the 2 CBs. Bruneau charges out to 15m, smothers ball, Ri pokes her in the right lower leg. No rebound, no foul. Brief stoppage, Bruneau resumes.
57' 0-0 France to DPRK's box top left. Lose it somehow, late lunge clips RM #9 Ri Hyang Sim's foot. Foul, no card. 59' 0-1 #11 Kim Phyong Hwa passes from 30m box left to #10 Ri Un Sim with back to goal at 22m arc left. Ri spins cw and rounds flat-footed #5 Mbock Bathy through box top. Leads her to 10m left post, insteps low under #1 Bruneau's right hand into 1/4 left. Bruneau slides her face into Ri's shins, trips her, comes out worse.
60' 1-1 France press to box top wide left. LB #15 Carage crosses high to 6-top right. #9 Kadidiatou Diani leaps unmarked, heads a high lob over everything, drops into the left side netting low. That lead lasted about 15 seconds. 63' 1-1 France short-pass to #10(c) Toletti facing away at 24m arc right. She turns and shoots, blocked. DPRK break to box top, lose it. 64' 1-1 France subs in (1 of 3) #20 Delphine Cascarino for #11 Pauline Cousin.
65' 1-1 DPRK cross from deep box right, dies in grass near 6-top right. #5 Mbock Bathy(?) comes back just ahead of #10 Ri Un Sim coming across, pokes it away and gets scythed down by Ri's lunge. Foul, brief stoppage. Everybody else gets water. 67' 1-1 Korea DPR subs in (1 of 3) #17 Kim Un Hwa for LM #11 Kim Phyong Hwa.
69' 1-1 DPRK long ball too far, Bruneau rushes up and collects at box top (her) left. 70' 1-1 #7 DeClercq tripped at 25m 6-left, into a barrel roll. Free kick thereat, she sails it way high.
71' 1-1 High bounce at midfield. DPRK one-touches a longball up centerline. #10 Ri Un Sim is faster than #5 Mbock Bathy, who cedes a corner. 72' 1-1 DPRK left corner, RB(?) #6 Kim Hyang Mi again comes way up & over to take it. Then plays it short to #12 Jon So Yon at 7m wide left. She crosses to 6-top 1/3 right, #? heads across mouth and into the left back corner. No goal, ref calls a foul or whatnot.
77' 1-1 France subs in (2 of 3) #19 Juliane Gathrat for RM(?) #6 Candice Gherbi. 78' 1-1 DPRK chip over the top and hit #19 Ri Kyong Hyang 1-v-0 through arc right to 15m. She shoots low on the run, #1 Bruneau kick-saves at 9m, France clear.
80' 1-1 #19 Ri Kyong Hyang crosses from box right to the spot. #1 Bruneau dives and gathers it off #10 Ri Un Sim's toes. 81' 1-1 DPRK cross from box top wide right(?) into box. #10 Ri controls well to 6-top left, DPRK cede a corner. 81' 1-1 DPRK left corner, to 2m 6-right, header goes over into the right side netting. 82' 1-1 Korea DPR subs in (2 of 3) #13 Jo Ryon Hwa for RF/LF #19 Ri Kyong Hyang.
83' 1-1 #10 Ri Un Sim offside. 84' 1-1 #13 Jo Ryon Hwa offside. All this longball ... 84' 1-1 #13 Jo Ryon Hwa onside at 25m box right. She bends into box top mid-right, shoots low, Bruneau saves it over at 6-top (her) left. 85' 1-1 DPRK right corner, pinged, flashes loose at 2m left post. Bruneau falls on it before DPRK can chase.
86' 1-1 France left corner, to left post, cleared out. France settle, square across box top, out to #? unmarked at 11m mid-right. Hard cross driven across 6m, #10(c) Toletti lunges flat and misses a poke by cm. DPRK chase it down and clear. 87' 1-1 DPRK shoot from 20m arc right, blocked at box top.
89' 1-1 RB #6 Kim Hyang Mi overlaps into right corner, mooncrosses to 2m left post. Bruneau backpedals, whiffs a palm. #10 Ri(?) tracks it down, crosses to 7m left post. #4 Tounkara(?) pokes it off DPRK shins and out. DPRK cross from 20m arc left to #11 Kim Phyong Hwa sneaking to 6-top right, she slides and micro-taps it -- wide right! 90' 1-1 #10 Ri scuffs a shot(?). +3'.
90+2' (of +3') 1-1 DPRK keep pressing. Drop pass up box right, but #13 Jo Ryon Hwa flagged offside. 90+3' (of +3') 1-1 DPRK hoof long from behind midfield to box top right. #5 Mbock Bathy 1-v-1 loses it in the afternoon sun, disrupts it just wide. DPRK shoot into French shins. 90+3' (of +3') 1-1 DPRK right throw-in at box top, backward. France poke into touch at midfield. 90+4' (of +3') 1-1 DPRK right throw-in, FT.
Truly undeserved draw......North Korea was by far the best team specially in the second half , our girls played well only for about 20 minutes then we suffered the koreans for the rest of the game . We most thank our goalkeeper Bruneau and the two central defenders Tounkara and Mbock which are also our best players with defensive midfielder Kaarchouni. I was expecting more from Toletti but she showed that she is more a Necib than a Abily.....great technical ability but poor football IQ .....Our federation has to change some criteria of selection , our football is based only on technical abilities ,which is good , but in international tournament we always suffer the lack of physicality of our players. I saw too many frenchies with no pace, strength ,power , stamina, endurance.....we really need to sort it out.
Does anybody know what's happening? How can USA be "just" 1-0 ahead over Gambia at HT, while Nigeria is obviously thrashing Azerbaijan 7-0?