Les Bleues put on a show against the Netherlands
Women's football•
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The French women's team defeated their Dutch counterparts 5-2 in their UEFA Women's Euro Switzerland 2025 Matchday 3 group stage clash on Sunday 13 July 2025.
France finished top of their group and will face Germany in the quarter-finals at 21:00 on Saturday 19 July.
Sakina Karchaoui (captain), Elisa De Almeida and Thiniba Samoura played the entire match, the former even providing an assist and scoring her side's final goal. Grace Geyoro came on as a substitute.
For the Netherlands, Jackie Groenen played the entire match, but the Oranje finished third in their group and are now out of the tournament.
NETHERLANDS - FRANCE: 2-5 (2-1)
UEFA Women's Euro Switzerland 2025 - Group stage - Group D - Round 3
St. Jakob-Park (Basel, Switzerland)
Goals: Pelova (28') and Bacha (o.g., 41') for the Netherlands. Toletti (22'), Katoto (61'), Cascarino (64', 67') and Karchaoui (90'+2) for France.
NETHERLANDS: Van Domselaar, Janssen, Spitse (Dijkstra, 84'), Casparij, Wilms, Groenen, Van de Donk (Egurrola, 84'), Roord (Kaptein, 67'), Pelova (Jansen, 90'), Beerensteyn, Grant (Brugts, 67'). Coach: A. Jonker.
FRANCE: Peyraud-Magnin, Bacha (Bogaert, 70'), Sombath (N'Dongala, 79'), De Almeida, Samoura, Jean-François, Toletti (Geyoro, 59'), Karchaoui, Baltimore, Katoto (Matéo, 70'), Cascarino (Diani, 71'). Coach: L. Bonadéi.