SYDNEY: France will aim to halt debutants Morocco's fairytale run at the Women's World Cup when the teams meet in the last 16 in Adelaide on Tuesday (Aug 7) while Jamaica and Colombia battle to reach the quarter-finals for the first time. There are 67 places separating fifth-ranked France from Morocco but
SYDNEY: France will aim to halt debutants Morocco's fairytale run at the Women's World Cup when the teams meet in the last 16 in Adelaide on Tuesday while Jamaica and Colombia battle to reach the quarter-finals for the first time.
Renard, who previously coached Morocco's men's team, will be up against fellow Frenchman Reynald Pedros, a former France international who has been in charge of Morocco since 2020. Morocco, who were expected to make an early exit, were one of several surprise packages who qualified for the knockouts, bouncing back from a 6-0 hammering by Germany to beat South Korea and Colombia 1-0 and finish runners-up in Group H.
"I am French but my heart is with Morocco," Pedros said."I will do everything for us to qualify for the quarter-finals."
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