A Gaetane Thiney brace, plus goals from Camille Abily and Elodie Thomis allowed France to place one foot in the quarter-finals following a 4-0 win over Canada in Bochum.
Group A – Matchday 5
Canada 0-4 France
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GOALS
0-1 Gaetane THINEY (24′)
0-2 Gaetane THINEY (60′)
0-3 Camille ABILY (66′)
0-4 Elodie THOMIS (83′)
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VENUE
FIFA Women´s World Cup Stadium, Bochum
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LINE-UPS
CANADA
18-Erin McLEOD; 2-Emily ZURRER, 7-Rhian WILKINSON, 9-Candace CHAPMAN, 17-Brittany TIMKO (77′ 19-Chelsea STEWART); 6-Kaylyn KYLE (60′ 11-Desiree SCOTT), 8-Diana MATHESON, 13-Sophie SCHMIDT; 15-Christina JULIEN (60′ 14-Melissa TANCREDI), 12-Christine SINCLAIR [C], 16-Jonelle FILIGNO
Unused Subs
1-Karina LeBLANC, 3-Kelly PARKER, 4-Carmelina MOSCATO, 5-Robyn GAYLE, 10-Jodi-Ann ROBINSON, 20-Marie-Eve NAULT, 21-Stephanie LABBE
FRANCE
16-Berangere SAPOWICZ; 4-Laura GEORGES, 8-Sonia BOMPASTOR, 11-Laure LEPAILLEUR, 20-Sabrina VIGUIER; 6-Sandrine SOUBEYRAND [C], 10-Camille ABILY (82′ 9-Eugenie LE SOMMER), 14-Louisa NECIB, 15-Elise BUSSAGLIA; 17-Gaetane THINEY (79′ 3-Laure BOULLEAU), 18-Marie-Laure DELIE (74′ 12-Elodie THOMIS)
Unused Subs
1-Celine DEVILLE, 2-Wendie RENARD, 5-Ophelie MEILLEROUX 7-Corine FRANCO, 13-Caroline PIZZALA, 19-Sandrine BRETIGNY, 21-Laetitia PHILIPPE
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MATCH OFFICALS
Referee
Etsuko FUKANO (JAP)
Assistant Referees
Saori Takahashi (JAP), ZHANG Lingling (CHN)
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BOOKINGS
Yellow Cards
37′ Sonia BOMPASTOR (France)
52′ Diana MATHESON (Canada)
Red Cards
none