France send Morocco out of Women’s World Cup with 4-0

France send Morocco out of Women’s World Cup with 4-0

Moroccan female football team was on Tuesday sent packing from the ongoing Women’s World Cup with a 4-0 bashing by France.

With the defeat, all four African nations participating in the game are out of the competition.

Nigeria and South Africa that qualified along with Morocco for the knockout stage also lost at the round of 16.

Zambia, the fourth country, did not make it out of the group stage

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Eugenie Le Sommer scored twice in the 4-0 France-Morocco match on Tuesday to set up a quarter-final with co-hosts Australia.

Morocco had upset the odds to qualify for the last 16 at the expense of Germany in their debut appearance at the tournament but they never managed to lay a glove on Herve Renard’s French side in Adelaide.

Kadidiatou Diani opened the scoring on the quarter-hour mark and it was 3-0 just after the midway point in the first half as Kenza Dali and Le Sommer added further goals.

Le Sommer, who is France’s all-time top scorer, netted again 20 minutes from time before a crowd of 13,557 as Les Bleues advanced to the last eight with a minimum of fuss.

They will now play Australia in Brisbane on Saturday.

France send Morocco out of Women’s World Cup with 4-0