One of the biggest questions heading into this summer’s Women’s World Cup in France was would the home team play up to its enormous potential — or would it fold under the weight of even more enormous expectations.
“We knew it would be a very emotional evening. But we managed it well,” defender Wendie Renard said through an interpreter. “When more than 45,000 people are singing the French national anthem, it does drive you forward.”
Maybe not. But they’re off to a good start — and the domination was complete. South Korea was outshot 21-4, with France putting eight of its shots on target. On the other end, French keeper Sarah Bouhaddi never had to make a save. For the women “the ambitions are the same,” said captain Amandine Henry, who assisted on the first goal and scored the last Friday.The men entered the 1998 tournament as longshots, narrowly won their first two knockout-round games — one in extra time and the other on penalty kicks — then stunned Brazil 3-0 in the final.The women entered this tournament as co-favorites, alongside the U.S.
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