France 🇫🇷 take their first step towards women’s World Cup success after beating South Korea 🇰🇷 4-0 FIFAWWC
France celebrate after beating Korea Republic 4-0 in their FIFA Women's World Cup Group A match at Parc des Princes in Paris, France on June 7, 2019.
“We knew there would a be a lot of emotions tonight, we dealt with it perfectly. You can only transcend yourself when you hear 45,000 people sing La Marseillaise,” woman of the match Wendie Renard told reporters. France had all the play, and thought they had doubled their lead after 27 minutes when Griedge Mbock Bathy slammed a volley home, only for the video assistant referee to rule it out for offside two minutes later.
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