Women's World Cup: after France-Jamaica, Le Sommer regrets a "lack of realism"

Hervé Renard, coach of the France team, at the microphone of M6 after France-Jamaica (0-0): “The second half is much better. We fell against a team that gave all its strength. We didn’t manage to score but sometimes we can start a competition small and it will go well afterwards. Brazil (next Saturday)? It will be an important match but there will be a third (against Panama). You can count on us, don’t worry.”

Eugénie Le Sommer (attacker, at the microphone of M6): “We knew what to expect with this Jamaican team. We knew they were going to have a lot of impact, that it was going to be duels and that’s what happened. I think that in the first half, we didn’t put our game down enough, we had too much technical waste, we didn’t get a single chance. Even if in the second half we pushed, we did not manage to score. I think we missed a bit of realism. Afterwards, we were solid defensively, that is also important. But to win, you have to score. You have to be more dangerous. We lacked efficiency.”

Kadidiatou Diani (striker, AFP): “Obviously, there is a lot of frustration. We still had chances that unfortunately we weren’t able to capitalize on. The important thing is not to let go. There are still two matches left in this group. I think you still have to have confidence in yourself. It is important for the rest of the competition. In this match, I think we have to improve offensive efficiency. We will have to work on that for the next matches. We do not have a choice. We stay focused on our goals. We know that we will have to give everything to hope for a qualification.

Amel Majri (midfielder, AFP): “We know we were able to do much better. We could have put ourselves in better conditions to start this World Cup. There are two more matches coming up. We know that when we don’t put more movement, of technical quality, it gives this result. We will have to do more to be able to pass the other matches. We had chances, not them. It’s even more frustrating. We will try to concretize them in the upcoming matches. We are capable of having more.”