Were you surprised by the qualification of Morocco, your opponent on Tuesday (1:00 p.m., Adelaide)? Eugenie Le Sommer: We heard the news yesterday (Thursday) evening. It is true that it is a surprise even if we know that everything is possible. The probability was very low, that’s the beauty. We were the first surprises. We were thinking of Germany or Colombia, Morocco decided otherwise. I don’t think Germany took their match lightly (against South Korea, editor’s note). But there are teams that give 100 or even 200% and manage to achieve unexpected results. That’s the beauty of football.

Do these results inspire you to insist on humility? We keep our line, we don’t look down on anyone. There are no more small teams, at least on paper. With heart, giving everything, everything is possible. We will be attentive, we have humility, we don’t take ourselves for others. Morocco is inferior on paper but when you see who they have released and where they are, it’s that this team has qualities. We are favorites, we will not hide it. We come with a lot of ambition, but that hasn’t changed because we are playing Morocco. We have a lot more experience than Morocco, we have that for us, it’s up to us to use that too to put the ingredients. Favorite status means nothing.

This World Cup, the fourth for you, is it different from the first ones? Yes. Personally, I feel it a bit like the first one. It is special because it was not acquired a few months ago. It’s a special feeling, even if I don’t forget the two who were between the first and this one. It’s true that there are a lot of special signs (which allow you to believe it), anecdotes, little things, but you take it as you want, it’s still a World Cup with matches at stake. We want to go as far as possible. But in the end it’s the green rectangle that decides everything.