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Evening all. Anyone for a bit of France v Brazil?

Women's World Cup / Last 16
Stade Océane / 23.06.2019
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Tom Adams

Updated 23/06/2019 at 21:42 GMT


17'
Henry wins the ball in midfield and finds Gauvin, who moves onto Asseyi; he cross is well claimed by Barbara.
16'
Marta's corner isn't awful, but Bouhaddi does well to pluck it out of the air.
15'
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Marta finds Debinha and with Christiane's run taking defenders away, she tries a shot which is deflected behind for a corner.
13'
France are much quicker to the ball at the moment. Brazil need to try and make the pitch smaller.
11'
Majri taps to Henry, who wallops a drive that flies over the top.
10'
Diani drives at the centre of the Brazil defence, running away from Formiga ... so Thaisa brings her down. Free-kick France, 30-odds yards out...
9'
Lovely from Marta, picking up a bouncing ball 25 yards from goal, dead centre, and diddling Le Sommer than Bussaglia before dragging a shot straight at Bouhaddi.
8'
Gauvin robs Kathleen and holds up, but France make nothing of it. Le Sommer, though, arrives on the scene and picks past a challenge before she's crowded out.
6'
But Barbara comes again, and gets a good fist on it too.
5'
The pattern is, I imagine, set: France dominating the ball, Brazil looking to counter. Henry wins another corner and Renard has a quiet one with Gauvin...
4'
Majri's delivery picks out Barbara, who still needs two goes to claim it before sending Ludmilla away on the break, but nothing comes of it.
3'
Henry finds herself by the by-line and turns into Tamires, but wins a corner off her shins. Up comes Wendie Renard...
2'
She's gone for a deep red this evening.
1'
Brazil are in white shorts. I cannot get behind that.
1'
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On y va!
19:56
19:55
Anthem time.
19:54
Right, we have pictures! The teams are coming out!
19:51
I mentioned the England-Cameroon game earlier, and I'm going to mention it again because already, the moralising is getting silly. Yes, the Cameroon players lost their discipline, but also yes, it happens, and we shouldn't go mad about it. I remember being in Lens a few years ago to watch Lille play Manchester United, and when the home team were vexed by a decision, they threatened a walk-off; everyone got over it quickly. And as for "all the kids watching at home," well - they should be taught contexts, not absolutes.
19:47
Talking of whom, Andressinha, who played against Italy, is expected to mature into her spiritual heir.
19:47
I can confirm Marta has arrived, playing her ukelele. All is well with the world.