Women's World Cup:History, no less.

France's team faces the United States in the semifinals of the World Cup in Moenchengladbach (18h). After the meeting, a first World Cup finals reaches out to Blue, who only dream of that. But the double world champions do not hear it that way.


Tonight at Moenchengladbach, French and American will play for a qualification in the final of the World Cup. Simply. For the Blue, it would be a historic first as the players Bruno Bini play their first semi-final World. Regarding the United States of America, that's another story. Two times world champions (1991, 1999) and three times Olympic champion (1996, 2004 and 2008), the teammates of Hope Solo, a global issue, enjoy a different experience. For information, these have lost only two matches since the last World Cup.

THEIR FACE TO FACE:

France and the United States know (quite well). Tonight, they will cross the iron for the 15th time in their history. For the first time in a competitive match. The least we can say is that the balance favors the players on the Stars and Stripes, who won 11 of the fourteen matches already played between the two nations (1 draw and 2 wins French). The last successful blue in 1992 (4-2). Note however that the two selections did clashed over five years now. It was at Faro-Loulé (Portugal) and the French were inclined 4-1. 

L'Etat de Forme:  
Saturday, the French went after themselves to leave the English (1-1, 4 tab to 3). But what about U.S.? The next day, they also emerged victorious in an epic match against the Brazilians (2-2, tab 5 to 3). Since the quarter-finals, both selections have therefore focused on recovery. Monday's session, in particular, was light. "We will make tactical, but not so much on the ground, plus the video and talking. In the field, it will be mainly maintenance", Confided Bini Monday.

The declaration:  
"This is the nation's # 1 ranking FIFA. This represents 2.5 million licensed. Of course it's easier to find when you have 21 55 000 redundant. (...) We have already seen David slay Goliath. " (Bruno Bini) 

PROBABLE TEAMS:

France : Sapowicz - Lepailleur, Georges, Meilleroux, Bompastor - Soubeyrand, Bussaglia, - Abily, Necib, Thiney - Delie.
USA: Solo - LePeilbet, Rampone, Sauerbrunn, Krieger - Lloyd, Boxx - Cheney, O'Reilly - Rodriguez - Wambach. 

The other semi-final:  

Japan, who ousted Germany's surprise, and Suede, The last undefeated team in the tournament, competing in an a priori very balanced duel between two outsiders in the game appealing. The Swedes won their four matches since the start of the tournament, including the clash against the United States (2-1), critical for first place in Group C. Scandinavians, constant at the highest level with a third place in the World-91 and a finalist in 2003, based notably on their attacking Lotta Schelin, Who plays club Lyon. The match between two teams also the most attractive of the World, Sweden has proposed a lot of variety in the offensive game, while the Japanese were conspicuous by their vivacity and their technical quality. 

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