Just as Stefanie van der Gragt and Damaris Egurrola have been among the goals for the Dutch, France have leant on a hat-trick from defensive midfielder Grace Geyoro, who has excelled in a wider role, and a strike from centre-back Griedge Mbock Bathy. France have never reached the Euro semi-finals before and there are mitigating circumstances quite apart from Katoto’s injury. Manager Corinne Diacre’s relationship with her players is, to put it generously, uncomfortable. In a year when the world should have been gazing at women’s football in the country with envy, the majority of headlines surrounded France star Kheira Hamraoui’s traumatic assault by two masked men, for which her PSG and international team-mate Aminata Diallo was initially arrested on suspicion of organising before being released without charge.
One of the biggest assumptions surrounding Parsons’ Netherlands team at these Euros has been that the colour and calypso of their fanbase translates to the players. Their supporters are intent on celebrating their 2017 triumph in this competition across the streets of north-west England as if it happened yesterday, but this is a measured Dutch outfit for whom control is king. That is not to say they have always had it. They are yet to keep a clean sheet, they fell behind first in the 1-1 draw with Sweden, squandered a two-goal winning margin in a 3-2 win over Portugal, and kept a lead for just four minutes before a late flurry of goals in the 4-1 victory against Switzerland. Boasting relatively little of the ball, they had 49 per cent possession against Sweden and 51 against Switzerland.
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France Women 1-0 Netherlands Women: Eve Perisset spot kick in extra-time sets up Germany semi-finalEve Perisset's penalty in extra-time sent France into their first Women's Euro semi-final where they will face Germany. Perisset, who last month joined Chelsea from Bordeaux, converted a spot-kick awarded via VAR in the 102nd minute in Rotherham as Corinne Diacre's side finally managed to find a way past Dutch goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar. The French had exited at the quarter-finals stage in their last five international tournaments.
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Eve Perisset celebrates her converted penalty The closing stages of normal time saw France push for a winner but Geyoro headed wide at the far post and Van Domselaar then produced further heroics to keep out a Cascarino shot and another Renard header. French substitute Selma Bacha sent a shot over early in extra time before Diani went down in the box under a challenge from Janssen.
The incident went to a VAR check, with Croatian referee Ivana Martincic watching it back on the pitchside monitor before pointing to the spot and - after the Dutch voiced their unhappiness - Perisset stepped up to slam the ball past Van Domselaar to give France, finally, the lead. Another substitute, Ouleymata Sarr, subsequently fired two efforts wide in quick succession as Diacre's side threatened to add another in the second half of extra-time. What's next? France will take on Germany in the second semi-final, taking place on Wednesday at Stadium MK. The knock-out phase... Quarter-finalsWednesday July 20Quarter-final 1: England 2-1 Spain (AET)Thursday July 21Quarter-final 2: Germany 2-0 AustriaFriday July 22Quarter-final 3: Sweden 1-0 BelgiumSaturday July 23Quarter-final 4: France 1-0 Netherlands (AET)Semi-finalsTuesday July 26Semi-final 1: England vs Sweden - kick-off 8pm, Bramall LaneWednesday July 27Semi-final 2: Germany vs France - kick-off 8pm, Stadium MKFinalSunday July 31Winners semi-final 1 v Winners semi-final 2 - kick-off 5pm, Wembley Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Former England goalkeeper Siobhan Chamberlain has backed the Lionesses to reach the final of Euro 2022 following their comeback victory over Spain.
Follow Euro 2022 across Sky SportsListen and subscribe to Sky Sports Women's Euros podcastThey complete the line-up of teams in the semi-finals with eight-time European champions Germany standing in their way of a place in the final. France have only ever reached the semi-finals of a major tournament once before. That was at the Women's World Cup in 2011. How France reached the semis Image: France's Kadidiatou Diani vies for the ball with Netherlands' Kerstin Casparij As France took the early initiative, captain Wendie Renard headed wide and Kadidiatou Diani surged into the area and had a shot saved by Van Domselaar, who then did well to dive and push away a sliced attempted clearance by her team-mate Dominique Janssen.
Further efforts from France included strikes from Charlotte Bilbault and Cascarino being dealt with by Van Domselaar, Sandie Toletti blazing into the stand from a good position and Melvine Malard striking wide. They subsequently went the closest yet to making their pressure count as Cascarino's 27th-minute drive came back off the inside of the post with Van Domselaar beaten.
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Haunted by a year of chaos, France are still a huge threat to Netherlands' Golden GenerationAround the time Netherlands boss Mark Parsons started coaching Chelsea’s reserves, Jose Mourinho was instilling one of his principal theories across their Surrey training ground. As Mourinho put it later, “a team without the ball can still have control of the game; possession is a matter of PR and image”.
France vs. Netherlands live stream info, TV channel, start time: How to watch UEFA Nations League on TV, stream onlineFrance is back in action on Sunday as the World Cup champs battle a young Netherlands team in the UEFA Nations League. Three points are on the line in this one, with France playing its second match of the competition and this being the Netherlands' first.
They were then thwarted by a remarkable pair of goal-line blocks from Van der Gragt a few minutes apart - Malard and Grace Geyoro the players denied. Having shown hardly any attacking threat in the first half, the Netherlands had more joy early in the second, with the returning Vivianne Miedema getting on the end of one corner but unable to direct her effort on target, and Van der Gragt meeting another with a header that was gathered by Pauline Peyraud-Magnin. Van der Gragt was then on hand once again at the other end to clear a Renard header, and moments later the French skipper saw another headed effort kept out by a fine Van Domselaar save.
Netherlands have been the polar opposite of France, who went ahead within nine minutes in all of their group games, but had a tendency to tail off in the later stages, failing to score in the second half on all three occasions. More on Women's Euro 2022None of this is unexpected, and whenever Parsons was asked ahead of the tournament about his team’s chances of retaining the trophy, he would hint that all was to become clear in the knockout stages. “We weren’t going to start the best team, we’re still not the best team, ” he repeated again after the conclusion of Group C, in which Netherlands finished as runners-up to Sweden on goal difference. “We’re just trying to be good enough to beat the best teams and France is going to give us a good test. ”Parsons has focused on Netherlands’ evolution without the ball, but France’s attack has the potential to undo that progress even without Marie-Antoinette Katoto, who began the tournament as favourite for the Golden Boot but ended it on crutches with a torn ACL and damaged meniscus.
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How to watch Date: Saturday 23 JulyKick-off: 8pm TV channel/stream: BBC One. You can also stream live on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport websiteWho will they play next? The winner will face Germany (who beat Austria 2-0 in the quarter-finals) in the last four. That semi-final will take place at stadium:mk on Wednesday, 27 July Fortunately France are the one side who can outdo the Netherlands in terms of goals being scored from all over the pitch.
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