Le Havre (AFP)
The attacker Viviane Asseyi, habitual substitute in team of France, will start the eighth of final of the World championship against Brazil, Sunday (21H00) in Le Havre, unlike Gaëtane Thiney, on the bench.
The rest of the team is not surprised, especially in defense with Wendie Renard and Griedge Mbock in the axis, Marion Torrent on the right and Amel Majri on the left.
The attacking midfielder Thiney, one of the leaders of the group, pays for his difficulties at the beginning of the tournament.
This recomposition offensive lines benefits Asseyi, a native of Seine-Maritime, who played the last group match against Nigeria (1-0) where she had caused a penalty, after remaining on the bench substitutes for the first two met.
The player Bordeaux (D1) will evolve in attack alongside Eugenie Le Sommer, the best French scorer in activity, Kadidiatou Diani and Valerie Gauvin.
In the middle, Captain Amandine Henry and Dean Elise Bussaglia are associated.
On the side of Brazil, the veteran Formiga (41), uncertain because of an embarrassment in her ankle, holds in support of attack stars Marta and Cristiane.
The teams
France: Bouhaddi - Torrent, Mbock, Fox, Majri - Asseyi, Bussaglia, Henry (cap.), Le Sommer - Diani, Gauvin
Breeder: Corinne Deacon
Brazil: Barbara - L. Santos, Kathellen, Monica, Tamires - Ludmilla, Thaisa - Formiga, Marta (cap.), Debinha - Cristiane
Coach: Vadao
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin (CAN)
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