The team led by Corinne Deacon was serious without being flamboyant against the 82nd nation in the world and retains the lead of Group I ahead of Wales, which will appear in Guingamp in four days with two points behind in the standings. .

The French women's stay in Brittany is off to a good start, but it is still difficult to judge their true level, seven months before the European Championship organized from July 6 to 31, 2022 in England.

Despite the limited adversity of the Kazakhstanis, the coach was able to regret the sometimes stereotypical game of her players who, moreover, were not always technically fair, nor sharp in front of the cage.

At the Rabine stadium, almost full with 5.584 spectators, Deacon had chosen at the kickoff to spare all the usual Parisians, with the exception of the center forward Marie-Antoinette Katoto, his serial goalscorer who scored a ninth time in five matches this season, head (24th, 3-0), before giving way to the break.

French striker Marie-Antoinette Katoto (d), congratulated by her teammates, after her goal scored against Kazakhstan, during the Euro-2022 qualifiers, on December 1, 2020 in Vannes Damien meyer AFP / Archives

Eager to continue her workforce review, the boss of the Blue has thus offered a tenure to usual replacements, such as Hawa Cissoko in central defense, Kenza Dali in the middle, Viviane Asseyi and Delphine Cascarino on the sides of the attack.

The last three responded, showing themselves available and keen to try to take back the opposing defensive block.

Bacha's symphony

In their attempts, they received weighty support with Selma Bacha, not at all inhibited by her very first selection, at 21, four days after replacing in the group Sakina Karchaoui, injured and forfeited.

The left side of Olympique Lyonnais has multiplied forays into the Kazakhstan camp, offered solutions in his lane, made his speed and technique speak, centered a lot and even tried his luck from afar (65th).

The current best passer in the French Championship is also behind the opening of the scoring, a center from the left slightly deviated that Sandie Toletti has cleverly let slip for Asseyi (5th, 1-0).

She also had fun redoubling the passes with Cascarino on the goal of Eve Perisset (37th, 4-0).

With four goals ahead at half-time, Deacon was able to quietly turn in the second half, launching in particular Grace Geyoro, Clara Matéo, Valérie Gauvin and Sandy Baltimore.

Always restless on his left side, the latter caused a penalty that Gauvin, several times unhappy with the head, converted without trembling (72nd, 5-0).

Barred by competition, weakened by a painful knee, the Everton striker had not scored in the selection for over a year.

An eternity is also what Griedge Mbock experienced ... before coming into play in the 79th minute which ended, finally, twenty months of forced abstinence in the France team.

The central defender of Lyon had not worn the tricolor jersey since March 2020. Then, her career had suffered a long halt because of the Covid-19 pandemic, which had forced football to take a break, and especially a serious injury to an Achilles tendon, in June 2020, forcing him to perform two operations.

At 26, she resumed the thread of her international career by taking the place of Aïssatou Tounkara, her great friend, who embraced her by giving her the captain's armband.

A successful evening.

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