The international calendar sent the formation of Corinne Deacon to Tallinn, on the cold shores of the Baltic, to continue and almost complete its qualifying campaign for the World Cup-2023.

The French, with their ticket already in their pocket at kick-off, have chained a ninth success in nine matches.

The victory was expected, after the scathing 11-0 inflicted on the first leg, and the meeting was above all to be used to see the usual substitutes in action, nicknamed "hairdressers" in the jargon of the round ball.

Hawa Cissoko, glued to the bench during the Euro, was thus associated in the axis of defense with Aïssatou Tounkara, who wore the armband in the absence of captain Wendie Renard, forfeited through injury during this internship.

Lateral Marion Torrent snatched up playing time, being as hard-hitting at the front as quiet behind, against opponents at a much lower level, pulled even further down by two expulsions, one in each period (16th and 58th ).

Bordeaux midfielder Ella Palis also had fun, like Kenza Dali who scored from the penalty spot (17th, 2-0) and scored (47th, 6-0), or Clara Matéo, scorer from the penalty spot (59th, 7 -0) then on a delicious strike from outside the right (67th, 8-0).

Quadruplet of Sarr

The big winner of the day, however, is called Ouleymata Sarr, so frustrating at the Euro, and so brilliant in Tallinn.

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The center-forward of Paris FC shone with a quadruple of beautiful invoice, in addition to having caused the penalty and the first expulsion at the end of the first quarter of an hour.

The 26-year-old opened her right foot to exploit a serve from Sakina Karchaoui (24th, 3-0), headed in a cross from Torrent (29th, 4-0), sent a firecracker from outside the surface (45th, 5-0) and executed an acrobatic and well-balanced recovery (47th, 6-0).

Admittedly, his festival comes against a very weak opponent, 106th nation in the FIFA rankings, in a meeting of relative interest.

But he will bring a welcome confidence to the scorer, in the hard at the Euro when it was necessary to replace the N.9 star Marie-Antoinette Katoto, seriously injured and forced to withdraw.

After this quiet ride, the Bleues return to France to welcome Greece, Tuesday (8:45 p.m.) in Sedan, and complete the qualifying course for the World Cup.

The rest of the season will continue through friendly matches that will lead them to the tournament, scheduled for July 20 to August 20, 2023 in Australia and New Zealand.

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