Goal

List of goalscorers

E. Le Sommer
9'
1 - 0
W. Renard
35'
2 - 0
W. Renard
45'
3 - 0
A. Henry
85'
4 - 0
Press

Match report in news

End of match

End of match

  • 93'
    FT: France 4-0 South Korea. A very dull second half, but what a superb goal from Henry to end it in a positive way. France were very good today, Korea were very much not... But this is game one and there will be opportunities for them to change it in the next two games.
  • 90'
    3 minutes of stoppage time here in Paris.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Francia en el 85'
  • 85'
    GOOOOOALLLLL! Henry scores a fantastic goal for France, hitting it from 20 yards and watching it sail into the left hand corner. France are looking good....
  • 77'
    Renard makes a poor error as Lee Mi-Na shoots wide despite being clear on goal.
  • 70'
    IT'S A SHOT FOR SOUTH KOREA! Kang Chaerim has a pop at goal and to say it is unthreatening is an understatement.
Substitution

Substitution

at Corea del Sur
  • 69'
    Lee Mina replaces Lee Young-Ju for Korea.
  • 65'
    This game is over, and both teams know it, nothing going on at all. Korea are yet to have a shot and France are conserving energy and avoiding injuries.
  • 57'
    Henry drills a powerful effort straight at Kim Min-Yeong from 25 ish yards, Korea have totally given up.
  • 53'
    France have looked just as threatening in the second half as the first and this is a total formality now.
  • 46'
    France kick off for the second half, it must be hard to motivate yourself when it's been this one sided all game...
  • 45'
    HT: France 3-0 South Korea. France have been totally dominant from the kick off and deserve at least the 3 goal cushion they currently have. South Korea might as well have not turned up to be honest.
Goal
Goaaaaaal!
de Francia en el 45'
  • 45'
    GOOOOOAAAAAAALLL! Renard grabs another from another corner, she is 6ft1 and she towers above them all again and heads it into the corner! This has not been anything like what was expected!
  • 45'
    2 minutes of added time.
  • 44'
    Thus has not been the tight game that was perhaps expected, France have walked this at a canter so far, and there is no sign of that changing in the second half.
  • 35'
    France have been very impressive so far and are clearly right to be considered one of the favourites for this competition. Korea on the other hand... Well it's only the opening game....
  • 34'
    GOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLLLLL! And there is no way this will be disallowed either! An excellent header from a corner by Renard and France have finally got their 2-0 lead!
  • 27'
    Oh and it's given as offisde! That was even tighter than the call on Jesse Lingard last night! Forget that goal then, it's still 1-0!
  • 27'
    Just checking for offisde on VAR.....
  • 27'
    GOOOOOALLLLLL! France make it 2! Mbock Bathy this time scores with a scissor kick from close range and it's powered into the left hand side. France might have this wrapped up by now.
  • 22'
    An audacious bicycle kick there by Bathy and it's a South Korea goal kick.
  • 19'
    South Korea have a corner here after France's dominance... It is however a shocking corner and it goes straight out for a goal kick, hitting the side netting in the process.
  • 13'
    With that goal for Le Sommer, she is now at 6 goals in major tournaments, there will be plenty more opportunity for her if her team keep playing like this.
  • 10'
    GOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLL! Le Sommer puts France 1-0 up and scores the opening goal of the tournament! A tap in from 6 yards, but it had to be scored and it is, via the underside of the cross bar after a superb ball in by Henry. France are playing very very well so far!
  • 7'
    France are all over this so far, Diani and Le Sommer combine superbly but the shot is weak and it remains goalless.... For now...
  • 4'
    France are totally dominant early on in this tie and almost took the lead through Majri, there's a fantastic atmosphere here in Paris which is really exciting for the rest of the tournament.
  • 1'
    Kick off!
Start of match

Start of match

  • PRVW
    Here we go then! Opening kick off of the tournament as the two captains swap the customary flags pre match.
  • PRVW
    Just 7 minutes to go till kick off!
  • PRVW
    We are currently 20 minutes away from kick off and we have an opening ceremony. Good to see the stadium nice and full as well, this is after all a World Cup.
  • PRVW
    The last time these two sides met was at the 2015 World Cup, with France winning that game 3-0.
  • PRVW
    South Korea themselves are not just here to make up the numbers. Up front, they have the highly impressive, Ji So-yun, who could be a real handful for France tonight. It is also worth noting that Korea have several players who on the Under-17 World Cup and were in the last 4 in the Under-20 World Cup in 2010.
  • PRVW
    Australia, Germany and the Netherlands, who are the European Champions, are also expected to compete in what may end up being a highly open competition.
  • PRVW
    France enter this tournament as genuine contenders, with the USA the favourites, and the French, along with England, Norway and Brazil must be considered the favourites for the top prize in the Women's game.
  • PRVW
    This is a tournament that can hopefully finally break down the boundaries of sexism in football, it's hosted by the French who also have the Champions League winners after a comfortable victory over Barcelona in the Champions League final, it is likely we will have more viewers than ever in the Women's game, and that can only be a good thing.
  • PRVW
    Line ups: South Korea: Kim Minjung; Kim Hyerl, Hwang Boram, Kim Doyeon, Jang Selgi; Lee Youngju, Ji So-yun, Cho Sohyun; Kang Yumi, Jung Seolbin, Lee Geummin.
  • PRVW
    Line ups: France: Bouhaddi; Torrent, Mbock Bathy, Renard, Majri; Henry, Thiney, Bussaglia; Cascarino, Diani, Sommer.
  • PRVW
    So then the lineups.
  • PRVW
    Let's analyse the line-ups as the hosts are looking to push for a Men and Women double.
Info

Pre-match

07 June 2019, 21:00

Referee: Umpierrez C.

Stadium: Parc des Princes

  • PRVW
    Hello and welcome to the opening match of the Women's World Cup between France and South Korea at the Parc des Princes.