Up on an imposing full of three victories, France confirmed its leadership on the last day of Group D this Sunday of the Eurocup 2025, in which he eliminated the Netherlands with an incontestable comeback of Delphine Cascarino, decisive in three goals in a six -minute margin, while waiting for the quarterfinals against Germany and avista the possibility of Spain in semifinal hypothetical.
As the Spanish National Team -a world champion -Norway and Sweden (both Nordic teams will go through the other part of the final painting), the Gallic team has also resolved the first phase without losing a single point. Neither against Wales (4-1) nor against England (2-1) -classified second- nor this Sunday against the Netherlands, also defeated, exceeded for a second unstoppable time of France: 2-5.
France doubts and reaction
I needed to win to be first, without depending on anyone else. First he speculated, then reacted. He was enough for the tie and even a defeat for two or less goals. It did not fail. And he thrashed.
The deed that the Netherlands intended was the opposite: Win for three or more so many or wait for England's stumbling block. Neither the second one was given.
There is no Eurocup for the Dutch team, although its first half was for the opposite. In a crowded Saint Jakob Park, in Basel, two auctions in the first two minutes expressed all the ambition and all the needs of the 'Oranje' set, which grew with the rapid 1-0 of England against Wales in the other duel ..
The Netherlands persisted
He did not give up the Netherlands. Neither with that goal nor with the 0-0 with which his clash against France moved even with the 1-0 againstwhen the Gallic team showed its glued in the 22nd minute, with an action by Marie Antoinette Katoto and a goal by Sandie Toletti, whose volley with the right beat the goal Van Domselaar.
Because just four minutes later Victoria Pelva tied, With a precise hit to keep the group D. England in the air, in any case, he followed his own in the other crash, and three goals ahead on the Wales scoreboard to qualify outside whatever the scoreboard in Basel, where France lived on alert for alert for an entire hour. They will still warn Payraud Magnin again, which caught the auction, within a high -intensity match.
Lost illusions
The Netherlands then handled the rhythm, occasions and emotions. It also flew in the transition. Another header from Beerensteyn searched the second before the break. And he succeeded before the intermediate, with a ravine center that ended in the 2-1 at Sema Bacha's own. It was the 40th minute.
I still needed two more goals to qualify and, by extension, to eliminate France, with all the second half to compete. The Gallic team was no longer first of the group. Another reason for the alarm in the team led by Laurent Bonadei, who felt hurry and resurfaced in the second half. The first position demanded a draw. He didn't stay there.
France, overturned
France no longer speculated, which exhibited all its potential in the second half. It was a much more recognizable team, within the high expectations it awakens. Not only did he reduce the threat of the Netherlands, but also equalized the score with a recovery of Cascarino, which armed a lethal counterattack, culminated by Katoto, to return everything to the same place before the start of the last day of the group.
Cascarino was the figure of the comeback. Definitive first in the theft and driving of 2-2, it was even more later. A goal of his established 2-3 with an incontestable right after an individual play, a cut and a cross shot in the 64th minute. In 66, he picked up a loose ball to score 2-4. A comeback in six minutes, whose score grew to 2-5 with a penalty in the final moments transformed by Karchaoui.
