Canada Comes From Behind To Beat Amandine Henry & France Women’s Soccer
Jul 28, 2024, 3:11 PM | Updated: Jul 29, 2024, 11:11 am
PARIS, France – Team Canada completed a come-from-behind win, scoring two second-half goals to upset the host French team.
The French team took on Team Canada at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in the first match of the 2024 Paris Olympics for both countries.
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Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Women's Football Group A Result:
France 🇫🇷 1-2 🇨🇦 Canada
🇫🇷 Marie-Antoinette Katoto 42'
🇨🇦 Jessie Fleming 58'
🇨🇦 Vanessa Gilles 90+12'
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Etienne#Paris2024 #OlympicGames #France #Canadahttps://t.co/SPgYTbxb9C pic.twitter.com/ao1QWLWFns— Soccer Facts (@Soccer_Stats) July 28, 2024
Utah Royals midfielder Amandine Henry came off the bench for Kadidiatou Diani in the 82nd minute.
First Half
It was a defensively dominated opening 20 minutes as France attempted only three shots while keeping Canada from a look at goal.
The host team broke the deadlock in the 42nd minute when Antoinette Katoto beat Kailen Sheridan with a right-footed boot from the center of the box.
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She's at it again! 𝗞𝗔𝗧𝗢𝗧𝗢𝗢𝗢𝗢𝗢𝗢𝗢𝗢𝗢𝗢𝗢 🔥
Les Bleues open the scoring 👊🇫🇷1-0🇨🇦 | #FRACAN | #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/bXrJyu72Mr
— French Team ⭐⭐ (@FrenchTeam) July 28, 2024
France attempted five shots and two on goal, compared to three shots and none on goal for Canada in the opening 45 minutes.
Second Half
Canada evened the match with a 58th-minute goal. Jessie Fleming beat Constance Picaud with a right-footed shot in the center of the box.
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57’ – BACK LEVEL!
Jessie cleans up the rebound off an Ashley Lawrence cross and we’re right back in this!
🇨🇦 1-1 🇫🇷#CANFRA #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/EA2BWdJ1gg
— CANWNT (@CANWNT) July 28, 2024
A pair of long breaks due to injury in the second half led to 13 minutes of stoppage time to close the match.
In the 12th minute of stoppage, Canada’s Vanessa Gilles found the back of the net to give her team a 2-1 win.
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