{"id":15837,"date":"2012-07-29T14:17:22","date_gmt":"2012-07-29T12:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=15837"},"modified":"2014-06-17T16:14:49","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T14:14:49","slug":"french-women-footballers-want-gold-in-london-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/french-women-footballers-want-gold-in-london-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"French Women Footballers Aim for Gold in London Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onatousuncotefoot.fr\/local\/cache-vignettes\/L720xH480\/rotw5yhe-623b6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Will French women succeed where Frenchmen did not? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The answer:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>In the London Olympics,\u00a0<em>c&#8217;est fort possible<\/em> (It&#8217;s very likely)!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>After conceding their first game to the US, the French Women Football team set the record straight by winning 5-0 against North Korea.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>They will face tomorrow Colombia, in their last game of the group.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Allez les &#8220;Bleu<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">e<\/span>s&#8221;!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The French Feminine Squad is led by coach <strong>Bruno Bini<\/strong>, who successfully took the team to the <strong>Euro 2009<\/strong> as well as <em><strong>la<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<em><strong>Coupe du monde de football f\u00e9minin<\/strong><\/em> (Women&#8217;s World Cup) held last year in <strong>Germany<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The <em><strong>capitaine d&#8217;\u00e9quipe<\/strong><\/em> is<strong> Sandrine Soubeyrand<\/strong>. This native of the\u00a0<strong>Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes<\/strong> region is about to turn 40, yet she&#8217;s still running the football fields for 90 minutes\u00a0without a problem. To anyone who would point out her age, the French midfielder would proudly retort that she has been capped more often than French men&#8217;s international star <strong>Lilian Thuram<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SKR67TBw5so\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SKR67TBw5so<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>The French ladies, with less budget, do better than their male counterparts!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Maybe <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>that&#8217;s<\/em><\/span> the secret?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Other notable lady players of the French national team\u00a0are:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>The <strong><em>gardienne de but <\/em><\/strong>(goalkeeper) <strong>C\u00e9line Deville<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0T<\/strong>he <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/bonne-annee-2012-a-tous-mes-amis-d\/\">Martinique<\/a><\/strong>-born center back <strong>Wendie Renard<\/strong>, she scored one of the 5 goals in the game against <strong>North Korea<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The other center back <strong>Laura Georges<\/strong>, who played on both sides of the Atlantic (The <strong>Boston College Eagles<\/strong>, the\u00a0<strong>Paris Saint-Germain<\/strong>, and <strong><em>l&#8217;Olympique Lyonnais<\/em>.\u00a0<\/strong>She scored one of the 5 goals in the last game against\u00a0<strong>North Korea<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The defender <strong>Corine Franco<\/strong>, who hasn&#8217;t always been lucky because of her many\u00a0<strong><em>blessures <\/em><\/strong>(injured)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Camille Abily<\/strong>, who like her teammate Laura Georges played both in <strong>France<\/strong> and the <strong>US<\/strong>, where she won different titles (the now defunct teams\u00a0<strong>Los Angeles Sol <\/strong>and\u00a0Santa Clara&#8217;s<strong> FC Gold Pride<\/strong>), and with whom she plays now in <strong><em>l&#8217;Olympique Lyonnais<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Monpellier <\/strong>striker and top scorer (35 goals)\u00a0<strong>Marie-Laure Delie<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The winger and striker\u00a0<strong>\u00c9lodie Thomis.\u00a0<\/strong>She scored one of the 5 goals in the game against\u00a0<strong>North Korea<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Camille Catala<\/strong>, who recently announced that she would be joining the team of her captain <strong>Sandrine Soubeyrand<\/strong>, the <strong>FCF Juvisy<\/strong>.\u00a0She scored one of the 5 goals in the last game against\u00a0<strong>North Korea<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The midfielder nicknamed &#8220;<strong>Female Zidane<\/strong>&#8221; <strong>Louisa N\u00e9cib<\/strong>, who just like the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/the-french-dubbed-cartoon-that-inspired-zidane-to-become-a-world-champion\/\">Zizou<\/a><\/strong> is of Algerian descent, and proved to be one of the best players of\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/go-marseilles-allez-lom-french-stadium-songs-of-lolympique-de-marseilles\/\">l&#8217;Olympique de Marseille<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ga\u00ebtane Thiney<\/strong>,\u00a0who scored a crucial double in a win against <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/brave-native-canadians-from-quebec-sing-le-rap-en-francais\/\">Canada<\/a><\/strong>, allowing the French to\u00a0progress towards the knockout stage of the World Cup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Louisa Necib - Supergirl\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/77LLwfGEwIM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>N\u00e9cib &#8220;Supergirl&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will French women succeed where Frenchmen did not? The answer:\u00a0In the London Olympics,\u00a0c&#8217;est fort possible (It&#8217;s very likely)! After conceding their first game to the US, the French Women Football team set the record straight by winning 5-0 against North Korea. They will face tomorrow Colombia, in their last game of the group. 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