‘Ireland on the royal road to winning the tournament’
Under the headline ‘We exposed ourselves too much,’ in French daily newspaper Sud Quest, French head coach Fabien Galthie acknowledged: “The loss is there. She’s not our friend but we shouldn’t see her as a setback. Until the 71st minute, there was a match.“You had to be strong to stay in the game and we were. But we left too much energy in key moments. We exposed ourselves too much in the first half. We conceded turn overs which allowed them to come and play in our 22 meters too easily.
Midi Olympique offered their player ratings under the headline, ‘The notes of the Blues: Antoine Dupont and Thibaud Flament bailed, Paul Willemse and Thomas Ramos rowed,’ and for some the markings were hard. Le Parisien newspaper lamented that “position, strategy, rhythm, lessons to be learned from the defeat of the Blues.’ The tone of the article by Romain Baheux and Jean Gabriel Bontinck is largely upbeat and while not ignoring one or two shortcomings in performance on the day, suggests that if France absorb the lessons they can quickly return to winning ways.
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