The French women's team bounced back perfectly after being eliminated from the title race. Beaten by Italy on the final day of the group stage, Les Bleuettes comfortably defeated the Netherlands (3-0) on Friday morning and will play Belgium on Saturday for 5th place, after Belgium also secured a comfortable victory against Estonia.
An expected reaction from French women
After a mixed group stage, marked by a big win against Estonia before defeats against Sweden and then Italy, the French women were keen to finish their European Championship on a high note.
Mission accomplished.
The first pair, consisting of Elise Le Roux et Lylwenn Laforge , got the French U20 team off to a perfect start. Facing Panhuizen / Bakker The French women won a very close first set in a tie-break before dominating the second set to secure the victory. 7 / 6 6 / 1 .
The second point then came back to Zia Debroy et Augustine Charpentier , strong against Westbroek / Rajagopal The French team won. 6 / 2 6 / 4 definitively securing their team's safety.
Finally Lison Chrétien-Méal et Victoria Isaac completed the French success by dominating Nikkelen / Bakker on the score of 6 / 4 6 / 2 .
A clear 3-0 victory, which allows France to continue its quest for fifth place.
Belgium is ready to go
The Belgians also secured their place in this classification match with authority.
Van Bryssel / Wouters paved the way by dominating the Estonians Prants / Kitsing ( 6 / 1 6 / 0 ).
The second pair, Vereertbrugghen / Van Bryssel , left no room for error Sammelselg / Helde , with a quick victory 6 / 0 6 / 0 .
Finally Martorell / Moens concluded the match by beating Mahlapuu / Skorodumova 7 / 6 6 / 3 .
Like France, Belgium had finished third in its group behind two major nations in the tournament, Portugal and Spain The Belgians had lost. 3-0 against these two teams, before securing their only victory in the group stage against the Netherlands (2-1), a team that the French women have just dominated.
Fifth place is the target.
France and Belgium will therefore meet on Saturday with a common goal: to finish this Junior Euro in fifth place.
While the French U20 women's team may have some regrets after their defeat against Sweden, which prevented them from reaching the semi-finals, they now have the opportunity to end the competition on a positive note by winning their two placement matches. This is an achievable goal given their performance against the Netherlands.
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