France coach Herve Renard has warned his group they need to preserve their focus or it “can all come tumbling down” after being surprised by an early purpose from Panama and leaking one other two late on. Ladies’s World Cup debutants Panama silenced the world quantity 5 with a strike within the first minute of their Group F conflict in Sydney on Wednesday earlier than France woke as much as race 5-1 forward. However with a last-16 place safe, France eased off and have been punished twice extra by a group ranked 47 locations decrease.

Renard accused his group of on the lookout for “a simple recreation” and mentioned they didn’t exist at a World Cup.

“My women weren’t taking part in as they need to have been taking part in and, collectively, we have been on the lookout for the straightforward resolution, the straightforward recreation, forgetting that in a World Cup, you might want to present respect,” Renard mentioned after the 6-3 win.

“All the things that you have constructed up can come tumbling down in a matter of seconds.”

France rested captain Wendie Renard, and when her substitute Grace Geyoro got here off amongst a slew of substitutions to provide different gamers an opportunity they lacked management.

Renard mentioned it was a wake-up name for individuals who got here on, together with Laurina Fazer, Amel Majri and Viviane Asseyi.

“We have been 5-1 up, with the sport within the bag … you see this usually in soccer. It was poor perspective from the women for a couple of minutes,” he mentioned.

“This reveals those who’re hoping to be a part of the beginning 11, they should work just a little bit tougher and pull their socks up, as a result of what I noticed possibly wasn’t ok.”

France will face the runners-up from Group H within the final 16 on Tuesday — probably two-time champions Germany.

Paris FC attacking midfielder Clara Mateo mentioned the defensive errors have to be mounted or they may very well be in bother.

“We have been fairly constant offensively as a result of we scored six occasions,” she mentioned, with Kadidiatou Diani hitting a hat-trick.

“Nonetheless, we conceded three objectives so we must examine what occurred to repair our defensive errors.

“We all know that within the knockout stage, it may very well be deadly so we have to enhance the defensive facet and carry on scoring objectives.”

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