Patrícia Morais (Goalkeeper of Portugal and Yzeure in France): "We knew that this match was going to be complicated. We tried to do our best and to show that we have evolved a lot.

We tried to keep the same attitude throughout the match and show that we always wanted more. In the end we lost 1-0, and now we will have to raise our heads and focus on the next meeting. We will have to work to get even better in the next match. Against Japan it will also be complicated, but at the same time we already knew when we saw the teams that were in our group.

We must work to maybe one day arrive at the level of these teams. In front of France I admit that I was expecting to have a little more work, but I think there were no more opportunities because our selection managed a great match and she knew how to exploit the points weak of France ".

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Eugénie Le Sommer (Forward of the France and Lyon team)
"A short victory against a complicated opponent. A difficult game for us but where the main thing was achieved with the victory and the three points, that's what we came for. We knew that Portugal was still performing well, but we can not be that it was going to be so complicated. We had trouble putting our game, they bothered us. We rectified the shot in the second half. I scored on a pass from Claire Lavogez, it will give him confidence. It's getting more and more into the matches and I hope there are more that will emerge. It's important that young people feel good about the team. In the first half, in attack, we were a little lack of balloons because they managed well the depth and it was therefore difficult for us, but in the second half it was better because there was a little more spaces. I am not surprised by Denmark's victory over Japan. Japan will have to rectify the situation and we will have to be careful when we play them in the third match. "

Photos: regiaodeleiria.pt and letelegramme.fr
Source: TeamCDF and Marco Martins