France vs Netherlands

France and the Netherlands battle it out for the final remaining place in the Women's Euro 2022 semi-finals.

Whilst the quality of their team is still evident, the collective mentality will be tested as the competition continues. Vivianne Miedema has been out with Covid since the first game, while Lieke Martens was anonymous in the group stage before being ruled out for the rest of the tournament with injury. Their in-camp politics always seem to be on the edge of exploding, though, as internal tensions have been brewing for years.

France will face the Netherlands on Friday in a UEFA Women's EURO 2022 quarter-final contest - here's all you need to know.

France vs Netherlands France will face the Netherlands on Saturday in the fourth and last quarter-final of this year's UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 tournament. But both are up for the fight - and could provide a thrilling contest when they face off.

When is it? How can you watch it? What are the starting line-ups? All you need to know about the UEFA Women's EURO 2022 quarter-final between France and the ...

Story so far: The Dutch were always likely to progress from this group, with Sweden tipped by many to take first place, so in that respect Parsons' side have lived up to expectations. I hope we can be there from the first minute and show what we can do." We need to pull out all the stops, and focus from first minute to the last. She is a world-class player with the ability to hold the ball as well as take out an entire team." France may never have gone further than the last eight in this tournament (a penalty shoot-out loss to the Netherlands at this stage in 2009 among their disappointments), but they have been in eye-catching form so far and will have sensed the holders' vulnerability. Corinne Diacre's side have yet to score a second-half goal at these finals, but as the Netherlands game approaches, this youthful France team bristles with talent.

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Second half was much better, we really believed in extra time, but we had tired bodies. "All the players performed their roles and we saw how well that worked," Diacre said. - Women's Euros: News & features

The heavily favored French squad takes on the defending champions in the final quarterfinal match at the Euros on Saturday.

The Dutch won the last meeting, knocking off France in penalties in the 2009 quarterfinals. They will need to be at their ‘A’ game, however, if they want to beat France, with hopes of Stefanie Van der Gragt to stay hot after scoring twice in the group stage. After that win, they coasted for the remainder of the group stage, beating Belgium before drawing with Iceland while resting players, taking the top spot in Group D with relative ease, though they lost star striker Marie-Antoinette in the match against Belgium, and is expected to miss the rest of the tournament.