Colombia shock France 2-0 at Women’s World Cup

France, the world’s third ranked team, had been bidding to seal their spot in the last 16 along with Japan after their 1-0 win over England in their opener, but must now wait until their final game in a tight Group F.

“Disappointment is the only word for it,” said France coach Philippe Bergeroo.

“Today Colombia really deserved their victory. We knew they were very good, but when you come up against an enthusiastic team like that it’s difficult.

“And then the morale took a knock when we conceded the first goal.”

It was a first World Cup win for the Colombians who drew 1-1 with Mexico in their opener.

The French fell behind early when Andrade, 23, picked up a pass from Yoreli Rincon to beat Sarah Bouhaddi in the French goal.

In the second half, with all the French team camped in the Colombian half pushing for an equaliser, Usme broke through to close out the victory three minutes into injury time.

“We came up against a super goalkeeper and lacked finesse in our technique,” said Bergeroo.

“At the end of the match we tried to go all out and we conceded the second goal.

“For me it’s the team who lost the match today not any individual player. We missed enormous chances. We can only blame ourselves.”

Colombia, ranked 28, now lead Group F with four points from two games, with France on three points with England and Mexico playing later Saturday.

The French coach was also impressed with Colombian goalkeeper Sandra Sepulveda who pulled off a string of fine saves.

The result leaves it all to play for in Wednesday’s final group games with France taking on Mexico and Colombia playing England.

The top two teams in each group advance to the knock-out round along with the four best third-place finishers.