© Getty Images France are into their first FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup final after a 2-1 extra-time victory ended the hopes of in-form Japan.
All the action was crammed into the 30 additional minutes with France hitting a quickfire double against the run of play, before some heroic defending ensured Japan’s comeback was limited to one goal.
France will now meet Korea DPR in Saturday"s final, hoping to make it two wins out of two against Asian opposition in Papua New Guinea.
Actually it was Japan who had the better of the game"s early exchanges and came close to opening the scoring, albeit inadvertently when Rin Sumida’s cross clipped the top of the crossbar.
Japan’s leading scorer Mami Ueno created an opening but fired straight into the hands of goalkeeper Mylene Chavas. France for their part, invariably looked dangerous down the flanks or on the counter-attack.
Though far from an overtly physical match, there were several injury blows. France lost dynamic full-back Saki..
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