LIVE - Women's World Cup: Japan and Canada enter the running

Monday's day is marked by debuts in Japan and Canada, two underdogs for the title.
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Japan, finalist of the last two editions, and Canada, 5th in the Fifa standings, make their entry in the women's World Cup competition on Monday, respectively against Argentina, the Parc des Princes, and Cameroon, at the Mosson, in Montpellier. On the side of the Blue, who will play their second game on Wednesday against Norway at the Allianz Arena in Nice, we realize the excitement that aroused the opening match against South Korea (4-0). ), followed by ten million viewers ...

The three essential informations:

Japan, the outgoing double finalist, begins its competition against the modest Argentina, at Parc des Princes, at 6 pm
Canada, 5th in the Fifa standings and outsider of the event, faces Cameroon in Montpellier at 9 pm
Les Bleues, who prepare their second match against Norway on Wednesday, measure their new popularity rating
The team of the day: Japan, for a third final of rank. The Nippones have played in the last two World Cup finals, each time against the United States. If the 2011 ended with a historic victory on penalties (2-2 ap, 6-5 on the tab), the one of 2015 was a nightmare (defeat 5-2, with four goals conceded in the first sixteen minutes ), a match that the Japanese still seem to be struggling to recover, they have slipped to seventh in the world. They start the competition on Monday, against the modest Argentina, hoping to follow in the footsteps of their juniors, Japan having indeed won the Women's Under-20 World Cup last year in France, after a success against Spain in the final at Vannes (3-1).

The story of the day: the fights of the Argentines. If the male Albiceleste is a regular participations in the World Cup, this is not the case of his female counterpart, who will participate only in its third World Cup, after the 2003 and 2007 editions.
These repeated absences are the result of the lack of resources allocated to the selection, which has not played the least match for nearly two years, between 2015 and 2017. Despite these difficult years (with nights before the match sometimes spent in a bus!) and a preparation of ... four days for the Copa America qualifying for this World Cup, Argentina managed to win a ticket for France, after an intercontinental barrage against Panama.
Her ambitions may be modest on the field - the Albiceleste lost the six matches she played in the World Cup - but strong at the symbolic level, while several players campaign for a professionalization of women's football and a greater respect for women in general in Argentina.

The player of the day: Stéphanie Labbé, for equality. Tennis had Billie Jean King. Alpine skiing had Lindsey Vonn, football to Stephanie Labbé. Like the two famous American stars, Canada's goalkeeper tried to break the boundaries of the genre by joining a men's football club last year. The test, conducted in Calgary, in a league development, the equivalent of a 4th division, has not been transformed, the sports authorities denying him the right to play with boys. Stephanie Labbé found a club, this time female, in Sweden, before joining the US team North Carolina Courage, in the US championship earlier this year. While Canada is undefeated in eight games played in 2019, the militant goalkeeper, a bronze medalist at the 2016 Rio Olympics, is ambitious.
 Near Nice, where they face Norway on Wednesday, were able to measure their new degree of popularity, as explained by Delphine Cascarino At the microphone in Europe 1. "It's really important because we're in a bubble, it's nice to see other people, to be supported like that." One hour before the training, there is had a lot of people present in front of the gates.It's amazing for us, we are not used to it, and we hope they will still be there until the end.It's really nice to see all this craze around of competition and women's football. "