June 25, 2001

Norway 3 France 0

By Thorsten Frennstedt

Norway had to play at their best only the first half against France to win 3-0 in Ulm, Germany. Now all the eight teams in the Euro finals have shown up and nothing contradicts that Norway and Germany will play the final.
Monica Knudsen made it 1-0 after 13 minutes. A throw-in was headed twice before the ball reached Monica at the far past. 5 minutes later Anne Tönnessen sent the ball into the box where Emmanuelle Sykora was unlucky to head the ball over her keeper Corinne Lagache into an own goal.

The Norwegians did not let the French near their goal. Dagny Mellgren took a pass from Linda Ormen to make it 3-0 in the 40th minute. In the second half Stephanie Mugneret had France's only chances to score. A good header and a hard shot on Benty Nordby, the Norwegian keeper who made her saves of the match.