Zurich, winners of the past three league titles, were delayed in their title defence due to UEFA Women’s Champions League commitments. Basel had made the most of Zurich’s absence winning the opening three games only to fall to a 1-0 defeat at Staad on the weekend. For France, the one constant at Canada 2014 has been change.
Coach Gilles Eyquem has put his faith in the benefits of rest and rotation, with the result that every one of his outfield player has started at least one match. However, amid all this tinkering, and with star performers dropping in and out, one player has always been deemed indispensable. Griedge Mbock Bathy is the only ingredient Eyquem cannot do without; the base on which his Bleuettes team is built.
She has played all 390 minutes of her side's campaign thus far, and while other key figures might have reason for feeling fresher - Claire Lavogez, for example, has spent two hours resting her legs on the bench - the France captain wouldn't want to be anywhere else. "I take it as a big compliment, " she told FIFA.com. "I know the coach counts on me to carry the team through the matches and to be the leader on the field.
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