Beating France would be one of football’s biggest stories – Ward

French win would be ‘one of biggest stories in football’Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Ward is aiming to lead Republic of Ireland to their second successive Women’s World CupByLauren McCannBBC Sport NI JournalistPublished50 minutes agoRepublic of Ireland boss Carla Ward says beating France on Tuesday, to qualify automatically for the 2027 Women’s World Cup, would “be one of the biggest stories in world football”.The Irish go into their final game second in Group A2, a point behind leaders France with only the winners of the group qualifying automatically for next year’s tournament in Brazil.Ward’s side have already secured a seeded play-off in the autumn but could defy the odds by becoming the first fourth seeds in League A to top a group, a feat the Republic of Ireland manager thinks deserves huge recognition.”No matter what happens this group can be incredibly proud of what we’ve achieved so far and it’s important we don’t lose sight of that,” she stated.”Of course we want to go and win the game. How big it would be? I think you would all agree it would be one of the biggest stories in world football. “No pot four team stays in League A let alone wins three games and wins the group. We’ve written our own records and this would be the biggest one, no doubt about it.”Republic of Ireland will face France with ‘belief’