Fluid but flaky France survive Panamazing scare; 6-3

France manager Herve Renard warned his players "not to take anything for granted" as they survived a scare to beat Panama and finish top of Group F at the Women's World Cup.

After Panama led through Marta Cox's superb free-kick, France took control in Sydney with Kadi Diani scoring a hat-trick.

But Panama pulled two goals back, and Renard was unhappy his side eased off.

"I just think they were looking for easy way out tonight," he said.

"We were 5-1 up, with the game in the bag... you see this often in football. It was poor attitude from the girls for a few minutes. 

"The devil is in the detail in games like this, and this shows the younger girls not to take anything for granted."

Renard rested captain Wendie Renard and all-time top scorer Eugenie le Sommer among five changes from the 2-1 win over Brazil, and he felt some of the incoming players had failed to impress.

"We rested a lot of players, and it shows those who want to be part of the XI need to pull their socks up, as it wasn't good enough at times tonight," he said.

France will face the runners up in Group H - possibly Germany - in the last 16.

Meanwhile, debutants Panama, already eliminated from the tournament before this game, have lost all three matches at their first World Cup.