Eight months later, critics continue to rain around the elimination of the Blue in the quarterfinals of their World Cup by the future American champions and in particular the method of Corinne Deacon. The response of the tricolor selector was quick in an interview with L'Équipe, published this Thursday.
After Wendie Renard, who had not spared her in her autobiography "My star", another part of the tricolor wardrobe, Gaëtane Thiney challenged the management of the owner of the Blue. In interviews with Canal + and AFP, the midfielder of Paris FC said: "We are a bit infantilized. Before inviting Corinne Deacon to take inspiration from Didier Deschamps.
"Thiney? Too bad and regrettable that she acts like that "
"His words belong to him," replied Corinne Deacon in the Team. I find it unfortunate and regrettable that she acts like that. But it is his right. »Could Thiney (34, 163 caps) be absent from the list for the Tournoi de France (March 4 to 10)? "I saw her at the end of November to tell her that she might not be called systematically any more," said Diacre. I was not firm and categorical because the door of the French team is never closed. "
Concerning the Wendie Renard affair, "it is closed", assured the ex-trainer of Clermont (L 2). "We said everything we had to say and now we are looking forward," said while acknowledging that "some of (my) remarks could hurt (my) players. "I apologized to them. Nobody is perfect. I learn every day and I progress, at least I hope. I think I am a fairly human person. "
“It's unprecedented for a player to criticize the opposing coach”
Corinne Deacon also gave a scathing response to criticism of the American star Megan Rapinoe in France Football in December. “Given their talent, the French would fly on the field, declared the 2019 Women's Ballon d'Or. But they are so afraid of losing. They may need to relax or be led by a more unbridled coach. I did not understand the tactical system of France in front of us. But I am grateful to the person who set it up. "
“As far as I know, she was not part of the French team. So she doesn't know how we work, Tacole Diacre wrote in L'Équipe. It's unprecedented for a player to criticize the opposing coach. She has such a huge track record, she is a very great player. Does that give him the right to criticize foreign nations? When you win, it's always easier. But we would expect from such a great player perhaps a little more humility. "