Its three-color counter remains blocked at three units. Failing to find the nets, as in the last two games in Kazakhstan (0-3) and against Serbia (6-0) in autumn 2019, Marie-Antoinette Katoto at least scored points in the success (1 -0) against Canada this Wednesday in Calais at the opening of the Tournoi de France.
Great absent from the World Cup in France eight months ago, the PSG striker returns in grace in the eyes of the coach Corinne Deacon. It could take advantage of the competition to assert itself as the No. 1 option at the forefront of the tricolor attack in preparation for Euro 2021 in England. Preferred to Montpellier Valérie Gauvin, the nugget of 21 years honored her 8th selection, but only her second tenure with A. And rather well, according to Deacon.
Usually miserly in compliments with the Parisian, the technician was praised after the match. "Marie-Antoinette did very good training, and Valérie Gauvin was coming back from an injury," she said. It was time to launch it. She was generous in the efforts. She upset the defenders on her own. She was altruistic, maybe a little too much. But she was like the team, combative. She never let go. I am satisfied, it can be too. She did a good job. "
Stirring and precise in his discounts
Canada's coach also went with his compliment. "Katoto is a fantastic player," said Kenneth Heiner-Moller. She is still very young, but if she continues at this rate, she will become a great player. "
Stirring and precise in his discounts, Katoto, on the other hand, did not have a lot of ammunition to bite. "We had to help a little more Marie, because she was a little alone sometimes in the middle of the defenders, it was not easy for her, recognized her teammate at PSG and in blue, Grace Geyoro, also praised by Deacon. We tried to find it, without necessarily succeeding. She defended herself as best she could. I can feel it. "For Kadidiatou Diani, his other Parisian partner," she would have deserved to score, but it will be for the next games ".
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- French team ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) March 4, 2020On the way to maintaining its status as top scorer in the championship with 16 achievements, the PSG Titi does not yet display the same stats in the French team. But the open discussion with Deacon on his return to Clairefontaine seems to be bearing fruit. "I understood what Corinne Deacon was asking me," Katoto told us. "I explained to her why I didn't take her to the World Cup, and I think she appreciated this discussion," said the coach when the list was announced. I don't want to pressure her. She is in her head. She has also matured. Today she is part of the group of 23 and I hope she will be part of a smaller group in the future. This may already have been the case since Wednesday.