It is with a smile and a sense of accomplishment that the Blue coach, Corinne Deacon, commented on the success (1-0) against Canada on Wednesday in Calais at the opening of the Tournoi de France, the first of its name in football. feminine.
How do you feel about this victory?
CORINNE DIACRE . I am delighted with this victory and the content. We had a solid match against a solid team. We only missed one goal in the game, but we were able to unblock the situation on a free kick. You also have to know how to be successful in this kind of situation in order to be able to win matches.
What did you miss to bring more danger?
We centered to center and we always put them in an aerial way. We haven't used the soil enough. We could also have provoked more in the surface. We made this observation at halftime. In the second, we tried to hit more, but there was still waste in the transmissions and the last gestures. It is recurrent, but difficult to work in selection because we spend little time with the players. There are days when it smiles less. I hope it will smile more on Saturday (Editor's note: against Brazil at Valenciennes) .
With three games in seven days, are you going to try things?
Everything is possible. I am lucky to have interchangeable players. From the moment they respond to training, I don't see why we should put on the brakes. We must take advantage of this tournament to try other players at other positions.
We feel a Grace Geyoro more and more fulfilled. Do you agree ?
Completely. I find it transformed. She has reached a milestone in play. She is better in her head. We talked a lot after the World Cup. I explained to her why she hadn't had a lot of playing time. She was aware of the efforts to be made. In Paris, she is fulfilled. She is coming of age. She did a great job.
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How is it going with your new assistant Eric Blahic?
He is delighted. The first thing he told me was that he hadn't won for a long time (smile) . It's going very well. He knows the girls very well. He did a lot of video analysis. And we met a lot of times before his appointment.