This Thursday, the coach of the France team Corinne Deacon justified the absence of Amandine Henry for the qualifying matches for Euro 2022 against North Macedonia (October 23 in Orleans) and Austria (October 27) by "a sporting reason".
"I called her to tell her that I was not taking her to this internship to give her time to return to her best level after her injury," Deacon explained at a press conference.
“The announcement did not please him obviously.
I heard from the sound of her voice that it didn't make her happy, but it shows the competitor she is, ”she added.
"It is his position that we respect but that we do not share"
Olivier Blanc, OL leader
Indeed, the news was badly received by the captain of the Blue, 31 years old.
"She was very surprised and shocked by this decision and I felt her very affected because she is very attached to the France team like all our French players", explains, on the Olympique Lyonnais website, Olivier Blanc , leader of the women's D1 team.
"We are all very surprised and very disappointed for Amandine," continues the OL representative, responsible for sending a message to the management of the France team and to Corinne Deacon in particular.
“It is his position that we respect but that we do not share.
Amandine was injured at the start of the season but she played the last 3 games as a starter with OL and gave Jean-Luc Vasseur complete satisfaction.
She is an OL manager who has won everything with the club again this season, and I think she is a manager of the France team of which she is the captain ”.
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Extended in her functions until the next European Championship, postponed from 2021 to 2022 due to the Covid-19, Corinne Deacon maintains sometimes fresh relations with several of her executives since the last World Cup, completed in the quarter-finals ( defeat against the United States).
In turn, Eugenie Le Sommer, Wendie Renard and more recently the caretaker Sarah Bouhaddi expressed their astonishment or their dissatisfaction with the management of Deacon, who enjoys the unwavering support of Noël Le Graët.
“She is not in danger.
I like her, she has character.
Her job is not easy, and communication is not what she prefers.
But she does her job well, she has a lot of heart.
I remind you that France is third in the world, ”the president of the FFF explained to
Téléfoot
last month.
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