In open conflict with her captain, Amandine Henry who openly blames her for her management, coach Corinne Deacon is living a tense period at the head of the French women's team.
And this despite the qualification validated for the Euro this week.
"The situation is very tense and is not going to improve," said a source contacted by AFP.
"Deacon was obliged to summon all the Lyonnaises but in secret she pushes them to their limits".
And to clarify: "His plan is to disgust some players" so that they voluntarily move away from the selection, as goalkeeper Sarah Bouhaddi did this summer.
According to this source, to say that a "minority" of players complain about the coach, "it is false".
And to advance as proof the messages between internationals from various clubs, which she says she has consulted, where the coach is nicknamed "Coco-virus, chief warrant officer, dragon" or worse.
Atmosphere.
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