Corinne Deacon wants to prepare for the Euro with Kheira Hamraoui.
The coach of the France team summoned the Parisian midfielder on Tuesday for the Tournoi de France from February 16 to 22, as we said on Monday evening.
Three years after her 36th selection, on April 4, 2019, the PSG player will therefore find playing time with the Blue this winter.
A new step for Hamraoui after three difficult months due to the violent attack suffered on November 4th.
“I had decided to call her in October but she was injured in her last league match, explains the coach at a press conference.
In November, it was impossible compared to the history that we know.
Her performances push me to see her with us in the national team”.
The recent performance of Kheira Hamraoui against Lyon (3-0) in the Coupe de France, under the eyes of Corinne Deacon, weighed.
"Kheira is efficient"
"Kheira has an impressive athletic ability," she continues.
She also has a very interesting long game capacity, especially against the game of our future opponents.
She also has the ability to play in the feet, on the ground.
Today, her return to France, with the instructions of her coach Ollé-Nicolle and my requests, she will regain the qualities that were known to her before leaving for Barcelona”.
Despite everything, the extra-sportsman has been able to leave traces internally at PSG in recent months.
Even if everything is better today, isn't Corinne Deacon afraid of upsetting the cohesion of her group?
“We have been working on it (cohesion) for some time.
The players who make up the France team are professional.
The interest is the national team.
Kheira is efficient.
History is in the private domain.
It doesn't concern me and it concerns no one.
We must not forget that Kheira is a victim in history.
We kind of forget to talk about it lately.”
After a last match against Dijon in D1 this Friday evening at Camp des Loges, Hamraoui and the other Parisiennes (Karchaoui, Geyoro, Diani, Baltimore and Katoto) are expected from Saturday at Clairefontaine.
The entire group will leave Yvelines on Monday afternoon to settle in Deauville.
The Tournoi de France takes place in Normandy: against Finland on February 16 in Le Havre (9:10 p.m.), Brazil on February 19 in Caen (9:10 p.m.) and the Netherlands on February 22 in Le Havre (9:10 p.m.).