"The game was fluid, we felt like a synergy" before the break, coach Corinne Deacon rejoiced after the France team's 5-1 victory at the start of the Euro against Italy on Sunday. at Rotherham.
Are you surprised by the magnitude of the score and do you think you have sent a message to the competition?
Corinne Deacon:
“The idea was to start this championship and this first game strong and well.
The credit goes to the players, they performed very well from the start.
The game was fluid, we felt like a synergy between them and it gave this result in the first period.
We know that it's always better to start this first match well, after nothing is done.
The watchword after the match was to savor, since the performance of the first period is quite rare.
You have to know how to savor things when they present themselves.
Now, we were only on the first step of the six that we set ourselves.
We now have to recover and think about the second game.
(…) We have to stay focused, vigilant, even if we are enjoying this evening.
We have just started our work.”
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How do you explain that the face was so different in the second half?
“It was not for lack of telling them at half-time to stay focused, with the same intentions, but I have 23 players who are human.
We must add to this the changes of Italian players who brought them a little more.
This is what made the second period, on our side, was much less successful.
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You surprised by aligning Aïssatou Tounkara rather than Griedge Mbock, why and what did you think of his match?
“It was 5-0 at half-time, the team hadn't taken a goal with a great Peyraud-Magnin (the goalkeeper).
We can't say that the goal conceded is Aïssatou's fault, I think she had a pretty good match.
I have to make choices, that of Aïssatou was carefully considered.
She has not been injured this season, while Griedge suffered a major injury which kept her away from the field for a long time.
I made that choice on that match and I found that Aïssatou's performance was rather consistent.