A ten out of ten to finish?
Four days after an easy success at the expense of Estonia (0-9), the French women's team, already guaranteed to be at the World Cup-2023, ends this Tuesday evening (8:45 p.m.) its qualifying campaign against the Greece in Sedan, with the aim of achieving a perfect course and putting on a show.
This meeting which will take place at the Louis-Dugauguez stadium should be a formality after the victory (0-10) in the first leg.
It will be the last official meeting before a series of friendlies leading up to the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
"The girls have set themselves the goal of reaching the 30-point mark, i.e. ten wins in ten qualifying matches, and the blue jersey forces them to play hard," Corinne Deacon told AFP.
Against Greece, the United States or Germany, the motivation is there because playing in the France team is the best thing.
I can tell you that in Estonia, some made me the head because they were not playing.
It's good !
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The coach of Les Bleues took advantage of the trip to Tallinn to rest some usual executives (Ève Périsset, Griedge Mbock and Kadidiatou Diani) and give playing time to some players more used to the bench of substitutes.
This will still be the case this Tuesday evening except for the position of goalkeeper where Pauline Peyraud-Magnin will keep her place.
In the absence of Wendie Renard, the armband will pass from the arm of Aïssatou Tounkara, captain in Estonia, to that of Charlotte Bilbault.
“We are 23 players and each one wants to play, to apply for a starting place, said Bilbault.
You have to show it in every match, not rest on your achievements because it is by making this kind of error that you can get into trouble.
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A month after Les Bleues' journey to the semi-finals of the European Championship, 11,000 spectators are expected at the Louis-Dugauguez stadium while at the same time PSG will begin their European campaign against Juventus Turin.
“It's a shame that there are Champions League matches at the same time, but we don't choose, we are here to play and win, says Bilbault, when asked about this intertwined schedule.
In any case, at the stadium there will also be a lot of people, it is up to us to provide emotions to the people who come.
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