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French women's team: understand everything about the crisis that agitates the Blue

2023-02-25T11:33:08.853Z


The sensational departures of several executives on Friday highlighted the tensions between the French players and their coach Corinne Deacon.


Deep crisis in the French women's team.

Captain Wendie Renard and two of Les Bleues' star attackers, Kadidiatou Diani and Marie-Antoinette Katoto, left the selection, all just five months before the start of the World Cup (July 20 - August 20) in Australia and New Zealand.

Dropped by her three most emblematic players, weakened by mixed results and deprived of the historic support of Noël Le Graët, the coach of the France team Corinne Deacon is more than ever under pressure.

Wind of revolt against coach Corine Deacon

Appointed in 2017 and extended last summer by the president of the Federation Noël Le Graët until the Paris Olympics 2024, Deacon is experiencing the most serious crisis of his mandate at the head of the Blue.

If her name has not been publicly mentioned by the three players who defected, the latter clearly target her, in hidden words.

Katoto, injured since last summer, bluntly assures that she is no longer "

in line with the management of the France team",

putting back on the table her surprise absence from the list for the 2019 World Cup, a huge disappointment for her.

Diani, for his part, also pinpoints the

"management

" in selection and calls for "

profound changes

".

As for Renard, 142 selections on the clock, she “

can no longer endorse the current system, far from the requirements required by the highest level

".

Deacon's Choices Confuse and Annoy

The one who was the first woman in charge of a French professional club, in Clermont (Ligue 2) between 2014 and 2017, has become a specialist in counterfeits, in her list announcements as in her team compositions, often confusing.

The summons in recent days of Kheira Hamraoui, lacking playing time at Paris SG and cold with Diani and Katoto, is the latest example.

Polled by AFP

on

this return at the start of the rally, Diani had refrained from commenting "

to avoid being vulgar

".

Throughout her mandate, Corinne Deacon has shown herself to be as unpredictable as she is categorical in her choices, not hesitating to dismiss executives if they do not fit into her plans.

Gaëtane Thiney, Eugénie Le Sommer, Amandine Henry or even Sarah Bouhaddi, historical personalities of the blue jersey, have paid the price in turn.

To justify himself, Deacon has often put forward his usual magic formulas: "

choice of the moment

" in favor of "

the balance between youth and experience

".

Contested tactical options and disappointing results

In recent days, Diani and Grace Geyoro have insisted on the importance of finding a "

game identity

" ... A wish that is difficult to reconcile with the establishment by Deacon of an innovative scheme with three central defenders, at only five months old. of the World.

The sling around the 48-year-old technician is all the more pressing as the results do not follow.

Rarely worried against second-tier nations, France is struggling against world leaders and has never touched the first international title it dreams of winning with its talented generation.

The United States at the 2019 World Cup, then Germany at Euro 2022 thus logically blocked the road to the Tricolores.

This season, the performances were even more worrying, like the rallies in October (defeats in Germany and Sweden) and February (sluggish 1-0 victory against Denmark, 0-0 draw against Norway).

The content of training and the reduced staff at the center of tensions

The technical staff of the French women's team is made up of three people: Corinne Deacon, coach, Gilles Fouache, assistant coach in charge of goalkeepers, and Anthony Grech-Angelini, assistant coach in charge of athletic preparation.

No major selection in world women's football has such a small staff.

By way of comparison, the German staff (Euro 2022 finalists) or Dutch (2017 European champions) present at the Euro last summer were two to three more numerous.

When she took office in the summer of 2017, Corinne Deacon had a first deputy: Philippe Joly.

He left the ship.

Eric Blahic, an experienced Ligue 1 assistant among others, succeeded him.

Deacon and he are not agreed on the method, he also left in the summer of 2021. His last two assistants did not last long either, and Deacon finally decided... to do without a number 2.

The withdrawal of Le Graët weakened Deacon

The ex-defender also suffers from the withdrawal of Noël Le Graët, the president who chose, appointed, supported her in the face of storms and immediately extended until the 2024 Olympics after Euro 2022, without questioning.

A few months later, the situation has clearly changed at the “Fédé”.

If this one recalled Friday "

that no individuality is above the institution team of France

", the body will well seize the case of Corinne Deacon, Tuesday during an executive committee dedicated to the future of Le Graët.

A meeting in the form of a turning point, for French football as for its female selection.

Source: lefigaro

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