In a long interview with Le Figaro with Claude Le Roy on Tuesday about their memories of Africa, they who won the CAN during their career, Hervé Renard, now coach of the France women's team, revealed an anecdote about the daily life of the Blues. In particular, on the comparison of squad management and the behaviour of a group in the face of a particular decision by the coach.
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I have an anecdote with the France women's team where I did a training at the beginning of the international camp, calling young boys who were playing with the -23s for a mixed session because some of my players had played the day before in club, says the former coach of Saudi Arabia, Ivory Coast or Morocco and Zambia. What hadn't I done! It was dramatic. "But what message are you sending?" I was told. In Africa, you don't have these reflections, the codes are not as defined, we are less locked into boxes, we are free."
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A tasty testimony on the internal life of Les Bleues. Hervé Renard, who has been in charge since Corinne Diacre was sidelined, is expected to be with the French side in the semi-finals of the Nations League against Germany on February 23 in Lyon. But especially next summer at the Paris Olympics, with the ambition of winning the gold medal.