Wendie Renard returned to her attitude and her statements that led to the fall of Corinne Deacon. For her, the change of coach was essential for the French women’s team to aim for the title at the World Cup.
Smiles, calm after the tensions and the verbal sparring through the media. Apparently, the French women’s team has regained serenity with Hervé Renard. Less than a month before the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, the controversies of the Corinne Deacon era seem forgotten. The players display a unity and a joie de vivre that contrasts with the opposition that existed between Corinne Deacon and the locker room executives. The point of no return had been crossed at the start of 2023 when, at the initiative of Wendie Renard, certain players threatened to desert the selection for the World Cup. Last March, Deacon then gave way to Hervé Renard.
Hervé Renard in the French team, it’s more rigorous
Four months after this eviction, Wendie Renard was questioned about her “putsch” at the start of the year. The French captain denied having wanted to leave the selection, indicating that he had only expressed an opinion on the coach at the time. However, she does not regret her choice because the Blue benefit from a more competent staff around them. With Hervé Renard, she believes that the French team has regained its chances of being crowned world champion in Oceania.
Wendie Renard: “All the lights are green”
Before facing Ireland in a friendly match before the World Cup, the captain of the France team was enthusiastic and rather satisfied with the preparation of Les Bleues. https://t.co/FwcoTRAkrB pic.twitter.com/9ucweJt3eI
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” The morale of the team is good. We work very well, what happened happened. I never made a decision to do anything. I just said personally, I’m not going to go back over what happened, I’m moving forward today. We needed more rigor and requirement to prepare collectively and win the title we want. Today, the new coach has arrived, we continue to work, this does not mean that the star is already on the jersey. For me, there is no risk, it’s football, fun, you just have to put rigor and determination in everything you do “, dropped the captain of the France team. Strong words just waiting to be confirmed in action. A failure at the Australian World Cup and the boomerang will come back violently on Wendie Renard.
