Whole, the coach of the Blue is certainly. So he replies without bluntness when he is criticized.
The images of his chat in the Saudi dressing room at half-time of the World Cup match against Argentina had toured the football planet; those of his pre-match speech against Brazil at the head of Les Bleues did not go unnoticed either. Not having hesitated to shake up his players a little, Hervé Renard on this occasion shocked some of them. Starting with the former tricolor international Melissa Plaza.
” It’s high time we stopped valuing manhood like that.said the person concerned this week in an interview with the magazine So Foot. To fight against patriarchy is also to fight against all the components of patriarchy. And in the components of the patriarchy, you find this virilism, this toxic masculinity, which appears in this speech by Hervé Renard. “A point of view that has not escaped the 54-year-old strategist.
“If the girls come to see me…”
” I am myself. If it’s to do things differently, there’s no point in coming to get me, even if I have to adapt to different characteristics.breathes in front of the press Hervé Renard while the Bleues are called to play their round of 16 World Cup against Morocco on Tuesday. I respect his opinion, I don’t know if it’s out of real conviction or if it’s just to create a buzz. It doesn’t bother me… »
And to add all the same: On the other hand, if the girls come to see me and tell me… I asked them the question, if ever I was not in the right direction, they would tell me. There are strong characters in this team, they would not hesitate to let me know. My character, we like it, we don’t like it. Sometimes it can serve to be a little too cash but I’m like that. I don’t know how to hide my feelings. The important thing is that it satisfies the players. »
