Laure Boulleau was not kind to the coach of Les Bleues, Hervé Renard, and his players, freshly eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2023 World Cup.
Like four years ago, the French women’s team saw its dream of lifting the first World Cup in its history at the quarter-final stage. After being hooked by the host country, Australia, at the end of regulation time and then extra time, the Blues finally lost on penalties. A huge disappointment for the former tricolor international, Laure Boulleau, who did not hesitate to slip a tackle on Hervé Renard, appointed head of the selection last March.
“I’m a little bit disappointed. Yes, that’s played on penalties (the quarter-final against Australia, editor’s note). But the match and the competition leave us unsatisfied. In terms of play, I expected better, because we have players who are capable of doing better. Renard did no better than Deacon,” dropped the consultant for Canal +, Sunday, during the Canal Football Club, before recalling that the Blue had to compose without their star striker: “There were a lot of injuries. It was bad luck. The absence of Katoto is as if Didier Deschamps lost Kylian Mbappé. »
“We have to take more wicked players”
The former PSG side then attacked the players of Hervé Renard, who, according to her, lacked personality and character to go further in the tournament. “There, we have a group that is too smooth, too nice, she argued. It lacks characters. You have to take more wicked players with bite. We didn’t get along very well, we sintered among ourselves, but there was a real tactical intelligence. Especially in the midfielders. » Wendie Renard and her teammates will appreciate…
