Eliminated at the stage of the quarter-finals of the World Cup on penalties against Australia, the France team saw its dreams of a title fly away. Hervé Renard’s players will still have to wait before winning a major title.
During an interview for RMC Sportsthe captain of the France team Wendie Renard returned to the course of the Blue in this world but also took the opportunity to discuss his future in selection which may have come to an end.
“We had this collective objective of going to the last four. We return a week before the end of the competition. It’s difficult but at the same time, there are a lot of positive lessons to be learned for the future with players who will gain experience and maturity. With the group we had, many players participated in their first World Cup, even for some it was their first competition with the France team. This will make the group grow individually and collectively,”
Before continuing: “On the pitch we were able to be together, to show a lot of solidarity, to raise the bar in aggressiveness. I think we can do better and especially in the game because we have players for it. I don’t really see a team that dominated with the ball at this World Cup. It was of a different intensity than what I had experienced before. It went up a notch. Apart from Japan and Spain who have a high percentage of possession, each team had their half-time, or even their quarter-half. We have to be even better. »
The Olympique Lyonnais player also spoke of her future in blue. The 34-year-old defender was very lucid about the situation and thinks she probably played her last World Cup match. ” Unfortunately yes. Yes, yes… We don’t know what tomorrow will bring, but today we must above all be honest and lucid. In four years, I will be 37 years old, there are examples of players who are still playing at that age at the highest level, but I assume that it was my last World Cup, that’s why I was even more on a mission,” she said.
