Despite his recent return to the field, Hervé Renard has not retained Marie-Antoinette Katoto for the next two matches of the French team.
Hervé Renard played the continuity card. The list of players selected by the French coach for the French team’s next two matches against Norway, on October 27 in Olso then on the 31st for the return match in Reims, held no surprises.
While she recently returned to competition after more than a year without playing due to her serious knee injury (rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee) during Euro 2022, Marie-Antoinette Katoto did not not retained by the Savoyard technician. “I thought about it for quite a long time, I asked my staff and I also called Marie. I thought it was still a little too early to call her back.”he explained at a press conference.
For the rest, the former Saudi Arabia coach did the classic, once again retaining the old ones like Eugénie Le Sommer or Amandine Henry.
The list of the French women’s team:
Durand, Peyraud-Magnin, Picaud; Cascarino, De Almeida, Karchaoui, Lakrar, Le Guilly, Mbock, Renard; Bacha, Geyoro, Henry, Le Garrec, Majri, Toletti; Asseyi, Baltimore, Becho, Bourdieu, Diani, Dufour, Le Sommer, Matéo.
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Discover the 24 players called up by the coach @Herve_Renard_HR for the double confrontation against Norway 🇳🇴 in the Nations League 🔥💪#ProudtobeBlue pic.twitter.com/aS2Lsuk3fO— French Women’s Team (@equipedefranceF) October 19, 2023
