If the FFF ultimately did not accede to the wish of its Ivorian counterpart to recover Hervé Renard, during the CAN, Carine Galli still gave a big rant.
The information had the effect of a small bomb. Host of the African Cup of Nations which has been taking place since mid-January, Côte d’Ivoire saw its selection come to the brink of elimination from the group stage. Finally qualified for the eighth thanks to their position among the best thirds in each group, the Elephants still saw their coach, Jean-Louis Gasset, dismissed overnight. To try to fill this hole, the Ivorian Federation suddenly turned to Hervé Renard, offering him a freelance position during this CAN. The Bleues coach was up for it, but the FFF vetoed it. In any case, the episode makes a lot of waves.
If some understand that Hervé Renard wanted to take up the challenge, despite his job as coach of the women’s team of France, others remain stunned. This is for example the case of Carine Galli, who gave a big rant Thursday evening on the channel The Team. First of all, by taking an absurd example. “ We are in total absurdity. Finally, I think that Germany should ask to loan Didier Deschamps because the Euro (2024) is at home and the Germans are very bad. That way Didier will be a little bit of the Blues, a little bit of Germany. »
“Absolute madness”
Then the journalist continued: “ It is a scandal. It would be a masculine nation, we would never ask the question. Just for your information, in February, that is to say tomorrow, there is a Nations League semi-final. So maybe no one is interested, but potentially it’s a first trophy for the French women’s team. There is a match to prepare, a France-Germany with a potential final. Hervé Renard has decided to be coach of the Bleues and I think that is a very good thing. But it is not possible to lend it. »
Very upset, Carine Galli concluded: “ It would never come to the idea of doing that for a men’s selection, it should not be done for a women’s selection, and fortunately the Federation said no. There is no question of being a great lord. It would have been absolute madness and it would have once again discredited women’s football. »
