Before the Final Four of the League of Nations, which will see the French women’s team face Germany on Friday, Hervé Renard appointed the new captain of the Blues in the absence of Wendie Renard.
D-3 for the French women’s team. Gathered since Monday in Clairefontaine, the Blues have a meeting on Friday evening with Germany, at the Groupama Stadium in Lyon, as part of the Final Four of the Nations League. A semi-final that the Tricolores take very seriously, before a possible final against Spain or the Netherlands (February 28).
Also Hervé Renard ensured that no parasite would disrupt the preparation for this first match of the year. As he had promised last week at a press conference, when announcing his list, the coach quickly avoided the subject of his request by Côte d’Ivoire, last month, in the middle of the African Cup nations.
Le Sommer promoted to captain
According to the daily The Team, this point was discussed before lunch, during the traditional briefing at the start of the gathering. And he did not seem to trouble his players who, like Eugénie Le Sommer, had not “no doubt about him and his involvement”as she confided on Sunday in the show Stage 2. “He is 100% with us”she assured.
A Eugénie Le Sommer who was also named captain of the Bleues. In the absence of injured Wendie Renard, the Aix technician gave the armband to the Olympique Lyonnais striker, who has 93 goals in 188 caps. A new mark of confidence for a player whom he brought back to the selection in April 2023, after two years of absence.
