On February 24, 2023, a putsch took place within the French women’s football team. Captain Wendie Renard was the first to announce her withdrawal, before Kadidiatou Diani and Marie-Antoinette Katoto followed suit. The rebels’ goal: to obtain the dismissal of their coach. Criticized by some for her methods, Corinne Diacre did not withstand the storm and was dismissed and then replaced by Hervé Renard. While some things have been improved since then in the life of the group, the sporting results have not followed.
When it comes to taking stock, it must be acknowledged that Les Bleues have not done any better under Hervé Renard than under Corinne Diacre. Apart from a lost Nations League final, with a demonstration by Spain (2-0), the French women have failed in the quarter-finals of the 2023 World Cup and the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. So many uncrossed walls that have made Bertrand Latour react. Intractable in his analysis, the journalist from the channel The Team pointed the finger at the famous putschists and their teammates.
A scathing observation
A reflection made on the sidelines of the announcement of the thirty nominees for the 2024 Ballon d’Or, with only two French women on the list (Grace Geyoro and Marie-Antoinette Katoto). I’m a little disappointed. I’m being ironic, but it’s because in fact we’re told that they’re big shots every year, every four or two years in the big competitions, and every time it fizzles out… So it’s a little tiring. And above all, I think that now, the masks have fallen a little since what they did to Corinne Diacre. It’s never good. »
And the journalist continued his scathing analysis: “
With Hervé Renard, everything was supposed to change. He had barely arrived and was already gone. He’s a flop. What do you want me to tell you? We realize that the best players in our major French teams, they are nominated, but they are not French. So that also tells us something about our French women’s football. »
