Despite a generation kneaded, including Wendie Renard or Eugénie Le Sommer have been worthy representatives in recent years, the French women's football team has failed to make a realization on the ground. No official trophy at the charts and a single final reached at the 2024 Nations League (0-2 defeat in the final against Spain). From now on, a new chapter seems to open up. And not happy.
On his channel YouTubePierre Ménès was questioned about the Blue and for him, the current assessment is quite sinister, with a sort of end announced for women's football as a whole. In any case in France. “It is true that I have the impression that no one is interested in women's football in France. The few times I come across a few minutes of match, you sometimes have matches that take place in incredible stadiums … Even PSG matches in Poissy is on a play plain almost as far as the eye can see. There is no atmosphere, there is no audience, there is nothing. »»
“The new generation is not at the level”
Afflicted by the few means implemented to try to make women's football a little more attractive, the journalist continued his sad inventory: “When I see that, I see a championship in danger of death, especially since you have countries, England obviously but also Italy, Spain, which are in the process of investing in women's football and which also benefits from the greater passion that there is in these countries for football than in France. »»
And Pierre Ménès to come back to the case of the Blue. “At the level of the French team, it is certain that the Renard generation, the Sommer, it has missed the major competitions they have played. And the new generation that is coming is not at the level. It is true that the painting is quite dark. »»
Charge to the girls of Laurent Bonadei to have observers lie.
