After Didier Deschamps and Gérald Baticle this Thursday, which respectively gave the list of France A for the Final Four of the League of Nations (June 4-June 8) and the Blueberry group for the Euro Espoirs (June 11-June 28), it is Laurent Bonadei, the coach of the Women's EDF, who is expected Thursday (2 p.m.) to unveil his new group. Without Wendie Renard or Eugénie le Sommer?
The former assistant of Hervé Renard also prepares a great deadline with the Blue. The program is even XXL. The tricolor selection will play its last two matches of the League of Nation, against Switzerland and Iceland, on May 30 and June 3, while the French are already guaranteed to finish participating in the Final Four next fall. Then they will chain with two preparation matches of the 2025 female Euro, against Belgium and Brazil on June 20 and 27, before the European championship organized in Switzerland, with group phase meetings against England, Wales and the Netherlands, on July 5, 9 and 13.
On the eve of the list, AFP launched a sacred bomb on Wednesday by announcing the absence of Captain Wendie Renard (34), the star attacker Eugénie Le Sommer (36) and Kenza Dali, another executive of the Tricolore group (33). Setting out for the two nations League matches and most certainly for the female Euro. The team confirmed the information a little later.
Wendie Renard and the Sommer, it's over
The three players are however operational. The two OL boss won the first female league last Friday against PSG (3-0), with a Renard Panenka on the third goal, and Dali continues the matches with his Statesunian club of San Diego Wave. An international retirement by Wendie Renard has not been mentioned lately, when that of Eugénie Le Sommer was scheduled this summer. It is therefore a double thunderclap.
The Sommer fareweed at Olympique Lyonnais with the honors, scoring a goal in the semi-finals of the playoffs against Dijon before starting against the Parisians in the final. Best nozzle of the Fenottes stories (314 goals in 430 matches), she was preparing to conclude her tricolor adventure with a final female euro, she who is also the best manager in the selection (94 goals in 200 matches). “ELS” was in the France group last month. Laurent Bonadei will give his explanations on Thursday.
