Eight months and then gone. Corinne Diacre’s adventure on the Marseillaises bench will have come to an end. While her contract expired at the end of the season, the former coach of the French women’s team and the Marseille club decided not to go any further.
The departure of the former central defender is not a real surprise. “It’s the last one, enjoy it,” she said during her appearance in front of the press after the Marseillaises’ last match of the season against Dijon. A last one ended in a new defeat (0-1).
The essentials had been acquired since the previous week and the victory achieved against Lens: ninth in the ranking with 19 points in 22 days, the Marseillaises remain in the elite.
Corinne Diacre did not have the guarantees hoped for
As soon as maintenance was achieved, Corinne Diacre showed her ambitions for the future. “We cannot be satisfied with maintaining each season, she confided to the microphone of BFM Marseille Provence. There, it was ‘normal’ for a promoted team to aim to maintain. Next season, without revealing any secrets, the objective will obviously be higher. »
“I will also need guarantees on a different squad because we will not be able to leave with this squad which was mainly a squad made up of D2 from last season”,
she continued, adding: “So we have to take a step forward at this level. But I know that the club is working in that direction, so it’s rather positive. »
Alas, the interview with general manager Stefano Petruzzo on Tuesday did not convince him according to La Provence and Corinne Diacre therefore decided to leave. This Marseille experience nevertheless allowed her to return to the spotlight, two years after her sudden departure from her position as coach of the Bleues.
