The French women’s football team did not convince after failing in the quarter-finals of the 2023 World Cup. Some criticism remains particularly acidic.
Following the putsch triggered by Wendie Renard and a few other players, the French team parted ways with Corinne Diacre. Sidelined by decision of the French Football Federation, the former coach was replaced by Hervé Renard. The latter carried a lot of hopes on his back, especially in view of the 2023 World Cup. Unfortunately for him and for his team, the sporting result was not up to par since the Blues failed once again at the stadium quarter-finals, when the FFF had set the last four of the competition as a minimum objective. A few months after this failure, the criticism resumed.
Criticisms which target female players in particular. On the chain The Team, Sébastien Tarrago was not kind to the Tricolores this Friday. “ To win in sport, you also have to stop thinking of yourself as mirabelle plums in syrup when you are very small and not very good. We try to fight and not take ourselves for what we are not in fact. And as long as the girls of the French team pretend to be what they are not, they will not win. » A particularly acidic message which probably aimed primarily, without however naming them, those responsible for the anti-Deacon putsch.
“A lot of effort to sully women’s football”
Returning to the subject, the journalist added a few additional words against them. “ For several months, they have made a lot of effort to dirty (the image of women’s football). » Evoking in particular the attack on Kheira Hamraoui « which directly or very indirectly concerns many people in women’s football“Sébastien Tarrago wanted to point out the dark side of the general situation.
Finally relaunched on the absence of Delphine Cascarino and Marie-Antoinette Katoto at the World Cup, the speaker was extremely perplexed by the fact that the presence of the two players could have changed everything for France. “ Ah good ? They have never played with the France team? » A question indicating that even with them, the Blue had not done better than at the 2023 World Cup.
