After having tasted the French women’s team again, Friday against Portugal (2-0), Amandine Henry no longer intends to leave.
For its first match since its elimination in the quarter-finals of the 2023 World Cup against Australia, the French women’s team won against Portugal (2-0), Friday evening at the Hainaut stadium, for the account of the 1st day of the League of Nations. A meeting marked by the great return in the blue jersey of Amandine Henry.
Sidelined by Corinne Diacre, then injured and forfeited for the World Cup, the new Angel City FC player entered the field in the 63rd minute of play in place of Oriane Jean-François. Obviously a special moment for the 33-year-old midfielder, who had not worn the blue tunic since December 2020. An eternity.
“Now that I’m there I want to stay there”
“It was a moment that I had been waiting for for a very long time. There was a lot of emotion and I played the film over in my head several times. It took me a few minutes to realize that I was on the ground.”confided the ex-Lyonnais in the mixed zone after the meeting.
“Being far away (she now lives in the United States, editor’s note), I realize that we perhaps have the best players in the world. I still have to gain strength but now that I’m there I want to stay there”, then launched Amandine Henry, she who dreams of participating in the Paris Olympic Games in a year. Hervé Renard has been warned.
