Hervé Renard carried out a squad review during the last two matches of the French women’s team, counting on 24 players. The Bleues coach will only be able to take 18 players for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
The Paris 2024 Olympic Games are already tomorrow for the French women’s team. If Hervé Renard’s Bleues have qualified for the Final Four of the Women’s Nations League (February 23 and 28), they are also playing their place in the women’s Olympic football tournament next summer (first match on February 25). July). The French coach has carried out a major squad review, counting on 24 players in recent days, he who will only be able to take 18 for the Olympics!
In this little game, some have clearly lost points and can expect to leave the group… Tuesday evening, many executives did not play the last match of the first round of the Nations League against Portugal (0 -1) and linings failed to shine. Estelle Cascarino, in central defense, missed, Amel Majri did not have much influence in the game and the attackers Julie Dufour and Viviane Asseyi did not exist.
15 essential players
Seven months before the Olympics, we can already establish Hervé Renard’s list… There will be three goalkeepers (Constance Picaud, Solène Durand, Pauline Peyraud-Magnin), probably six defenders (Wendie Renard, Maëlle Lakrar, Griedge Mbock, Elisa De Almeida, Ève Périsset, Sakina Karchaoui), with the addition of Selma Bacha who can play in all the left lane, the midfield executives (Grace Geyoro, Amandine Henry and Sandie Toletti) and the offensive stars (Eugénie Le Sommer and Kadidiatou Diani).
There are therefore only three or four places left (depending on absences) to expand the midfield and complete the attack. Kenza Dali, Clara Matéo and Amel Majri, all playmakers at heart, are now in the balance. Their next performances will be decisive. And you will have to choose between supersub Vicki Becho, the returning Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Delphine Cascarino who has returned to training… The faithful of the French group will be disappointed…
