On the verge of playing the 2023 World Cup with the Blue, the national coach, Hervé Renard, took the opportunity to denounce the way in which women’s football is treated in France.
It has now been three and a half months since Hervé Renard succeeded Corinne Deacon on the bench of the French women’s football team. Since taking up his new duties, the tricolor coach has won a string of victories in the three preparation matches for the 2023 World Cup that the Blues will play from July 20 on the Australian side. In the meantime, Hervé Renard was able to judge the state of women’s football in France. With some points to improve according to him.
In a long interview broadcast Friday on the site of The Team, the former coach of Saudi Arabia said the bottom of his thoughts. For him, women’s football does not have the respect it deserves in France. ” No not at all“, he answered curtly before developing his analysis. ” There are things that we haven’t done well at all levels. But it is also due to French women’s football itself. There were shortcomings. We have fallen behind, whereas years ago on this subject, in France, we were a little ahead.”
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Since taking over the reins of Les Bleues, Hervé Renard has had the opportunity to travel to many stadiums, in particular to follow Division 1 Arkema matches. Again with a harsh observation. ” I went to see a lot of matches and in some stadiums I felt like I was back in the days of the National. I know there are costs, but we have to improve that (…).”
To try to get things moving faster, Hervé Renard knows that the performance of his French team at the World Cup will be important. The Federation has set him a clear objective: to do better than in 2019 and reach the last four.
