"It was not a threat", assures Deacon on his remarks towards Henry

Corinne Deacon at a press conference in February 2020. -

An electric press conference, once again.

If all goes well on the field, with a qualification in the pocket for Euro 2022 thanks to its victory against Austria on Friday, the French women's team remains under pressure internally.

This weekend,

and RMC said that a new altercation had taken place between Corinne Deacon and Amandine Henry, after the violent reproaches formulated by the captain in an interview broadcast on Canal + the previous week.

The coach returned to this episode at a press conference on Monday, on the eve of the match against Kazakhstan.

If she admits having said "everything pays off one day" to her captain Amandine Henry, "it was not a threat," she pleads.

Staff and players discussed the issues plaguing the team on Saturday.

What did he say to himself?

Like any discussion, there were negative things, but also some positive ones.

It is up to you to transcribe what he said, but I can assure you that there have been positive things while I have read a lot of negative ones.

I'm not here to talk about what we said between four walls, not here to comment on all the discussions with my players.

I do my job, I hope for the best possible.

For now, the France team is winning, things are going well, there will be hitches, matches that we will lose.

Do we have to question everything though?

I work with the people I select.

We may not always agree, we are human beings and luckily otherwise life would not be very pleasant to live.

Finally we said some things.

Now it must be useful to us to move forward, we must avoid looking in the retro.

Did this reduce the fracture?

But you're the one talking about the fracture, making a whole bunch of problems.

There are things to regulate as in any selection.

Find me a coach who doesn't have a problem with players today.

Yes, there are disagreements between some players and the coach, but from there to talking about a fracture… Look, I haven't bled, I don't have a bandage, everything is fine!

Have you heard some criticism?

I heard what I was told.

Everyone has the freedom to think, we agree or disagree.

We exchanged, that's the main thing.

Some have spoken, others have not, now we must continue to move forward.

Is the situation tenable?

I don't select people who all agree with me.

My goal is to put a competitive team on the pitch and ensure that the France team wins its matches.

With the projection of the Euro, the objective will be to seek a title.

I am not there to select the people I like or those with whom I have no conflicts.

I am professional, I keep things clear and I remain as objective as possible.

Didn't the conflict go too far with Amandine Henry?

We had a discussion, it's true.

How it was transcribed is up to you.

I can just tell you that at no time was my intention to threaten anyone.

We are going step by step.

I don't know what tomorrow is up to.

We have a match to play tomorrow, I hope the French team will win it.

We have this first place but we want to do better.

Do you deny having told him "everything pays in life"?

I said "everything pays off one day", but it was not a threat.

It all depends on how you say it, how you perceive it.

There are often interpretations.

It was done, it was said, it was transcribed once again.

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