Paris (AFP)
Corinne Deacon unveils Thursday the list of players convened in France women's team to face Serbia in qualifying for Euro-2021, with as main expectations the return of Amandine Henry and the possible confirmation of Marie-Antoinette Katoto.
The coach of the France team will deliver its list from 11:30 from the Paris headquarters of the French Football Federation.
Absent the first qualifying match in Kazakhstan (3-0 win) because of problems with Achilles tendons, the captain of the Blue, back for several weeks with his club, Olympique Lyonnais, should except huge surprise be the party against the Serbs on 9 November in Bordeaux.
And play his first game at stake with the France team since the quarter-final of the lost World against the Americans, she has since played only friendly.
Another wait for the list of Corinne Deacon, the possible convocation of the very promising attacker of Paris SG Marie-Antoinette Katoto, top scorer of French D1 last season and author of a double last weekend during the "clasico" version in Marseille (5-0).
Private coach Mondial, who had favored offensive elements more rooted in the group France, Katoto, 21 on Friday, put a foot in the selection at the last rally with thirty minutes of play in two meetings .
And could put the second if it is called Thursday, especially in Kazakhstan, replacing the kickoff, the Parisienne had the luxury of scoring.
The goal of this meeting, the last in 2019 for the Blue after this year marked by the World Cup at home: take second place in Group G to the Serbs.
France are third in their group for reasons of timing: ahead, the Austrians and Serbs, 6 points, have indeed played respectively two and three matches, against only one for the Blue. The playoffs will continue throughout the year 2020, with a ticket to England, host of the next Euro.
On paper, a victory for France, 4th in the Fifa rankings, is quite accessible against a 41st ranked world selection.
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