Paris (AFP)

"We do not need to escalate things and go back to the past", cut the coach of the France team Corinne Deacon, interviewed Tuesday at a press conference about the tensions that animated the last gathering of the Blue.

Q: The previous camp was marked by tensions with some players.

What did you say to yourself during the explanation meeting at the end of November?

A: "The meeting was done, I want it to stay internally. It was important to do it, it was done, now I'm looking to the future, to this larger group that will play the Tournament of France. This internship should mark a new goal for the French team. We have this season to prepare well (for the Euro in 2022, Editor's note), to give playing time to new players, perhaps to try to other things at the level of the game system. Today we have to look ahead, stop looking behind and come back to things ... We have to be very humble, we are privileged today. health) is serious, we don't need to envenom and revisit things from the past. I want to move forward, I am also hopeful that my players will hear this message and that they will also want to '' move forward. We must honor the blue jersey but also the Federation, we must be truly humble about what is happening in our country

And in the world."

Q: Will Amandine Henry, currently forfeited and with whom you had a conflict at the end of 2020, remain your captain for the year 2021?

Did you get it on the phone?

A: "I am focused on the Tournoi de France, I do it step by step. When the captain is not there, the vice-captains take over. On this stage, I have Eugénie Le Sommer and Marion Torrent. "

Q: In the absence of Henry, do you hope the climate will be lighter?

A: "It's in the past, we said to each other what we had to say about the last meeting. The important thing is the France team, which the France team continues to win. L The team is qualified for the European Championship, that was the objective and we achieved it. In the life of a group, everything is never perfect. Find me a group, a coach who does not has no problem with its players, that does not exist. On the other hand, what is important are the results on the field. It is up to us to make sure to be humble, to be aware of what is wrong and find things to ensure that everyone finds what they are looking for. Live a little better, but we are not unhappy in the national team. We are privileged, we must have some awareness and refocus on the essential, namely the game and the field. "

Interview at a press conference.

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