Murska Sobota (Slovenia) (AFP)
The announcement of the captaincy of Wendie Renard "made it even better", "I can assure you that things are going well" inside the France team, said coach Corinne Deacon from Murka Sobota on Monday , where the Blues face Slovenia on Tuesday.
Q: Are you going to take the victorious team back to Greece to refine the automatisms, or integrate new players into the rotation?
A: "It's an official match. With my staff, we are torn between making some changes and keeping the same group, for the moment we have not made the decision. We will see each other tonight, we are also waiting for the last training session. We are not immune to a glitch, in the past it did not give us a chance to anticipate things. So here we are abstaining and we will talk about it tonight. "
Q: The game was fluid early in the game against Greece, a little less in the second.
Can changes seize the momentum?
A: "Yes, that's for sure. We have the right to five changes, so when the score is achieved we try to take advantage of it. We have a lot of players whose playing times were very disparate at the start of the season, because of the first rounds of the Champions League in particular. We have preserved some organizations, in particular (Charlotte) Bilbault and (Sandie) Toletti. Others have played a lot. Now I see noon at my door, I have a match to win , even if we still try to play the game against the clubs as well, be careful that the players fit on their own two legs. "
Q: Given the condition of the lawn, this is not guaranteed ...
A: "You have to adapt, that's how it is. We know that the opposing teams are not going to put us in the best conditions, the field does not seem very wide either. It will favor a consolidated defense, but this It will be up to us to find the solutions. We know that we are expected, we are the favorites of the group, we have a status to defend. I hear everywhere that it is easy to score ten goals, it is not easy . Against Greece we made it easy, we did things very seriously. We will have to repeat the performance tomorrow. "
Q: Against Slovenia, will the strategy be to attack hard from the start?
A: "Above all, do not underestimate the opponent first. Then, apply what we are working on, what we have been able to do against Greece, maybe even raise our level of demand. because this team is even superior. (...) We have identified strengths, especially offensives. A fairly efficient attack line, with very interesting players, and a team that plays forward. They sometimes play together. but with the intention of the recovery to be projected. We will see how we manage to adapt to the conditions. "
Q: Internally, how does the group digest the announcement of Wendie Renard's captaincy?
Do you speak of it?
A: "Discussions, there have been. Now, we are focused on our objective of the course which is to take six points. There is a good atmosphere, but that there was already some time ago. C 'It is true that this announcement, together with Wendie, made it even better. At the level of the staff also we live well, the group lives well. They take things in hand concerning their life project, it that is to say all the downtime, God knows there are some. It's up to them to find things. If we can help them, we will help them, but I can assure you that it lives good."
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