Q: Is this World Cup the first stone towards the Paris Games in 2024?

A: "We started again in a cycle, but in this cycle, we are not just working on the idea of ​​performing in 2024. We have every intention of performing in the competitions to come. This is important for everyone. world: for the girls, for the Federation, and for the Olympics-2024. They will be played in a stadium of 27,000 people. If we can keep, in girls and boys, the dynamic that we currently have, that should allow us to arrive with a relation with the French public, to make exceptional audiences. The results are important, it is a team which is ambitious. With this team, we won the Olympic Games, we cannot go to the World Cup saying that we don't have high goals. I also want to say, and I hope so, that ifadventure we do not go to the end, it will not be considered a drama, because there are deadlines behind. "

Q: How do you see the start of the World Cup that awaits you?

A: "Angola is still a formidable team, with great physical resources. You must not be tactically wrong, you have to be strong in defense, smart to pose them problems. If you pose them problems in defense, in the game on all the ground, except catastrophe one will dominate them. With balloons of offensives and a solid defense, one must be able to pass this match. It will not be an easy match, and behind either. I fear just as much Slovenia and Montenegro than Angola. The picture is very particular, because the five best teams in the world (Norway, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Editor's note) are on the same side. Germany has potential which she has not been able to exploit for two or three years, with very good players. Hungary has also trained very good players,who have talent. I think of these two to make a result. It is also a competition for Spain, who play at home, who must have a surplus of motivation and who are in the good part of the table. "

Q: What lessons have you learned from the preparation matches won against Hungary?

A: "It was two completely different games. In the second game, we didn't manage to regain the quality of play that we had during the first half of the first game. We discussed a lot at the halfway point. -time of the second match, thinking that it was a real challenge to win it. We saw some great individual performances. The girls are ready, there is more desire, less fatigue and less weariness than in October. We have a collective with potential. We will have to put ourselves in order of battle. "

Interview during a press briefing during the preparation

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