Invited Friday of Europe 1, the captain of the French Women's Football Team came back on its growing notoriety since the World Cup, but also on its expectations vis-à-vis the public.

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After the enthusiasm born during the World Cup in France, will the women's football benefit from this new notoriety? Nearly two months after being stopped in quarter of the World Cup by the United States, the Team of France must make its return Saturday during a friendly match against Spain. Invited Friday of Matthieu Belliard on Europe 1, the captain of Blue, Wendie Renard, calls the fans to continue to be interested in women's football. "People have to follow us all year round," she says.

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Since the beautiful course of the Blue, Wendie Renard recognizes, her reputation and that of her teammates has grown. "I feel it, even when we walk with family, even when we go out of the football, more and more people congratulate us, encourage us to continue what we do well," she says. "I'm getting more and more solicited (...) it shows that people followed and appreciated the performances," she says.

"If there are no means, we can not go very far"

But, far from the lights of the World Cup, the national championship has resumed, with more confidential audiences. "The daily is our championship," said Wendy Renard, herself a player of Olympique Lyonnais. "We must continue, that people follow us throughout the year."

For the French, the development of women's football necessarily passes through the financial means. "If there are no means, we can not go very far," she said, while noting however that in the first female division, "little by little, the sponsors arrive". Moreover, she recalls, if France remains "behind other countries (...) as England is moving at a crazy speed", there are still "countries that suffer" . More broadly, Wendie Renard adds, "there is still a long way to go in the world, and especially in women's sport".