Corinne Deacon and Amandine Henry during the 2019 World Cup in France.
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The captain of the Bleues Amandine Henry is also stepping up to denounce the "management" of the coach Corinne Deacon in the France team, where there are according to the midfielder "a lot of problems".
"Total chaos" during the 2019 World Cup in France, "joy and fear" during the selections for the Blue: a few months after the voluntary withdrawal of goalkeeper Sarah Bouhaddi from the France team, the captain chose words strong Sunday on Canal + to describe the situation in the group.
🗨️ "The call lasted 15 seconds. I will remember it all my life (...)"
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Henry describes utter chaos
During the World-2019, “sportingly, I did not experience 100% fulfillment.
Humanly, I saw girls crying in their rooms.
It was total chaos, ”confided the captain of the Blue to the 92 selections.
In question according to her: the "management" of Corinne Deacon, in office since 2017. Not selected for the last two qualifying matches for Euro-2022 in October, by virtue of "sporting criteria" according to Deacon who wanted to leave " time to return to his best level ”after an injury, Henry delivered his version of this episode on Sunday.
"The call (by Corinne Deacon, Editor's note) lasted fourteen, fifteen seconds, I'll remember it all my life," she said.
“At the time I was shocked (…) This discussion hurt me, I was really touched, in addition sportingly I felt great,” added Henry (31).
Two other executives of the Bleues, Wendie Renard and Amel Majri, had at the time denounced the non-selection of their teammate in Lyon.
They started the game against North Macedonia on the bench.
"It was a choice of the moment, I must make choices," said Deacon, whose contract runs until the term of the Euro, organized by England in July 2022.
Fix the situation "now, not in three years"
Sunday, four days before the announcement of the selection for the last two qualifying matches for Euro-2022, Henry let go: “When you see yourself on the list (of the France team), there has two feelings: joy and fear.
“This summer, goalkeeper Sarah Bouhaddi (34, 149 caps) had already chosen to withdraw from the France team because of a“ very negative climate ”around Corinne Deacon.
“Winning a title with this coach seems impossible to me,” the Lyonnaise had also ruled at the end of October.
For Henry the fracture goes beyond the conflict often mentioned between the coach and the players of Olympique Lyonnais, ultra-dominator in France and in Europe.
“I know some girls don't dare to speak up because there is fear.
Young people do not dare to speak, they pass through you ”, asserted the captain.
"If I don't take the risk, who will?"
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On the sporting front, the Bleues share the head of group G of qualifying with Austria, which they will challenge on November 27 at Guingamp, before hosting Kazakhstan at Vannes on December 1.
However, "it is now, not in three years that the situation must be resolved", insisted Henry.
“It would be nice to put everything together, to say things frankly.
I would like everyone - president, staff, all the players, to meet around a table, ”adds the captain, who does not plan to leave the selection.
"I know I'm taking a risk, but if I don't, who will?
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