Corinne Deacon at a press conference, February 26, 2020. -

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Corinne Deacon announced on Tuesday morning the list of players selected for the tournament in France, which will see the Bleues face Iceland and Switzerland on February 17 and 20.

After the tensions of the last gatherings, in October and November, the boss of the France team intends to get off on the right foot in 2021. "We do not need to escalate things and come back to the past", has t she said at the press conference.

At least this time, Amandine Henry's injury package saved him a few headaches when it came time to put down the names of the 27 players called up.

The previous internship was marked by tensions with some players.

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

The meeting has been held, I want it to stay internal.

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 de France.

This internship should mark a new goal for the France team.

We have this season to prepare ourselves well (for the Euro in 2022), to give playing time to new players, perhaps to try 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.

The (health) situation is serious, there is no need to poison and revisit things from the past.

I want to move forward, I also have high hopes that my players will hear this message and that they will also want to move forward.

We owe it to ourselves to honor the blue jersey but also the Federation, we owe it to ourselves to be really humble about what is happening in our country and in the world.

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?

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 internship, I have Eugénie Le Sommer and Marion Torrent.

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

It's in the past, we told each other what we had to say about the last gathering.

The important thing is the France team, which the France team continues to win.

The team has qualified for the European Championship, that was the goal and we achieved it.

In the life of a group, nothing is ever perfect.

Find me a group, a coach that doesn't have a problem with its players, that doesn't exist.

However, what is important are the results on the ground.

It is up to us to make sure that we are humble, to be aware of what is wrong and to find things to make sure that everyone is happy.

Live a little better, but we are not unhappy in the national team.

We are privileged, we have to be aware of this and focus again on the essential, namely the game and the field.

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