Les Bleues still have a good result at the Tournoi de France.

The team can especially say thank you to Marie-Antoinette Katoto who offered herself a double Saturday in Caen while the match was badly embarked against Brazil (2-1).

The player thus continues to panic the counters before the Euro.

If coach Corinne Deacon still wonders who will carry the offensive statistics during the European Championship in England (July 6-31), this gala meeting against the Brazilians has undoubtedly evacuated the last doubts.

At 23, Katoto has indeed confirmed that she is clinical in all circumstances in front of goal, even when she receives few balls like Saturday evening.

Tuesday's clash against the Netherlands

Opportunistic to equalize on an error from the goalkeeper (23rd), then ideally placed to offer victory to hers on a pass from Kadidiatou Diani (59th), the PSG scorer brought her total goals in selection to 21, in 25 appearances only !

And this, a few days after becoming the top scorer in the history of women's PSG (134 goals).

The striker allows the Blues to take the lead in the Tournoi de France three days before the shock against the Netherlands, winners earlier from Finland (3-0).

After fielding a revamped team against Finland on Wednesday in Le Havre (5-0), Deacon this time surprised with his defensive choices, notably establishing a central back, Hawa Cissoko, in the right-back position.

The West Ham player, inexperienced in this position, was narrowly in the offensive phase and lost many balls in the wrong place, against the intense pressing of the Seleçao.

Without landmarks, Cissoko left his place in the 56th minute.

Work on group cohesion

But the most scrutinized holder of the evening was logically Kheira Hamraoui.

Three months after her assault with iron bars, the Parisian celebrated her first tenure with Les Bleues since October 2016, an eternity… The former Barcelonan had points to take.

But his performance was tarnished by a big foul on Debinha in his own area, an indisputable penalty converted by the "queen" Marta (19th).

Stung by this conceded goal, the first for Les Bleues in six games, Hamraoui immediately attempted a long shot, countered, then badly negotiated by goalkeeper Leticia, the latter leaving Katoto a boulevard to score (23rd).

A liberating achievement for the 12,050 spectators at the Ornano stadium, but a little less by the French: as often in recent weeks, the celebration between Hamraoui and her PSG teammates Diani and Katoto remained chilly to say the least.

This is the whole challenge that awaits the management from here to the Euro: to make the internationals coexist by putting "cohesion" and "humility" above the sometimes tense relationships that certain players have. , according to the two keywords advanced by Deacon in recent days.

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