Foot: Corinne Deacon is no longer the coach of the Blue
Corinne Deacon, coach of the France women's football team, during the France-Norway match, November 11, 2022. © AFP / JOSE JORDAN
Text by: Farid Achache Follow
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At the head of the Bleues since 2007, Corinne Deacon is no longer the coach of the French women's team since this Thursday, March 9.
The first Frenchwoman to coach men was initially criticized by Wendie Renard, the captain, who wanted to withdraw from the France team.
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The French Football Federation met this Thursday, March 9 with on the agenda the situation of the French women's team and the future of its coach Corinne Deacon, let go by her three star players.
Corinne Deacon, criticized by
Wendie Renard
, Kadidiatou Diani and Marie-Antoinette Katoto, the three most emblematic players in the squad, who challenge the methods and management put in place since her arrival in 2017, has been dismissed.
His contract was due to end after the 2024 Olympics.
Deacon denounced "
a destabilization operation"
The day before, the 48-year-old coach had ended her silence through a press release, refusing to give up control four and a half months before the World Cup.
"
In view of the shameful media outburst of recent days, I nevertheless wish to publicly reaffirm
(...)
that I am fully determined to carry out my mission and, above all, to bring honor to France at the next World Cup.
this summer in Australia (July 20-August 20), Deacon said.
In this text, she denounced “
a destabilization operation” and “a smear campaign which astounds with its violence and dishonesty
”.
Players from the French women's team have "
reached a point of no return
" in their relationship with Corinne Deacon, explained
Kadidiatou Diani
, one of the executives breaking with the coach, in the program Téléfoot on TF1 .
The Paris Saint-Germain striker had called for a change of coach: “
It is important to have something new, the girls simply can't take it anymore.
The French Federation must take steps, we have raised a cry of alarm
.
»
This Thursday, the executive committee of the Federation, where Deacon was not invited, first heard the recommendations of a special commission set up eight days ago to "draw up
an assessment of the current situation
".
Four members of the "
government
" of the FFF, Jean-Michel Aulas, Laura Georges, Aline Riera and Marc Keller, have conducted hearings in recent days, in particular soliciting several players from the selection.
Deacon herself was auditioned on Tuesday March 7 for nearly two hours, according to her lawyer Christophe Ayela.
Dropped by her three most emblematic players, weakened by mixed results and deprived of the historic support of former president
Noël Le Graët
, the coach of the France team Corinne Deacon will not see the 2023 World Cup.
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