Team of France: between Hervé Renard and Les Bleues, the adventure begins this Friday

Martin Lange, edited by Alexandre Dalifard 11h04, April 07, 2023

Does the Hervé Renard method work? This Friday evening, the new coach of the women's France football team conducts his first test. A first smooth exercise for the Blues who face Colombia in a friendly match. A meeting to prepare anyway before the World Cup this summer. The players spent the week in Clairefontaine with their new coach, and a priori, the osmosis is perfect.

Hervé Renard, the era of renewal

By the admission of the new coach, this first camp is taking place as in a dream. "I was excited. I found that there was a lot of attention, a lot of listening and dialogue. Everything was smooth during these first four days. I told some people that I felt like I had been there for years," admits Hervé Renard. After the Deacon years, marked by tensions and sidelining, the former coach of Saudi Arabia recalled the banished and the rebellious.

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As a symbol, he returned the captain's armband to Wendie Renard, the first to withdraw from the selection. "It's a new project that starts again with a new coach, new people in the staff and inevitably, it's a positive momentum. We want to surf on it and be focused on the goal we have in common," said the captain of Les Bleues. The Renard paw is also a baby that makes its entrance in Clairefontaine.

Player Amel Majri arrived at the training centre with her nine-month-old daughter. The coach welcomed it and hopes for a real structure to welcome young mothers. An excellent communicator, Hervé Renard must now succeed in his first on the field. Ironically, it will be in Clermont, the former stronghold of his predecessor Corinne Diacre.