absent from the field for ten months, striker Marie-Antoinette Katoto forfeited for the World Cup

Another blow for the Blues. After Delphine Cascarino’s package, the French women’s team will also have to do without Marie-Antoinette Katoto at the World Cup this summer. The Paris Saint-Germain striker will not be able to participate in the competition in Australia and New Zealand (from July 20 to August 20), learned Franceinfo from a source close to the Blue. The French will therefore have to compose without another of their best offensive assets.

The 24-year-old player came out injured in Les Bleues’ second group match at Euro 2022, against Belgium. Victim of a rupture of the cruciate ligaments of the right knee, she had to withdraw for the rest of the competition. She still has not returned to the field, and has not played any match with the capital club in 2022-2023. Katoto will miss her second World Cup, having been left out by Corinne Deacon at the World Cup at home in 2019.