Corinne Deacon, coach of the France women’s football team since 2017, has extended her contract at the head of Les Bleues until August 2024, the French Football Federation (FFF) announced on Tuesday. After the elimination in recent days in the semi-finals of the Euro in England against Germany (2-1), Corinne Deacon, 47, will continue to lead the France team for the World Cup-2023 in Australia and in New Zealand, next summer, then at the 2024 Olympics, to try to bring a first international title to French women’s football.
“I am happy and proud to continue the adventure with the French team for these two additional seasons which are bound to be very rich with a competition each year.“said the coach in a press release, acknowledging a “disappointment” against the euro, however “encouraging” for the sequel. The president of the Federation Noël Le Graët, who had defended his coach in recent years when the latter had made strong choices, even if it meant alienating certain players, said to himself “delighted that Corinne accepted the challenge”. “We share the same strong ambition for these two major competitions”explained the Breton leader, who had already set Corinne Deacon the goal of the semi-finals at the Euro, achieved by the Blue and their captain Wendie Renard.
In England, the French women’s team reached the last four of a major competition for the first time since the London Olympics in 2012. They had not qualified for the last Tokyo Games. Corinne Deacon, who will be 48 on Thursday, notably worked for the women’s team of Soyaux, before leading the men’s section of Clermont, in Ligue 2, between 2014 and 2017.