There are more pleasant awakenings than others. After Paris Saint-Germain qualified for the semi-finals of the Champions League on Wednesday, PSG midfielder Kheira Hamraoui was not recalled to the France team list on Thursday March 31. Four months before the Euro, coach Corinne Deacon has also chosen to do without Lyonnaise, Eugénie Le Sommer, absent from the selection for a year and injured since mid-March.
With the exception of Hamraoui, Corinne Deacon unveiled a stabilized group of 23 players with a view to the two qualifying matches for the 2023 World Cup, in Wales then against Slovenia on April 8 and 12, with the possibility of get a ticket to the World Cup.
Returning in extremis in February despite the turmoil following his attack in November and persistent tensions with his teammates Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Kadidiatou Diani, Kheira Hamraoui is this time left out.
She came out with a thigh injury on Wednesday night with PSG in the Champions League against Bayern Munich, but “his absence is not related to this”, assured Deacon. Uncertainty persists about his chances of appearing in the next list, that of the Euro scheduled in England from July 6 to 31.
Former captain Amandine Henry, yet operational in Lyon, is also dismissed, unsurprisingly, like Le Sommer, absent for a year and injured since mid-March. In the middle, it is the Bordelaise Ella Palis (4 selections) who benefits from these sidelines.
In attack, the coach has systematically layered the names of Katoto, Diani, Delphine Cascarino, Melvine Malard and Sandy Baltimore on her list for a few months. Interesting in February, the versatile Clara Matéo (Paris FC) also hits the right wagon, unlike Valérie Gauvin, downgraded to Everton.