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As the Women’s World Cup begins this Thursday in Australia and New Zealand, the Minister of Sports believes that coach Hervé Renard “has a very positive way of seeing things, a staff around him who is experienced”. “All hopes are allowed,” said Amélie Oudéa-Castéra.
“Our French team has a real card to play”, assures the Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, Thursday July 20 on franceinfo, on the first day of the Women’s Football World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Whether “the president of the French Football Federation has set this objective of the semi-finals”she sees further: “I think they have to [les Bleues] really believe in it until the end, until this final on August 20, which in my opinion is within their reach”.
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“It’s really a team that today has a lot of joy in life”she assures, after the historic revolt of several major players, which led to the departure of the former coach Corinne Deacon. “I went to see them before they left, at Clairefontaine. There is a very nice atmosphere, there are young people, there are mothers, there are ghosts, there are old people, there is a kind of mix of very beautiful personalities”she lists.
The minister is full of praise for the new coach of Les Bleues, Hervé Renard, “very inspiring”. “He has a very positive way of seeing things, a staff around him who is experienced and I believe that all hopes are allowed”she adds.