Women’s football is not growing as fast as expected in France
An important meeting therefore in a season where women’s football has not shown its best face with various cases, a federation which is a candidate for the organization of Euro 2025 but which forgets its championship a little, etc. Is French women’s football in a bad patch? Yes but says our colleague from Syanie Dalmat Team
I don’t know if we can talk about bad because there are still good results, especially with the French team and then with the driving French clubs like PSG and Lyon, which continue to be strongholds in the women’s football in Europe. But in any case, we did not have the results we expected after the 2019 World Cup. There had been a real enthusiasm for this competition, and we were indeed expecting a little more impressive fallout, an evolution of the championship, something more spectacular and ultimately, that we do not find. I think it’s Adel Hegerberg who talks about it rather well in a Twitter message, saying that we were a little picky in France, that we had fallen behind certain European championships, in particular England. There is work, there are clubs to structure and a lot of things to do. And there is indeed a delay that we have taken and that must now be filled – Syanie Dalmat
A delay that lives daily Julie Dufour, European U19 champion with the blues, attacking midfielder for FCGB Women notes the structural backwardness of his sport
I would say that like any D1 player, I think women’s football in France is not fully developed, just look at the stadiums of each club. I think there is still work to be done in terms of structures – Julie Dufour
An enlarged first division thinking of 12 to 16 clubs?
The organization of a competition like Euro 2025, if the FFF obtained it, would it be to the detriment of the development of the French championship? Not so simple answer Syanie Dalmat and Julie Dufour who plead in particular for an extended D1
I think the two are linked anyway, because inevitably when you organize a competition like a euro, you show your know-how. So I think the authorities also want to show that the French championship is of quality. They will go on an overhaul of the different divisions D1, D2 and probably reinstate a D3 thing that has been requested for a very long time. So there are plenty of things to do. Maybe increase the number of teams in D1. Me, I find that 12 is not enough, it does not make enough matches. Maybe expand to 14 or even 16 clubs – Syanie Dalmat
I think that’s a good idea. In addition, there are several D2 clubs which are in the process of being structured and I think it is rather rewarding for women’s football. And I hope it will continue like this because there are really good teams. And then I think clubs like Rennes Lens deserve to play at the highest level – Julie Dufour
Julie Dufour objective Euro 2025 with the France team.
With nearly 40 selections with the various French teams under 20, Julie Dufour, who will be 21 this year, can hope to participate in Euro 2025!
It’s a goal. Like any high level player. Afterwards, as you said, I have all the young French teams up to A. I tasted a selection a year ago, in April. It’s true that it makes you want and I’m not going to let go. I will do everything to get there and I hope it will be the case – Julie Dufour
And not giving up starts with Soyaux on Saturday at 2 p.m., an important trip for Patrice Lair’s team that the supporters will follow with interest.