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This is the crisis within the French women’s football team, 5 months from the World Cup. Three major figures of the Bleues, including captain Wendie Renard, withdraw from the selection.
Wendie Renard, captain of the French team, Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Kadidiatou Diani slam the door of the French selection. In a press release published on social networks on Friday February 24, Wendie Renard justified her decision: “I can no longer support the current system, far from the requirements required by the highest level. […] It’s a sad but necessary day to preserve my sanity.”
The coach in the viewfinder
A few attackers like Kadidiatou Diani and Marie-Antoinette Katoto follow suit, believing they are no longer in line with management and calling for necessary changes. It’s almost an attempted coup. In their sights: the coach, Corinne Deacon. The lack of preparation, among other things, is debated. In a press release, the French Football Federation reacted: “The FFF would like to remind you that no individuality is above the institution. French team.”