Blue: Put aside tensions to open the doors to qualifying for the Euro

Put aside resentments to achieve a common goal. Here is the roadmap of the French women’s team which welcomes Austria to Guingamp on Friday. While the tensions between the Blue and the coach Corinne Deacon have been at the heart of the news in recent weeks, the players, who met this week among themselves, will want to qualify for Euro 2022 in order to lower the tension up a notch.

“I was super happy to find the France team, to find everyone. Was it complicated? No. The objective is the qualification of tomorrow (Friday). With the players things are going very well, said Amandine Henry Thursday at a press conference. It’s always good to share, it’s always positive to move forward better. The goal has never been lost sight of. We intended to all get together to look at each other between four eyes, we are really together to go for the qualification. Group unity has always been present, we are professionals, we only have one thing in mind, winning.”

Corinne Deacon, at the heart of critics after the revelations of Amandine Henry at Canal Football Club, made the same observation before facing Austria. “I told you last week, the priority is for the France team to perform well, to qualify tomorrow. (Friday) evening. The players wanted to talk, they did. When the time is right, I’ll do it with them too“, she clarified.

Was the atmosphere different since the start of the week? “Not at all, replied the coach. There were statements, I think they were more personal than collective. The players have put things on the table. But when I see them arriving at Clairefontaine, I don’t see anyone coming backwards. If so, don’t come. It is an honor and above all a duty to come to the French team. “In the event of qualification for the Euro, Corinne Deacon will wish to start again on a new cycle, more positive, with the Blue ones.