It will be on July 23, five months from now, that Les Bleues will launch against Jamaica at the Sydney Football Stadium the great adventure that could lead them to their first title of world champions. We’re not there yet, far from it, but the World Cup was already necessarily on everyone’s mind during the very friendly French Tournament which ended last night and which France won, despite a last draw and blank against Norway (0-0). Les Bleues ends it with two victories, against Denmark (1-0) and Uruguay (5-1) and therefore this little hitch, which does not affect the confidence of the coach, Corinne Deacon, “satisfied”.
The coach of the Blues is generally satisfied with what she has seen for a week. “We were able to experiment with things, she said Tuesday evening after the match. I am happy, satisfied. You would have to look far not to be. We were in preparation. I have answers to my questions. This will allow me to move forward. In particular, she tested a new system with three defenders. “It takes work and time. You have to adapt, says midfielder Grace Geyoro in remarks reported by the Team. It’s a new system for everyone. The goal is for the World Cup. n must progress on several aspects, offensively, defensively. We have to manage to be a compact block, to play together. We have to manage to find our game identity. For the moment we don’t really know, but we have to work. »
Deacon, she does not yet know if the defense at 3 is the future of the Blue, but he has certainly scored points. “We’ll see,” she says. This system works well for us. It still needs to be worked on. We still have things to improve. We still have the offensive animation to polish. We didn’t score but two wins, a draw with three matches in seven days, that’s not too bad. »
