Is this a first big blow for the French women’s team before the start of the Euro? During a little opposition game, this Tuesday morning at Clairefontaine, one of the Blues executives, midfielder Grace Geyoro, 24, stepped on the ball. Immediately his left knee seemed to have turned. Which would suggest a ligament problem. In tears and supported by her captain Wendie Renard, the PSG player left the pitch limping. The severity of his injury is not yet known, but the staff fears a rupture of the cruciate ligaments. Examinations in the coming hours will make it possible to make the diagnosis.
His participation in the first preparation match, Saturday in Beauvais, against Cameroon is already very compromised. But coach Corinne Diacre, in any case, was planning to let her team breathe that day and line them up for the following match against Vietnam on July 1.
An inexperienced midfielder
A long unavailability, or even a withdrawal from the Parisienne for the Women’s Euro, organized from July 6 to 31 in England, would constitute a real blow. Because this sector of the game does not contain many such experienced elements. Especially in the absence of Lyonnaise Amandine Henry. The former French captain has been sidelined since the fall of 2020 by Corinne Diacre for openly criticizing her management. A withdrawal from Geyoro would not be likely to reshuffle the cards, because Henry would obviously not appear on the list of reservists.
Diacre has a group of 23 players, including three goalkeepers, but she contacted around “ten” other players as reserves, without revealing their identities. The official list for the match against the Italians on July 10 must be sent to UEFA by June 26.
