France coach able to deal with World Cup after participant revolt

PARIS — Newly-appointed France coach Hervé Renard desires to show the web page and deal with the upcoming Women’s World Cup after a gaggle of gamers facilitated the dismissal of his predecessor.

Renard was employed this week to interchange Corinne Diacre and lead the group at this yr’s Women’s World Cup, after which at subsequent yr’s Paris Olympics.

Diacre was fired solely 4 months earlier than the event after a number of gamers within the squad turned on her.

“What happened before is none of my business,” Renard stated Friday. “I’m focused on the present, and the future.”

The Women’s World Cup is scheduled to be performed from July 20-Aug. 20 in Australia and New Zealand.

Diacre led the French nationwide group to the quarterfinals on the final Women’s World Cup in 2019 and was anticipated to educate the group at this yr’s event.

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There had been robust tensions within the France squad for years between the gamers and Diacre. Things worsened for Diacre when France captain Wendie Renard stated she would skip the Women’s World Cup as a result of she was sad with the group’s arrange.

Following Wendie Renard’s determination, striker Marie-Antoinette Katoto and ahead Kadidiatou Diani additionally introduced they have been placing their worldwide careers on maintain. Diani, who picked up an damage this week throughout a Champions League sport, stated she would return to the nationwide group provided that important adjustments have been made.

The new coach, who paid tribute to Diacre for the “very, very good results” she achieved, included Wendie Renard in his checklist of 26 gamers for upcoming friendlies towards Colombia and Canada. He stated all of the insurgent gamers can be found for choice.

“The most important thing now is to move forward,” stated Hervé Renard, who isn’t associated to Wendie.

The 54-year-old Renard give up as coach of Saudi Arabia’s nationwide group earlier this week, ending a four-year spell highlighted by a win over eventual champion Argentina within the group stage of final yr’s World Cup in Qatar.

He stated his aim with the ladies’s group is to at the least attain the semifinals at each the World Cup and the Paris Olympics.

“This French women’s team is among the best in the world, there is a possibility,” he stated. “We won’t be the top contenders, but we will do everything possible to make it happen.”

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