The Captain of Bleues announced on social networks, Friday, February 24, “to step back with the French team”, thus renouncing the next World Cup, which will take place from July 20 to August 20.
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In disagreement with the supervision of the national football selection, the Bleues captain, Wendie Renard, announced on social networks, Friday, February 24, her “decision to take a step back with the French Team”. The defender, who has accumulated 142 selections since March 2, 2011, explains that she could no longer “endorse the current system far from the requirements required by the highest level”. Lyonnaise considers this necessary withdrawal to preserve its mental health and announces that it renounces, at the same time, the next World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, from July 20 to August 20, and which will start for the Bleues against Jamaica, July 23.
Thank you for your support and respect for my decision. 🇫🇷 https://t.co/moryinwvb0
– wrenard (@wendie renard) a complex relationship with Corinne Diacre
Since the start of the season, French women have been going through a complicated period, including two striking losses against two competitors for the world title, in October, in Germany (2-1) and Sweden (3-0). Led by Wendie Renard, however, they have won the France tournament in recent days, a friendly event, against nations deemed lower: Denmark (1-0), Uruguay (5-1) and Norway (0- 0).
Without clearly giving the reasons for her announcement, Renard opens a new chapter in her complex relationship with the selector Corinne Diacre, who had withdrawn the captain’s armband from the Martiniquaise when she arrived in 2017, before returning it in September 2021.
In recent days, Renard had for example estimated that it was complicated to embark on the experimentation of a new tactical system due to the lack of “time” in selection, going against Corinne choices Deacon, which assumed a “workforce review” and multiple “tests” a few months from the World Cup.
Approaching Euro 2022, where the Blue had raised until the semi-final, Corinne Diacre had already experienced a period of turbulence after having dismissed two executives from the French team, Amandine Henry And the former captain and best tricolor manager in the history of the blue Eugénie le Sommer.