France are now in the final straight with less than a year before a home world cup. Friendlies against Mexico and maybe Australia and the USA are coming up. 8 or 9 starting 11 places are quite settled but loads of places in the squad are up for grabs if the players have a good 2018/19 season.
Torrent, Renard, M'Bock, Majri,Geyoro, Henry, Le Sommer Goalie place is between Benameur and Bouhaddi atm Centre forward is wide open with no one good enough so far Right winger should be Cascarino's if she manages to get the starting spot at Lyon Playmaker is also wide open, no one making a big claim hence Thiney was called back by Diacre after a while.
here would be their probable starting lineup GK.................................Bouhaddi Torrent...............Renard.............M'Bock.............Majri .................Geyoro.............................Henry Cascarino..........................???.......................ELS ..........................................??? the question marks are because the two players previous in those spots, Gauvin(FW) & Thiney(AM), weren't called up for the upcoming friendlies. Neither were the youth players from the just completed u20 WC(where the French felt they flopped) interesting note; it's only been an year & half since they won arguably their most impressive win ever; 3-0 v the Ellis coached team at the 2017 SBC, yet 8 of those starters of that game aren't part anymore of the newer lineups(they either lost favor with the new coach or retired) but got to hand it to their new coach(Diacre, or called 'the Deacon' in English), she switched the style of play from what used to a midfield possession style to a wait & ruse out the opponent until they open up their defensive safety nets & then quickly exploit by counter attack, which is very similar that the men's team did in Russia. Wish a certain country that stubbornly resists any changes thanks to their cult of personality leader, Jorgi, will change their tactics too, lol!
The squad for the Mexico game is as follows : Corinne Diacre, Sélectionneure de l'Equipe de France féminine, a dévoilé la liste des 23 joueuses convoquées pour participer au premier match de la saison face au Mexique #FRAMEX pic.twitter.com/ZPOMfxKZvc— Equipe de France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) August 21, 2018 Wendie Renard was injured in a pre-season friendly last week and is replaced by Anaig Butel, Valerie Gauvin is currently injured. Regarding the U-20, the FFF remembers what happened to Cascarino after the 2016 U-20 WC when she was immediately promoted to the Seniors and got a long term injury because of tiredness etc.
New update on squad, one of the goalie has withdrawn Karima Benameur (Paris FC) forfait, Corinne Diacre convoque Laëtitia Philippe (Rodez AF) pour la préparation de France - Mexique, samedi 1er septembre à Amiens (en direct sur @W9) Billetterie : https://t.co/TvB97yv0JO pic.twitter.com/Q28dokB6tR— Equipe de France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) August 28, 2018
Pre-match And the goals from the game at the Stade de la Licorne, Amiens: France 4 - 0 Mexico, 1 Sep 2018 Eugénie Le Sommer's two goals took her to 70 goals for France. Match report, Ouest-France - French / English autotranslated
Wow, not sure how many people the stadium in Amiens could contain, but judging by the views of the standings and, especially, by the roar of the crowd, it had to be packed! It's nice to see (and especially to hear: as in the action of Diani's goal) such good attendences in women's football, they create an unusually exciting atmosphere. I hope next year at least the local French crowds (if not fans coming from overseas) will fill the venues with supporters and the WWC will be a success. By the way, which WWC was the record-one in terms of attendences and how much the average attendences were there? Was it Germany 2011?
8 800 fans yesterday. Corinne Diacre was interviewed at hal-time and was really unhappy. A better second half but still... I think she asks a lot of the players and many of them are not good enough. No quality depth in the team.
Wow--love the design of the Amiens stadium, based on the brief shots from the training and game-highlights video that I've seen. Is it new(ish)? The Mexico keeper made two bonehead plays in the game--coming way too far out on what became the first and last France goals. On the first one, she must have been some 25 yards out from the goal line--well beyond the 18-yard box! Dumb. The last one wasn't at bad, but she was still way out and would have been better to stay in net, especially as she had three teammates/defenders running back into the box when she ventured out. Of such decisions games are won and lost. Mexico would have lost anyway, but it might have been a closer game.
Upcoming games : France v Australia Fri 05 Oct St Etienne France v Cameroon Tue 09 Oct Grenoble France v Brazil Sat 10 Nov Nice
Latest squad list Corinne Diacre, Sélectionneure de l’Equipe de France féminine, a dévoilé la liste des 23 joueuses convoquées pour France – Australie et France – Cameroun #FRAAUS #FRACAM pic.twitter.com/oe8tAxkY1T— Equipe de France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) September 25, 2018
depending on your wikipedia faith, highest total - canada 2015 highest average - usa 1999 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_Women's_World_Cup
Corinne Diacre has announced she will have Sarah Bouhaddi as her number one goalie at the WC. She will carry on testing players and brought a returnee and a new one to bring competition to players, mainly the back-up and fringe ones.
side note on the upcoming France/Australia friendly ~~~ Sam Kerr has decided to come & rest of for the W-League(pic below) my fav CB, Alana Kennedy, is under going knee surgery, so will miss it as well French side; I'm surprised that Cascarino hasn't made the squad, she seemed to of made good strides(though maybe she's injured too)
France 2 Australia 0 France 6 Cameroun 0 If you want to have a look at the players used during the calendar year look here Next game France v Brasil 10 November at Nice's Allianz Riviera ( one of the World Cup 2019 ground with France v A3 played there ). The following game will be France v USA at another World Cup ground, Le Havre's Stade Oceane, on Sat 19 Jan 19.
The squad for the Brasil friendly : Corinne Diacre, sélectionneure de l'Equipe de France féminine, a dévoilé la liste des 23 joueuses convoquées pour préparer France - Brésil le samedi 10 novembre à Nice #FRABRE pic.twitter.com/CAtB4rl2WB— Equipe de France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) October 31, 2018 First call-up for Katoto following a disastrous U-20 and all the internal problems she allegedly created. The U-20 coach had so some strong words against some un-named squad members who did not do well during the tournament. He also mentioned some teams were ready to field a player the day after the 3rd place play-off as a problem. Only one team actually had planned to play one of the U-20 player the next day in the League, giving her no rest time actually unlike her other club team-mates.
Could you link me to some article? I would be interested in reading the coach's exact words (article in French are ok since it's a language I can comfortably read). Is the team you refer to PSG?
The B team will play a friendly against Belgium : G : Karima BENAMEUR (Paris FC), Laëtitia PHILIPPE (Rodez AF) D : Annaig BUTEL (Paris FC), Estelle CASCARINO (Paris FC), Hawa CISSOKO (ASJ Soyaux), Vanessa GILLES (FC Girondins de Bordeaux), Charlotte LORGERE (EA Guingamp), Perle MORRONI (PSG) M : Anna CLERAC (ASJ Soyaux), Daphné CORBOZ (FC Fleury), Aminata DIALLO (PSG), Lindsey THOMAS (Dijon FCOF), Sandie TOLETTI (Montpellier HSC) F : Viviane ASSEYI (FC Girondins de Bordeaux), Mathilde BOURDIEU (Paris FC), Delphine CASCARINO (O. Lyonnais), Marie-Charlotte LEGER (FC Fleury), Clara MATEO (Paris FC) A good number of those players are hoping to make the final list for the World Cup
I was expecting Cascarino to finally become a starter on the right winger side. But being send back to the B team??? Didn't see that coming, as it feels kinda humiliating
Her performances level in training and in games with the NT have not been great. And Laurent seem to be the flavour of the last few months. Asseyi who is also competing with Cascarino and Laurent has also been sent to the B team.
Confirmed Le Sommer and Dali withdraw from the squad due to injury. Replaced by Cascarino and Corboz Eugénie Le Sommer et Kenza Dali sont forfait pour France - Brésil. Elles quittent le rassemblement des Bleues à Clairefontaine. Pour les remplacer, Corinne Diacre fait appel à Delphine Cascarino et Daphné Corboz. 🇫🇷🇧🇷 pic.twitter.com/Ty3Znjzsnl— Equipe de France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) November 5, 2018