More injury replacement : Karima Benameur rejoint à son tour Clairefontaine pour pallier le forfait de Pauline Peyraud Magnin, touchée au poignet. France - Brésil 🇫🇷🇧🇷 samedi 10 novembre à Nice. Billetterie : https://t.co/TvB97yv0JO pic.twitter.com/dq9aMhmys3— Equipe de France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) November 5, 2018
Radio interview from yesterday. Very interesting, obviously in French, https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6wkh3i
Official ! France v US WNT Sat 19 Jan 19 Le Havre Stade Oceane ko 8.45pm CET The head to head record according to the FFF says it all : PL 25 W4 D3 L18 France don't beat the USA very often. Our own database has only 22 games and France with 2 wins only 2-0 in Lorient and 3-0 in Washington
France 3 Brazil 1 A 3-4-3 very experimental but satisfactory. First cap for Katoto on the wing. Next game will be tough with the USA coming to prepare for the WC.
The World Cup draw was held at La seine Musicale in western Paris - www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MJjx-xCnew&t=29m (GraphyArchy, cc-by-sa) ( ^ That's part of the venue, not the machine they chose the team balls from.) And in the end: (twitter.com/FIFAWWC/status/1071461046597152768) France v South Korea, Norway and Nigeria in Group A.
France will schedule games from the AFC in preparation for the WC as they have not played those besides Australia ( different football style) under Diacre. I guess Japan or China will be asked for a game.
I mean, I hope France can do well as I envy Renard success with her national team as I feel like she’s been let down in tournaments about things she could do little about
don't see why(other than maybe the group is too weak?). France beat Nigeria 8-0 in an friendly earlier this year. South Korea is ranked only 14. When they came to play outside their familiar Asia, they lost to Canada 0-3, 0-6 to the US in friendlies/ Ji been their star like forever, with no new faces on the horizon(or strong youth squads)/. The would be wise to bunker v France. Norway still only ranked 13th. They had a bit of luck in beating the higher Dutch in qualifiers; home advantage, their pro league was in season at the time. the build in chemistry(as most lay for their domestic league. Their poor showing in their friendly vs Japan might be more indicative on how good they are. and speaking of chemistry, it;s always been France's strong point since usually 5-8 starters are from Lyon. That the WC is a bit earlier in June(right after the pro season) should help them, along that if everything goes as predicted, at least the higher ranked German or US will e eliminated by the quarter-finals. The one thing that might hurt them is that the Deacon still hasn't settled on who she wants for central striker & if she's still going with Debzy's arch nemesis, Thinney at AM?
Write down this name: Lee Min-A. She's a very good emerging player from South Korea. I am not saying she will be the new sensation at WWC, but she did very well so far on the Asian stage.
glad to see more upcoming players from Korea. the last few games I saw from them I was more impressed with Ga-ul(spell check) than Ji, yet she got cut from the Flash/ NWSL team a few years back with no playing time, so it seems like they got very little to work with..... one thing must be said, that the final winner in the last several major tournies all came out of the toughest group(US in WC 2015, GE in 2016 & NED in 2017 EU, JA in 2018 u20 WC). So getting good work out at group play might just be the key to success. But this time around the draw was very balanced, so hence, hard to predict this time around if we go with this formula btw..............whatever happened to the Nakeshiko thread? It's not anymore at the Japan men's side
What? Nadeshiko thread is where it's always been,and right now we reached 177 pages in the 2018 thread (here).
I think underestimating our opponents would lead to a first round elimination, but I know that the coaching staff are already working hard to make sure it does not happen and definitely not an easy draw. Some of us remember the 2002 world cup.
well now looks like the Deacon has problems with the lass who just took over leading scorer of the French League from Hegerberg, which is Katato. Guess we wouldn't see France's secret weapon unleashed on Ellis until the WC? Kieran Theivam (Tayvam) on Twitter: "Do not expect to see PSG's young forward Marie-Antoinette Katoto for France against the USA on Saturday. Coach Corinne Diacre has had some stern words for her in a press conference this morning. Courtesy of @lequipe. https://t.co/QbEwXKY8Ol"
Well, as it was pointed out (in French) in the comments to the Tweet that you embedded in your post, it's probably a problem of maturity from Katoto: it can't be a coincidence that she had big problems with U-20 NT's coach last summer at WWC (to the point that probably part of the reason why France didn't medal at that tournament is on her) and now she has big problems again with another coach at Senior Level. She can be a top-striker, but if she doesn't care about National Team then she becomes virtually useless: you don't need players in NT who don't have a strong motivation behind them, as it was seen in the U-20 WWC's semi-final; you put Katoto in, a player who's supposed to win you the game, and she botches the deciding PK.
I am puzzled because she is in excellent form with PSG. No one wants a repeat of what happened at the U-20 WC. I mean, you can win 2 men WC with your main striker not scoring any goal, but it won't happen in women's football surely? The other number 9 are nowhere near as talented as she is.
That's why I talked about motivation: if her condition is brilliant with club, it's obvious that something changes in her mental approach when she's in camp with NT. Why? I have no idea, but if, for whatever reason, she can't deliver at NT level what she provides to PSG, then what's the point in playing her? Having, as you mentioned, "your main striker not scoring any goal"?
Good result against the USA. It looks like up to seven of yesterdays starters will be the same as at the WC : Bouhaddi; Torrent, Renard, Majri; Henry, Thiney; Le Sommer. M'Bock is the second CB ( currently injured) Geyoro/Bussaglia will fight for the second CM place alongside Henry Cascarino took an option at RW, Diani also plays there. Asseyi did not do herself any favor while on the pitch... Up front it is a very complex equation with Diani Katoto Gauvain and Even Sarr in contention. Back-ups are also known if they don't lose form or get injured RB Perisset LB Karchaoui ( under threat from Bacha if form drops significantly) CB 4th spot open and no great candidate CM 4th spot open and no great candidate Lack of depth a problem in those positions LW no idea who is Le Sommer's back up. Probably a right winger AM Dali the current back-up for Thiney
Takeways from yesterday: Bouhaddi had a poor kicking day Tounkara very solid Cascarino did well Diani unusually clinical could have had a HT Katoto one goal and promises Henry Bussaglia solid
Highlights video from France v USA (19 Jan 2019 at the Stade Océane, Le Havre) - www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2MspNW7iHk
Very Dominating performance by France.,their easily the best team in the world right now(as they also beat Brazil & the Matildas handily in recent friendlies). But they've done this in the past; peaking at the wrong time, then flopping at the major tournament. For example; they beat the US & the Dutch in friendlies in 2017, only to flop at the Euros months later. But if you look at the players that retired after that tournie(Delle, Abily & ,the aging Thomis) but now look at how incredibly well their newbies played(Cascarino, Diani & Katato)and there's simply no comparison on how much faster & stronger these newcomers are as they ran rings around the US(a team that lives on speed). So will this finally be the juggernaut that will put France on top? Or has the Deacon let the cat out if the bag a little too early?(her so called secret weapon, Katato). Only time will tell Btw .......hopefully we'll here from more French fans. I mean the one thing good about US fans is they love to post on their team. The bad is it's si redundant; after reading about a thousand posts; while not bothering to mentioning how well the French did, It's more like; let's start Christen Press' start her left, start at right, play her on top, play her in mid. Come on, there's got to be more to woso than that!
Judging from the roars from the crowd, the attendance had to be very good (and a good omen for upcoming WWC).