Les Bleues - France WNT

Wait, they already announced the stadiums where the games will be played??? That was quick.

 

They announcend them in September actually.

 

That's incredibly early especially when you don't even have a date and don't even know your opponents.

 

This is because the FFF has the clubs who have ownership of their stadium to use them. And they know the windows and there are normally two dates only in each window.

 

Could you please explain this to me in French maybe? Parce qu'honnêtement je ne capte pas.

 

La FFF demande aux clubs avant que la saison debute si leur stade sera disponible pour acceuillir un match de l'equipe de france A, Espoir ou Feminine. Comme les dates sont deja publiees dans le calendrier de la FIFA et de l'UEFA, plus d'un an a l'avance c'est facile d'organiser les lieux des rencontres. Il suffit de l'accord des clubs pour louer leur stade. .

 

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D'accord mais dans ce cas pourquoi d'autres fédérations ne font pas la même chose avec leurs stades?

 

Because the FFF organises everything well in advance unlike other countries and also they are transparent.

 

That's a bit surprising but ok. Usually everyone is so critical of the FFF.

 

Well there are many negative things at FFF like the head of all the NT who has been in the job since 2019 is just incompetent. Or political backstabbing between members of the executive committee.

 

📋🚨 Le sélectionneur @LaurentBonadei dévoilera 𝐬𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞 pour le prochain rassemblement des Bleues 𝐣𝐞𝐮𝐝𝐢 𝟐𝟏 𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐞 à 14H ⌚️🇫🇷#FiersdetreBleues pic.twitter.com/xNdwiPkPcH

— Equipe de France Féminine (@equipedefranceF) November 15, 2024

𝐕𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐥’𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐳 𝐥𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐢 👇
Le calendrier des matchs de Ligue des Nations 2025 🗓️#FiersdetreBleues pic.twitter.com/upic773xDU

— Equipe de France Féminine (@equipedefranceF) November 13, 2024

 

Hey, I hadn't noticed that, at this round, you only meet nations with a crossed flag.

 

Latest update from Nations League stadium from FFF

• Vendredi 21 février 2025 (21h10) : France-Norvège (Stadium, Toulouse)
• Mardi 25 février 2025 (21h10) : France-Islande (Stade Marie-Marvingt, Le Mans)
• Vendredi 4 avril 2025 : Suisse-France
• Mardi 8 avril 2025 : Norvège-France
• Vendredi 30 mai 2025 (21h10) : France-Suisse (Stade Marcel-Picot, Nancy)
• Mardi 3 juin 2025 : Islande-France

They ended up swapping the locations for the games in February and May from the initial plannning.

 

France have reached the worse ever FIFA Ranking with the 11th place.

With the Euro draw with England, the Netherlands and Wales as well as the Nations League games against Norway, Iceland and Switzerland, it will not be an easy year as the new manager Laurent Bonadei is starting to rebuild the team. He brought in a new mental preparation specialist who helped Leon Marchand recently and a new GK goalie. The video analyst was moved to Didier Deschamps men's team too.