I'm trying to plow through the French. What exactly is Le Sommer's criticism--that the team's playing style/tactics were wrong? Tks.
She was moaning that she did not understand why she was criticised. She said she was foIlowing the game plan etc. The lack of ownership from players who did not perform is ashtonishing. Except M'Bock who is courageous enough to admit she made a mistake against the USA. We have now reached the point where Lyon fans now bring banners to the game to support the players against the coach.
Poor game last lack of idea or technical quality. We saw exactly the same problem we had at the World cup. One lucky goal thanks to Pano's mistake and one excellent goal by Cascarino. Really poor in possession throughout the game. Bouhaddi; Torrent, M'Bock Renard, Karchaoui; Henrty, Geyoro, Thiney; Diani, Gauvin, Le Sommer The Lyon players got what they wanted in the second half. Majri came on as a winger and Le Sommer went to number 10 instead of Thiney.
Perhaps they should think about changing the basic structure of their professional league, to try to match the parity within the league that the NWSL has. It might help the players be better competitors, which would make them better players.
Difficult task: it would involve a complete cultural change about how football and football leagues (men and women alike) are seen across the whole European continent. If you mean perfectly matching the structure of American team-sports' leagues I don't see it happening anytime soon and I don't think it would be received well by most European supporters. If you mean, instead, trying to implement some slight corrections that could make thinks better, maybe that's more feasible and measures like finacial fair play were aiming to this target, but their potential success in creating more parity is anyway questionable.
Yeah, I there would be some HR problems alongside the mentality side of things. Forcing players to change teams would inevitably lead to a legal challenge due to the Freedom of Movement and work in Europe.
And even if it could be enforced it wouldn't work, unless you also forced them to cut pay it would just bankrupt the "lesser" team. The unequal distrubution of player isnn't the problem it is just a symptom, the unequal distrubution of is the problem.
part of the reason why the NWSL teams looks so strong from top to bottom is that it;s only 9 clubs. The French League is at least 5 teams strong, they really need to cut down from the current 12. Lyon & PSG could easily field a solid 2nd team, almost all the Bundesliga clubs have one(cept they only allowed to play in the 2nd division).
Squad list comes tomorrow for the next Euro qualifier. I spoke to the coach on Sunday in Milan, interview will come out soon, it was a recap on the whole tournament from the French point of view. Let's say, it was interesting.
Here is the squad for the Iceland friendly and Kazakhstan qualifier. Perle Morroni ( LB) and Marie- Antoinette Katoto ( CF) are back Corinne Diacre, sélectionneure de l'Equipe de France Féminine, a dévoilé la liste des 23 joueuses convoquées pour France - Islande et Kazakhstan - France #FRAISL #KAZFRA pic.twitter.com/S0a3GZZtSq— Equipe de France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) September 26, 2019
There is a four day training camp for the U-23 team ( formerly the B team). All the girls are born between 96 and 99.
The U-20 team has also a camp in preparation for the U-20 WWC next year. Girls born in 2000 and later Gardiennes de but Mary Innebeer (Lille OSC) Justine Lerond (FC Metz) Marie-Morgane Sieber (FC Vendenheim) Défenseures Selma Bacha (O. Lyonnais) Magou Doucouré (Stade de Reims) Eva Fremaux (Lille OSC) Maëlle Lakrar (Montpellier HSC) Lisa Martinez (Glasgow Rangers, ECO) Manon Revelli (O. Lyonnais) Emeline Saint-Georges (Lille OSC) Milieux Chaïma Badr Bassem (Toulouse FC) Julie Dufour (Lille OSC) Oriane Jean-François (Paris FC) Eva Kouache (O. Lyonnais) Margaux Le Mouël (EA Guingamp) Chloé Philippe (Stade de Reims) Carla Polito (Lille OSC) Attaquantes Lorena Azzaro (O. Lyonnais) Sandy Baltimore (Paris Saint-Germain) Vicki Becho (Paris Saint-Germain) Kessya Bussy (US Orléans) Naomie Feller (Stade de Reims) Mélody Lapierre (AS Saint-Etienne) Melvine Malard (FC Fleury 91) Coline Stephen (Dijon FCO)
a few issues will be for the Deacon is who's going to captain the team now that Henry is injured & will she keep on starting Gauvin at the important, central stiker position even though Guavin's lost her starting spot over at Montpelier to the German girl, Lena Petermann(who's always been just a slightly above average fwd in my book)
The three international squads had dinner together tonight L'Equipe de France Féminine a accueilli ce soir, au château de Clairefontaine, les sélections féminines U23 et U20 🤜🤛 #FiersdetreBleues 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/9BVjmBdYwK— Equipe de France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) October 1, 2019
4-0 friendly win against Iceland with a few new things in the starting 11 La composition de nos Bleues pour affronter l'Islande !! #FRAISL #FiersdetreBleues pic.twitter.com/fFn78wEGXa— Equipe de France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) October 4, 2019 Peyraud-Magnin in goal. Dali got another chance at number 10 with Thiney sat on the bench, Dali was replaced by Majri in the number 10 position, a welcome news. As a result Karchaoui was made a starter at left-back despite her poor world-cup performances... Henry was injured so Bilbault played in her place, Tounkara in the rotation instead of M'Bock Bathy at center-back. There was a first cap for De Almeida at right-back which give us a question mark on Perisset who was not called up after her previous injury. Goals by Le Sommer x2, Cascarino and Majri. Le Sommer is two goals away from being the record goalscorer for France as she is closing in on Marinette Pichon. She has 79 goals so far. 11 384 spectators in Nimes.
The TV right for the Euro 2021 have been sold for the French territories. Canal + ( pay tv) and TF1 ( free to view) have won the rights. Those two channels covered the 2019 WWC at home. Canal plus will show all the games while TF1 will show the 14 best ones, same process as during the world cup. Rates went up to 13 Million Euros from 5 Million Euros in 2017 in Holland.
TV viewers for the friendly v Iceland, numbers are not great imo Net succès pour le match amical féminin #FRAISL, marqué par la large victoire de nos Bleues !🥇W9 leader TNT auprès de l’ensemble du public et des moins de 50 ans.🔥0.9M° de téléspectateurs 🔥4.3% 4+🔥5.0% auprès des H-50🔥4.2% auprès du public de moins de 50 ans pic.twitter.com/zuuxAC8zCr— W9 (@W9) October 5, 2019
Kazakhstan away, our first Euro 2021 qualifier. The coach made a tactical switch going 4-4-2 instead of 4-3-3 C'est parti ! La France affronte le Kazakhstan dans ce premier match de qualification à l'UEFA EURO 2021 ➡️ En direct sur @W9 #KAZFRA #FiersdetreBleues pic.twitter.com/s7PPZeWobo— Equipe de France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) October 8, 2019
The squad for the Euro qualifier against Serbia: Corinne Diacre, sélectionneure de l'Equipe de France Féminine, a dévoilé la liste des 23 joueuses convoquées pour France - Serbie, programmé le samedi 9 novembre à Bordeaux (21H00, stade Matmut ATLANTIQUE) #FRASER #FiersdetreBleues pic.twitter.com/5aXlUfbAsH— Equipe de France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) October 31, 2019
Do I remember right that De Almeida was part of France U-20 NT at the U-20 World Cup a year ago? I wasn't overly impressed by her back then. Is it her first selection with Senior NT?
here's highlighs from this week's game featuring #1 Lyon vs #3 Montepelier. Even before the opening whistle , Renard shows her overwhelming presence in a game that seemed completely dominated by Lyon looking at the lineups, any of the top 5NT's of the world would be proud to start the 3 subs that Lyon brings in, lol Montpellier vs. Olympique Lyonnais - 2 November 2019 - Women Soccerway
Heck, probably an OL "B-team", only made of the club non-starters, would place well at the World Cup! It's worth noting that meanwhile PSG drew an home match vs Guingamp, thus throwing away the 2 points advantage they had gained vs rivals of OL: back to square one.
Already three players out of the squad due to injury: Kadidiatou Diani et Solène Durand sont forfaits pour ce rassemblement. ➡️ Louise Fleury et Laëtitia Philippe rejoindront le groupe dans les prochaines heures #FiersdetreBleues pic.twitter.com/yUgmRdNT9D— Equipe de France ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) November 4, 2019 Phillippe had many call-ups through the years as she was born in 91. Fleury was part of the squad that reach the U-20 final in 2016. Amandine Henry also announced she is out Malheureusement c’est déjà la fin du rassemblement en @equipedefrance pour moi 😞Le staff médical n’a pas voulu prendre de risques suite au contact reçu aux cervicales samedi dernier...L’envie de jouer est toujours là mais il faut savoir écouter.#FiersdEtreBleues— AMANDINΣ HΣNRY (@amandinehenry6) November 4, 2019