Sylvain Ripoll, coach of the Espoirs, dismissed from his functions

2023-07-31 19:28:00

Sylvain Ripoll, whose results had been criticized after the elimination of Bleuets during Euro Espoirs, was dismissed one year from Paris 2024.

by MI with AFP Sylvain Ripoll, ex-coach of the France Espoirs team, had to go to Japan, for the 2021 Olympics, with an experimental team, the European professional clubs having not agreed to release their best players. © Flaviu Buboi / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP Published on 07/31/2023 at 7:28 p.m.

A page turns, at a crucial moment. While the Paris 2024 Olympic Games are on everyone’s mind, and the French are pinning a lot of hope on the team sports teams, Sylvain Ripoll, coach of the France Espoirs team until now, has been dismissed from his duties, we learned on Monday from a source familiar with the case. The position of the 51-year-old technician had been weakened by the elimination of Bleuets in the quarter-finals of Euro 2023 by Ukraine (3-1), on July 2.

Appointed in May 2017 at the head of the Espoirs, the former coach of Lorient certainly managed to qualify the Tricolores for three consecutive European Championships, after a long period of scarcity, but he never managed to convince despite the reservoir impressive that France has among young people, and has not won a title.

Insufficient results

Semi-finalist of the Euro in 2019, he then lost twice in the quarter-finals (2021, 2023). During the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, he was handicapped by the refusal of most French clubs to release their players for a competition not organized by the International Football Federation.

READ ALSOMonday’s tackle – France have an incredible pool, but… At the controls of an experimental team, Sylvain Ripoll and his troops had been taken out in the first round in Japan after two defeats, a single victory and above all 11 goals conceded.

Repeatedly extended by Noël Le Graët, the former president of the FFF, to whom he was close, Ripoll did not resist the new disillusionment of Bleuets following a meeting with the new boss of the Federation Philippe Diallo .