2023-07-22 19:35:20
It is at the Allianz Stadium in Sydney that the Bleues will launch their World Cup this Sunday at 12 p.m. (8 p.m. local). For the highly anticipated first official competition of their coach Hervé Renard, the Tricolores will be opposed to a Jamaican team that they will have to beat in order to tackle the shock of Pool F against Brazil (July 29, at 12 p.m.) in the best conditions.
Favorites of their group, Wendie Renard and her teammates are aiming for the last four, which they have not reached since 2011, and remain on an elimination in the quarter-finals of the 2019 World Cup, organized in France. After the stormy end of Corinne Deacon’s mandate, pushed towards the exit by the executives of the selection last March, the Blue will have to write a new story around their new guide.
Considered by many observers as one of the main outsiders to the final victory since the arrival of the former coach of LOSC, the France team, victorious in three of their four games under the aegis of Renard, will nevertheless be diminished. PSG defender Elisa De Almeida suffered a calf injury in training and will not take part in the game. “She took a hit 48 hours ago, she couldn’t put her foot down. Today (Saturday), things are better but she will not be able to be aligned tomorrow, ”revealed the new boss of Les Bleues at a press conference.
The day before, it was Selma Bacha, the tricolor side, who had to give up the first match, victim of a sprained left ankle during the last preparation match against Australia, last Friday. Packages which are added to those of Marie-Antoinette Katoto, Griedge Mbock, Delphine Cascarino and Amandine Henry, all four absent for a long time.
Accustomed to 4-3-3 since taking office, Renard should switch to a 4-4-2 for this inaugural match, with animation provided by Amel Majri and Clara Mateo on the wings, while Eugénie Le Sommer and Kadidiatou Diani could occupy the axis of the attack. Estelle Cascarino would replace De Almeida in central defense alongside captain Wendie Renard.
Likely combinations: Peyraud-Magnin – Lakrar, Renard (cap), E.Cascarino, Karchaoui – Matthew, Geyoro, Toletti, Majri – Le Summer, Diani
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