Women’s World Cup: Katoto, Cascarino, Henry… Which French team for the Olympic Games?

2023-08-13 13:46:39

Would the fate of Les Bleues at the World Cup have been the same with them? No one will ever know but it is still possible to think that losing so many important elements in the run-up to a major meeting was a huge handicap for the French team. With Marie-Antoinette Katoto, Delphine Cascarino, Amandine Henry, Oriane Jean-François or Griedge Mbock, the level of Hervé Renard’s typical team would have significantly increased by a notch, or even two. Consequently increasing that of the bench, which remained almost inactive on Saturday August 12 during the quarter-final lost against Australia (0-0, 7 shots on goal to 6).