"An exceptional internship": Hervé Renard, satisfied with his debut with Les Bleues, now aims for the World Cup

Jean-Baptiste Sarrazin / Photo credit: FRANCK FIFE / AFP 20:54 pm, May 25, 2023

A renewed euphoria, two promising victories, a team that is emerging and an ambition assumed for the development of the discipline: the new coach of Les Bleues Hervé Renard has fully succeeded in his debut with the women's France team. Winner of Colombia (5-2) and Canada (2-1), the former coach of Saudi Arabia spoke exclusively in Europe 1 Sport (every evening from 20 pm to 23 pm) his debut with the France group. A successful first test for Hervé Renard who arrived after a critical period ended by the dismissal of Corinne Diacre as coach.

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The former winner of the CAN with Zambia and Ivory Coast enjoyed nine days of "fantastic" training with his new group. "I found this internship exceptional because of their investment, their discipline, their rigor, their work. I had a lot of fun and I think that for a coach it is above all the first thing we are looking for to have fun, "responded the latter to the microphone of Céline Géraud.

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But for Hervé Renard, the days before the start of the World Cup are numbered. This position is "a 100 meters", says the new coach of the Blues since he has only two months left to prepare the competition with his group. But he prefers to remain serene because for him, "the record of the Blues has been good for a few years, there is a team that is already in place. Now we have to go get these little details, federate this group, be together. If we are united, there is a way to do something very interesting."

A few days before the announcement of a first expanded list, on June 6, the coach appointed at the end of March had recently given news of the injured. The coach of the women's France team wants to "give himself every chance" to take star striker Marie-Antoinette Katoto, injured for a long time in Australia and New Zealand this summer. However, he will have to do without Lyon striker Delphine Cascarino, injured Sunday in a knee during the PSG-OL match. "We will try to federate, to move forward together, to set high objectives," he finally concluded in Europe 1 Sport.