The Bleues selector unveiled her list of 23 players selected for Euro 2022 (July 6-31) on Monday.
“I have choices to make, I will assume them until the end”. The selector of the French Women’s Football team, Corinne Diacre, claimed the absences of certain executive players by presenting, Monday, May 30 in the 13 -hour newspaper of TF1, her list of 23 deductions for the Euro which will have Place in England from July 6 to 31.
Amandine Henry, Eugénie Le Sommer, the best scorer in the history of the Blue (86 goals), never called this season, or even Viviane Asseyi (55 selections), one of the most caped players in the deacon era started In 2017, do not appear in this list. It does not move away from the typical team of blue as it has been renewed for several months.
Questioned on these absences of two “historic” frames of the Blue, Corinne Diacre explained that “the choices were difficult (…), like all lists”. She admitted that “these players have been efficient” and that “the blue jersey represents something extraordinary” for them, but “we can not base ourselves only on the performance of a day, it is a job to long term “.
Another thirties, the Parisian Kheira Hamraoui, remains at quay seven months after the violent assault, still unlimited, of which she was the victim. Returning in February after a long absence, but absent from the April course, the defensive midfielder of Paris SG has been paying her situation in a club, where she has not played for a month and an altercation in training, and has suffered from her execrable relations With its partners Kadidiatou Diani and Marie-Antoinette Katototo, two players who also evolve in the French team.
Wendie Renard will wear the armband. The youth map is symbolized by Selma Bacha, Sandy Baltimore and Melvine Malard for example.
Two surprises
The list reserves two surprises, however. Ouleymata Sarr, Paris FC attacker (15 selections), is summoned despite a chopped international career, relaunched in February then extended in April after the package of Melvine Malard (also called Monday). The Paris FC attacker, 26, goes up in extremis in the blue wagon.
Without Henry or Hamraoui, it is young Ella Palis, 23, who embarks for the Euro, despite her weak international experience (6 selections) and a playing time sometimes reduced in Bordeaux. She will be the lining of Charlotte Bilbault, another Girondine.
At the post of goalkeeper, behind holder Pauline Peyraud-Magnin and Mylène Chavas, Justine Lerond completes the trio in the absence of Solène Durand, wounded package. The Messina plays in the second division but it keeps the cage of the tricolor under 23 and has already passed through the blue box. In defense, Hawa Cissoko is chosen as the fourth axial to accompany the essential Renard, Griedge Mbock and Aïssatou Tounkara. The left side pearl Morroni, in delicacy in Lyon, is the victim of competition from Sakina Karchaoui and Bacha.
“We have been working for a little while with this group, which has also qualified for the next 2023 World Cup. We have managed to find a balance for a few months with experience and youth” , commented Corinne Diacre. She recalled “the common objective with the players, to meet Wembley on July 31 for the final” and win the first title in the history of the French women’s team.
The selector must officially send her list before June 26 at 11:59 p.m., the last deadline. It will then be possible to replace a player up to 24 hours before the first match, in the event of an injury or COVID-19.
The Blue List for the Euro:
Guardians: Pauline Peyraud-Magnin (Juventus), Mylène Chavas (Bordeaux), Justine Lerond (Metz)
Defenseures: Eve Périsset (Bordeaux), Marion Torrent (Montpellier), Griedge Mbock (Lyon), Wendie Renard (Lyon), Aïssatou Tounkara (Atlético de Madrid), Sakina Karchaoui (PSG), Selma Bacha (Lyon), Hawa, Hawa, Hawa, Hawa, Hawa, Hawa, Hawa, Hawa, Hawa, Hawa CISSOKO (West Ham)
Environment: Charlotte Bilbault (Bordeaux), Kenza Dali (Everton), Sandie Toletti (Levante), Grace Geyoro (PSG), Ella Palis (Bordeaux).