French national team sacks coach ahead of Women’s World Cup

There are just over four months to the opening of the Women’s World Cup, the France team is going through a troubled moment and had another loss. This time the coach Corinne Diacre got fired. After some problems with athletes and the withdrawal of three players from the World Cup, the French federation decided that the dismissal would be the right way.

“The numerous auditions carried out allowed us to verify a very significant division with the players and showed a discrepancy with the demands of the highest level. This rupture reached a point of no return that harms the interests of the selection. The French Football Federation recognizes the involvement and seriousness of Corinne Deacon and her staff in carrying out their mission”I told FFFin an official note.

Thus, France is experiencing a terrible moment of indecision, not knowing if more players will withdraw from the World Cup and not even who will command them. In order to solve this problem as quickly as possible, a working group will be formed to define the replacement for the position.

Even without any explicit citation, it is already common knowledge that Diacre did not have good relationships in the dressing room of the French national team. With six years of work, the coach accumulated some disagreements and problems with important players in the squad, such as midfielder Amanda Henrythe goalkeeper Sarah Bouhaddi and the attacker Eugenie Le Sommer.

Recently, three players announced their departure from the national team: Marie-Antoinette Katoto, Kadidiatou Diani It is Wendie Renard. The latter is one of the most important athletes in women’s football in the world, being captain of the France national team, but decided to stop playing in the World Cup because she does not agree with the “current system”, the treatment that athletes have been receiving from the federation.