And if the very good results of the Blues of Didier Deschamps, including the victory in the World Cup in 2018, were definitely the tree that hides the forest? Behind the glory and flashes of Kylian Mbappé, French football is sinking a little more each day into crisis.
The beginning of the year was marked by the Noël Le Graët affair and his unfortunate sentence on Zinédine Zidane, and if the leader already sidelined should present his resignation on Tuesday, the FFF ship is once again facing a rogue wave .
It is now Les Bleues who are making the news with the mutiny triggered by Wendie Renard, the captain of the France team, who has decided to put her international career on hold just five months before the Women’s World Cup. 13 years after their male counterparts, Les Bleues are in turn doing their Knysna. This time no bus, but lapidary statements on social networks: “I can no longer endorse the current system far from the requirements required by the highest level. It’s a sad but necessary day to preserve my mental health,” said the OL player. After this declaration of war, several executives of the Bleues like Marie-Antoinette Katoto, Kadidiatou Diani or even Perle Moroni joined the sling against Corinne Deacon.
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The coach of Les Bleues is not known to be a good living: her mandate will have been marked by lively controversies, disappointing results and above all a heavy atmosphere behind the scenes. We remember the statements of Amandine Henry in 2020, absent from the last Euro, who had pointed the finger at this regime of terror. “I saw girls crying in their room, I was crying in my room. It was total chaos. “French football deserves better than this clan war between a federation on the verge of implosion and which is currently protecting its coach, against players in distress.
Les Bleues’ woes are one of many examples of a federation in chaos. Problem: no providential man stands out to date to come and kick the anthill. Arsène Wenger is spending peaceful days at Fifa while Michel Platini is still reluctant to dive back into the bath. Our fantastic breeding ground will not be able to hide these shortcomings forever: French football is in urgent need of change and reform, its institutions have an archaic functioning, but no one is ready to come and get their hands dirty… We will have to be careful. put a day around the table so that the FFF is no longer a settling of accounts at OK Corral, but an organization that knows how to indicate a course to all its licensees.
If we add to this the latest results of French clubs in the European Cup, especially in the Europa League with the trio of eliminations Nantes, Rennes and Monaco, our football has the head of the bad days. Despite a breath of fresh air observed in Ligue 1 with each weekend of spectacle and play, in the big leagues the Talent League immediately falls into line. Perhaps keeping our hopes that make our international reputation a little longer would allow our clubs not to tremble in the face of supposedly weaker opponents. It is recalled that Shakthar Donestk, who fell Rennes on penalties, had only played friendly matches since mid-November…