2024-08-05 08:17:09
askWhen we are eliminated in the quarter-finals of a major event for the eighth time, this time the Olympics, we can certainly cite “curse”, like forward Marie-Antoinette Katoto after the French football team (0-1) defeated Brazil on August 3. Especially if we note that this defeat was the first of twelve confrontations with this opponent.
However, sport can’t just be about destiny. We’ll find stinging truths between the lines of the proverb. ‘I found we were not getting fair value in return’for example coach Hervé Renard sadly declared: “Football does not win. »
It is true that the winners are Brazilian women who have more anti-gambling fans than gambling, but relying on these is a fool’s errand. “Deserved” Being despised – football is not about justice. French women are punished with backlash and inadequacies that seem to be passed down from generation to generation.
“Too many good players to win anything”
Not since the 2011 World Cup have Blues supporters made a promise in the semi-finals that has yet to be fulfilled, with the performance and emotion reaching its peak at London 2012. Failure to win the bronze medal has left many regrets.
In 2019, at the World Cup at home, they reached their limit in the quarterfinals against the future American champions, but were not surpassed…or found new resources within themselves.
The establishment of the Nations League allowed them to finally reach the finals in February this year, but this small competition was also rejected by the Spanish women’s football team, the 2023 world champions.
However, there is no problem with the quality of the French team, which ranks second in the FIFA world rankings. “We have too many good players to win anything”Kato made the right estimate before the game against Brazil. “We have big ambitions and the means to achieve them””, added French Football Federation President Philippe Diallo.
On the pitch at the 2024 Paris Olympics, the development of most players is still far removed from the club level. “I had it all, but I didn’t succeed”the coach admitted, also mentioning the means at his disposal.
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