Deacon has no room for error, according to Aulas

President of Olympique Lyonnais, winner of the Champions League seven times, Jean-Michel Aulas is one of those who are sounding the alarm about French women’s football. The OL boss cannot contradict his star player, Norwegian Ada Hegerberg, who believes that French women’s football as a whole has regressed since the 2019 World Cup.

“We are falling behind because others have accelerated faster, replies Aulas in the columns of L’Equipe. By putting economic and financial means as a priority on women’s football, it is undeniable that nations move forward faster. (…) We have to accelerate again. The top of the pyramid, the top level, has lagged a bit because the others have accelerated faster. »

Les Bleues have “the players” to win the Euro

For club football, Aulas is campaigning for more professionalism, as well as for the creation of a D3. But the president of OL believes that the results of Les Bleues must serve as a locomotive. “They have an impact. This is my second concern. Association football must win titles. I saw that some players claimed to win to give a kind of oxygen to all high-level women’s football. That’s what we did with Lyon. We have created a real dynamic for all the others, in France and abroad, because Olympique Lyonnais is often cited as the reference. There, the France team must win this Euro. And then, behind, goes on »pleads Aulas.

As a member of the Executive Committee of the FFF, Aulas thus puts some form of pressure on Corinne Deacon and her players, whom he considers capable of winning the European championship. “I really believe in it. I watched the English team play, it’s not as brilliant as one might imagine at the moment T. But each day gives its truth. I see the France team progressing a lot at the moment. There is obviously a framework with experienced players who have not won anything. We have the ability, at least with the players, to get there. » It’s up to Corinne Deacon to ensure…