Paris SG midfielder Kheira Hamraoui who qualified for the semi-finals of the Champions League has not been recalled to the France squad list for the April matches, announced the coach Corinne Deacon, who also did without Eugénie Le Sommer two months before the Euro. The Parisian came out injured in a thigh against Bayern. But his absence is not linked to that assures Deacon: “Kheira is fine. She had the muscles a little loaded at the end of the match. But his absence is not related to that. I just wanted to see Ella Palis again on this last rally before the Euro. »
Returning in extremis in February despite the turmoil following his attack in November and persistent tensions with his teammates Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Kadidiatou Diani, Kheira Hamraoui is this time left out. Uncertainty persists and even grows with this non-selection on his chances of appearing in the next list, that of the Euro in England scheduled for July 6 to 31.
With the exception of Hamraoui, Corinne Deacon unveiled a stabilized group of 23 players with a view to the two qualifying matches for the 2023 World Cup on the program, in Wales then against Slovenia on April 8 and 12, with the possibility to get a ticket to the World Cup.
Former captain Amandine Henry, yet operational in Lyon, is also dismissed, unsurprisingly, like Le Sommer, absent for a year and injured since mid-March. In the middle, it is the Bordelaise Ella Palis (4 selections) who benefits from these sidelines.
In attack, the coach has systematically laid down the names of Katoto, Diani, Delphine Cascarino, Melvine Malard and Sandy Baltimore for a few months. Interesting in February, the versatile Clara Matéo (Paris FC) also hits the right wagon, unlike Valérie Gauvin, downgraded to Everton.
The 23 French women selected are therefore: Goalkeepers: Mylène Chavas (Bordeaux), Solène Durand (Dijon), Pauline Peyraud-Magnin (Juventus Turin). Defenders: Selma Bacha (Lyon), Hawa Cissoko (West Ham/ENG), Sakina Karchaoui (Paris SG), Griedge Mbock (Lyon), Eve Perisset (Bordeaux), Wendie Renard (Lyon), Marion Torrent (Montpellier), Aïssatou Tounkara (Atletico Madrid). Midfielders: Charlotte Bilbault (Bordeaux), Kenza Dali (Everton), Grace Geyoro (Paris SG), Ella Palis (Bordeaux), Sandie Toletti (Levante). Forwards: Viviane Asseyi (Bayern Munich), Sandy Baltimore (Paris SG), Delphine Cascarino (Lyon), Kadidiatou Diani (Paris SG), Marie-Antoinette Katoto (Paris SG), Melvine Malard (Lyon), Clara Matéo (Paris FC)
