The former captain of the French women’s team Amandine Henry was summoned to coach Hervé Renard’s preliminary list on Tuesday for the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand (July 20-August 20).
Published on : 06/06/2023 – 16:42
Amandine Henry, 33, who has not known the selection since December 2020, is one of the 26 players on Renard’s pre-list, which includes Eugénie Le Sommer or Kadidiatou Diani but not Kheira Hamraoui. The final list will have 23 players. Deprived of attackers Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Delphine Cascarino through injuries, Renard trusted Diani and Le Sommer in attack, but also Clara Matéo and Viviane Asseyi.
Top scorer of the D1 season (17 goals), Diani has had a shoulder injury since the end of March, but she must be back on her feet by the World Cup.
Hamraoui left at the quay
On the other hand, the Parisian Sandy Baltimore was dismissed, in favor of the novice Vicki Becho (19 years old, Lyon) and the young Naomie Feller (21 years old, Real Madrid). In the middle, Hamraoui is not summoned, as during the first meeting of Renard in April, just after his appointment to replace Corinne Deacon, landed. This game sector will be occupied by Henry, Kenza Dali, Laurina Fazer, Grace Geyoro, Oriane Jean-François, Léa Le Garrec, Sandie Toletti and Amel Majri, who should travel to Australia with her daughter born in July 2022, a first for the Blues.
Around captain Wendie Renard, who will play her 4th World Cup, the defense is not surprising, with Selma Bacha, Estelle Cascarino, Elisa De Almeida, Sakina Karchaoui, Eve Périsset, Maëlle Lakrar and Aïssatou Tounkara, back despite a time draw at Manchester United.
The Lyonnaise Griedge Mbock, injured for a long time, is logically absent.
Four goalkeepers have been called up for three in the final list: N.1 Pauline Peyraud-Magnin, Mylène Chavas, Constance Picaud and Solène Durand.
Les Bleues start their preparation camp on June 20 and enter the World Cup on July 23 in Sydney against Jamaica.
(With AFP)
