Hervé Renard lacked respect for the players of the French team by aspiring, in vain, to take over in hand Côte d’Ivoire during the CAN? Delphine Cascarino has her opinion on the issue.
Winner of “SA” CAN, Côte d’Ivoire on February 11, after its victory in the final against Nigeria (2-1), the elephants passed by all emotions. Before chaining miracles during direct elimination matches, Côte d’Ivoire experienced a phase of hens, which ended with a humiliation against Equatorial Guinea (4-0), causing the departure of Jean-Louis Gasset.
To replace the one who has just been freshly named OM coach, the Ivorian Federation first thought of a loan Hervé Renard, current coach of the French women’s team. An idea that packed the tricolor technician, unlike the bump of the FFF Philippe Diallo, who finally decided not to free him. An episode that reacted a lot. It should be said that some have seen it as a lack of respect from the former LOSC coach.
“He was not disrespectful towards women’s football”
For their part, the Bleues did not keep them rigor to their coach, as Delphine Cascarino said during an interview with AFP. “It was not really a subject, if he wants to go winning the CAN with a team he can go as long as he is available then for us,
Indicates the Lyonnaise. Since it was not at the same time, frankly he does what he wants. On the contrary, that he goes to win and like that he comes back motivated and wants to relive this feeling of victory with us. It didn’t bother at all. If he came in women’s football it is to advance female football. He was not disrespectful towards female football, quite the contrary. »»
Victim of a breakdown of the crossed ligament last May and forfeit for the 2023 World Cup, Delphine Cascarino made her comeback in the list of Hervé Renard in order to face Germany on Friday, in the semi-finals of the League of Nations. She was able to noticed changes within the group, more united than a year ago. “I saw this from the outside, it is sure that there are much fewer conflicts, there are no more, she said. Everyone is turned to the same goal and the group lives super well. I had noticed it before returning and it was confirmed since I arrived on Monday while living with the girls on a daily basis. »»
