Clermont fell heavily at home this Sunday against Lens (0-4, including a historically quick hat-trick from Loïs Openda). But that’s not the only thing that has pissed off Pascal Gastien in recent days. Asked by Prime Video after the meeting, the coach of the 12th in Ligue 1 had very harsh words about the ousting of Corinne Deacon from her position as coach of the French women’s team, formalized last Thursday.
“She had a bad week, and so did I, I think”, dropped her friend since their training at the BEPF (Professional football coach’s certificate), who had succeeded him in 2017 on the Clermont Foot bench, when Deacon had taken the reins of the Blue. “What I saw was despicable, really. Abject, not good. There are people who should have reacted, who did not react. »
Gastien attacked the French Federation (FFF), guilty in his eyes of having yielded to the rebels, captain Wendie Renard in the lead. “I think we need to protect the coaches a little bit more. The Federation was weak on that. I do not think that Renard had any sanction, yet there must be a charter at the level of the France team. For me, what happened is scandalous, it is serious for the future, for our profession. “.
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“I’m going to retire in a year, so it’s not a big deal for me,” added the 59-year-old technician. But for those who arrive, if we let this kind of thing happen, it’s the door open to everything. Our job is difficult enough. I think there was something else to do, apart from a little tap in the Federation’s press release saying “ouh! Mrs Renard was not good”… What do you want me to tell you… It’s shameful what happened. »
Deprived of public support since the fall of Noël Le Graët, now former president of the FFF, Corinne Deacon must have appreciated the media release of her friend, even if he will not change his fate immediately.