The reunion was short-lived between Paris Saint-Germain striker Marie-Antoinette Katoto and her ex-club partner Kadidiatou Diani. While the first, back in the French women’s football team after a year and a half of absence, replaced the second at half-time against Austria (3-0), Friday in Rennes, the two players leave the Blues this Monday. The FFF indicates that the two friends are suffering from “muscle discomfort in one thigh”. It must be said that the clear success obtained on Friday, with a goal from Marie-Antoinette Katoto (84th) ensured qualification for the semi-finals of the Nations League.
The last match of the group stage, Tuesday (7:15 p.m.) in Portugal, therefore no longer has the slightest sporting challenge for Hervé Renard’s players, which does not encourage him to take the slightest physical risk with his two attackers. Likewise, the French coach will make a significant turnover in order to preserve six players under the threat of suspension during the Final Four of the Nations League, in the event of a yellow card received on Tuesday.
They are defenders Elisa De Almeida, Griedge Mbock and Wendie Renard, midfielders Amandine Henry and Léa Le Garrec, and Lyon attacker Eugénie Le Sommer. This is why three players are joining the group as reinforcements: striker Melvine Malard (Manchester United, on loan from OL) and two new players: defenders Hillary Diaz (19, Bordeaux) and Thiniba Samoura (PSG, 19 years). A great opportunity to show off, eight months before the Paris 2024 Olympics.