Huge blow for the French women’s team, which lost its best striker. Hit in the knee, Marie-Antoinette Katoto withdraws for the rest of Euro 2022. She left the lawn in the first period of the match against Belgium (2-1), Thursday evening.
Katoto is suffering from a ruptured anterior ligament in his right knee and his meniscus is cracked, according to a source familiar with the case. In the post-match conference, coach Corinne Deacon mentioned a “sprain”, without being able to specify the severity of injury and length of downtime.
Hit the same knee in training
She had been hit in the same knee during training the day before the match, after a shock with a teammate. “MAK” is the star center-forward of the France team, qualified for the quarter-finals scheduled for July 23 even before the last match of the first round against Iceland on Monday.