The players of the French police team prepare for their Euro at the Jean-Bouin stadium, in Nîmes

The players of the French police team prepare for their Euro at the Jean-Bouin stadium, in Nîmes
The players of the French police team prepare for their Euro at the Jean-Bouin stadium, in Nîmes

The French national police women's team is on training for four days at the Jean-Bouin stadium in Nîmes. She is preparing for the European Police Football Championship, which will take place next summer in Germany. In Nîmes, the players will play two matches with the Nîmes D2 and D3 women's teams, Wednesday and Thursday.

Sixteen players from the French national police football team, their coach Michaël Goncalves and his staff settled down at the Jean-Bouin stadium, in Nîmes, this Tuesday, November 5.

For four days, the French football police team prepares for the European championship which will take place in Lohne, Germany, from June 16 to 23, 2025. Eight teams meet within this European championship organized every four years. by the European Police Sports Union (USPE). This is only the fourth edition of this competition in women's football. England, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands and have already qualified for next year.

Two matches against the players of Nîmes

Invited to the Nîmes stadium by police officer Hervé Paredes, the France police team will juggle three training sessions and two matches. “We have two new players that we are testing today, specifies Michaël Goncalves, who has to deal with service restrictions, with certain players being retained in their brigades. We put on this intensity because, during the championship, over seven days, they play five 90-minute matches.”

The national police team will face the Nîmes women's football team tomorrow (against the players of Départementale 2, Wednesday November 6, at 7:30 p.m., at the Marcel-Rouvière stadium, then against the Départementales 2 and 3, Thursday November 7, at 8 p.m., at the Jean-Bouin stadium).

Germany's favorite

If the Germans are favorites, the French have hope of winning a medal. They finished second, second then fourth in the last editions. In Nîmes, the players have four days to shine. The group will be definitively decided next March.

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