Paul Rouget, Media365: published on Wednesday December 4, 2024 at 3:52 p.m.
Laurent Bonadei, the new coach of the French women's team, is not sure of persisting with the three-way defense of the Bleues, beaten Tuesday by Spain in a friendly (2-4).
“A mixed result”. As during his very first gathering as coach of the Bleues, at the end of October, Laurent Bonadei saw his team win the first friendly match, last Saturday against Nigeria (2-1), then lose the second, Tuesday evening in Nice against the Spanish world champions (2-4). Last month, the Tricolores first dominated Jamaica (3-0), before falling in Switzerland (1-2).
As he announced when he took office, the former assistant to Hervé Renard innovated by aligning a three-way defense against the Jamaicans, before switching to 4-3-3 in Geneva. “I could have decided to adapt to the Swiss team and go back to 3-4-3 very quickly given their five-man defense, but we said to ourselves that we wanted to work on a 4-3-3″, explained Bonadei.
“See which system to adopt”
A coach who once again opted for a three-at-the-back pattern during this second gathering, but this time over both matches. With “mixed” results, therefore. And a lot of changes, too. Accompanied by Maëlle Lakrar and Alice Sombath against the Nigerians, captain Wendie Renard was supported on Tuesday by Estelle Cascarino and Thiniba Samoura, as against Jamaica. Less success.
“We conceded four goals, it's still important. So we're going to have to improve the defensive aspect. We decided to take risks, to press high, obviously that left spaces, explained firstly to France 4 Laurent Bonadei, who questions his defensive system I decided to persist and insist on this system of a three-way defense, to see how far we could go. It will be time to do so. a little summary of what “We have done over these last four matches, to settle down, to see what system we are going to adopt for the restart.”
A resumption scheduled for February, in the League of Nations. But before that, he and his players will know the composition of their group for Euro 2025, the draw for which takes place on December 16.
