In the Tournoi de France, the French national team beat Brazil 2-1 thanks to Catuto

Les Bleues are still doing well in the Tournoi de France. The team can especially thank Marie Antoinette Catuto, who on Saturday showed herself twice in Caen while having a poor match against Brazil (2-1). Thus, the player continues to cause panic against the euro.

If coach Corinne Deacon is still wondering who will hold the offensive stats during the European Championships in England (6-31 July), this celebratory encounter against the Brazilians has undoubtedly removed the last doubts. Katuto, 23, has confirmed that she is capable of controlling all conditions in front of goal, even when she receives as few balls as on Saturday night.

Tuesday’s clash against the Netherlands

A chance to draw on a goalkeeper’s fault (23), then ideally positioned to deliver her victory on a pass from Kadidiatou Diani (59), the Paris Saint-Germain forward raised her total of her selection goals to 21, in just 25 games! And this is a few days after she won the title of top scorer in the history of Paris Saint-Germain for women (134 goals). The striker allows the Blues to take the lead in the Tournoi de France three days before the shock against the Netherlands, earlier winning Finland (3-0).

After forming a revamped squad against Finland on Wednesday in Le Havre (5-0), Deacon was surprised this time with his defensive options, in particular the creation of centre-back, Houa Sissoko, at right-back. The West Ham player, inexperienced in this position, missed the accuracy in the offensive phase and lost many balls in the wrong place, in front of the intense pressure of Seleção. Without landmarks, Sissoko left his place in the 56th minute.

Working on group cohesion

But the party’s most scrutinized celebrity was logically Khaira al-Hamrawi. Three months after her assault with the iron bars, the Parisian celebrated her first tenure with Les Bleues since October 2016, forever…the former Barcelona had points to take. But his performance marred a major foul on Deepinha in his area, an indisputable penalty converted by “Queen” Marta (19).

After his net was affected by this goal, which is the first for Le Bleu in six matches, Al-Hamraoui immediately tried a long shot, responded to it, and then negotiated poorly by goalkeeper Letizia, leaving the latter Katoto in the street to score (23). A liberating achievement for 12,050 spectators at the Ornano stadium, but the French are a little less: as in recent weeks, the celebration between El Hamraoui and her Paris Saint-Germain teammates Diani and Katoto remained cool to say the least.

This is the whole challenge that awaits the administration from here to the eurozone: getting the international players to coexist by putting “cohesion” and “humility” above the sometimes strained relationships that some players have. According to keywords provided by Deacon in recent days.