The French Hervé Renard, DT of Saudi Arabia in the World Cup in Qatar 2022 and unexpected Argentine executioner in his debut, he was appointed as the new coach of the his country’s women’s team in the middle of the scandal who suffers the same after the dismissal of his previous technique.
The French Federation indicated that Renard, who until Tuesday was coach of Saudi Arabia, will be in charge of the blues until August 31, 2024, with two key appointments: the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in July and August and the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024.
Renard will take the place that Corine Diacre left vacant at the beginning of the month after colliding with several of the referents of the campus
Renard’s appointment was considered discarded since DT asked the Saudi Federation, with which he had a contract until 2027, to leave office and even paid compensation out of pocketas published by the newspaper L’Equipe.
That being the case, his last game was the 1-2 defeat suffered against Bolivia by Gustavo Costas on Tuesday in a friendly deputy in Jeddah.
Renard, 54, leaves Saudi Arabia after four years in office and he returns to his country where he managed Lille (2015), Sochaux (2013-14) and Cherbourg of the French rise (2005-07).
France will be the sixth team on Renard’s resumewho has already passed through Zambia (2008-10 and 2011-13), Angola (2010), Ivory Coast (2014-15), Morocco (2016-19) and Saudi Arabia (2019-23).
The hegemonic blond strategist takes charge of a French team in full disaster, after lCaptain Wendie Renard ended her international career on February 23 in disagreement with Diacre’s workwho led the national team since 2017.
The Lyon player was followed by other emblematic ones, such as the Parisians Marie-Antoinette Katoto and Kadidiatou Diani, which led the French Federation to open an investigation that culminated in the dismissal of Diacre on March 9 for the “fracture of no return” in the locker room and the “difference with the demand of the high level”.
