The French women’s team flew to Australia on Saturday noon where it is going to compete in the World Cup (July 20-August 20), she announced on her Twitter account. “It’s time” is written on his official account @equipedefranceF, with a selfie of players showing their boarding passes.
They fly to Melbourne, where they will arrive on Sunday around 10:00 p.m. local (2:00 p.m. French), said the French Football Federation (FFF). Despite the success in the friendly match against Ireland (3-0) on Thursday, the lights do not seem quite green for the Blues: midfielder Amandine Henry, injured in the left calf, was added at the last moment in the long run. list of packages: Oriane Jean-François, Marie-Antoinette Katoto, Delphine Cascarino and Gridge Mbock.
Star striker Kadidiatou Diani is there, after three months of absence for a collarbone injury, but announced that he was leaving PSG on Friday evening without specifying his future club. From Monday afternoon in Australia, Les Bleues will carry out their first training session at Edwin Flack Park, before playing their last friendly match next Friday.
On July 14 (7:30 p.m. Australian, 11:30 a.m. in France), they will face Australia, co-organizer of the World Cup with New Zealand. The next day, they will leave for Sydney and settle in their base camp at Grand Mercure the Hills Lodge in Castle Hill.