Change is now for Marie-Antoinette Katoto! Star of Paris Saint-Germain where she has been trained since 2011 and started in 2015 on a professional scale, the rider will notably won the D1 Arkema 2021 and the 2018 and 2022 French Cups while reaching two Champions League finals (2015 and 2017). After ten years under the Ile-de-France tunic, she nevertheless decided to leave her club to join the rival, OL Lyonnes from next season and until June 2029. A choice guided by the desire to leave a toxic environment as she had also entrusted to Olympique-et-Lyonnais: “There was manipulation and lack of respect, I was criticized for my reaction, I blame myself, because I only had a few days left … but on yet another lack of respect, I reacted, I should not have. When we see how it is unstable, we cannot always say that it is the fault of the coach, I had three coaches in three seasons, it is a brothel not possible. I expected it to finish badly, but not as much.A pivotal summer therefore for the native of Colombes who will change daily after a delicate season but will also have to negotiate Euro 2025 on the side of Switzerland.
Better manager of the championship in 2019, 2020 and 2022, she became a reference to her post in France, but her destiny in the national team is much more complicated. While the summer of 2016 was responsible for French football, the male team had lost the Euro final against Portugal (1-0 after extra time). Just behind, the Kylian Mbappé generation, Jean-Kevin Augustin and Ludovic Blas won the Euro U19. At the feminine level, there too the Blue were victorious. During a Mastered U19 Euro where Marie-Antoinette Katoto was distinguished with 6 goals scored in a formidable team with Clara Mateo, Delphine Cascarino or Grace Geyoro. A dream competition for Marie-Antoinette Katoto who has since chained many disillusions with the tricolor selection.
It is gaining momentum
Launched in selection A in 2018, the one which now has 44 capes with the Blue for 35 goals has not had a quiet career with the Blue. During the 2019 World Cup, the selector Corinne Diacre decided to do without her to everyone's surprise. For Euro 2022, its start to competition is perfect with a goal against Italy (5-1) but against Belgium in the next match is the disaster and it is the victim of a rupture of the cross ligament of the right knee. End of competition for her when France has reached the semi-finals. A white season will follow – marked by her withdrawal from the selection for differences with Corinne Diacre – where she will not be given enough for the 2023 World Cup despite the appointment of Hervé Renard as coach.
I was missed for Marie-Antoinette Katototo who still returned to 2024. Finalist of the last League of Nations, she also suffered a failure with the elimination in the quarter-finals of the 2024 Olympic Games last summer. Consequently, the objective will be to finally obtain a reference competition with the Bleues for Marie-Antoinette Katoto. And the dynamics are good despite its more delicate situation experienced at the end of the season at Paris Saint-Germain. Released at halftime against Belgium (5-0) on June 20 in preparation after a mixed performance, she immediately rebounded against Brazil (3-2) on Friday June 27 by offering the victory of the Habs at the very end of the game. A great performance for her when she was also on a little scarcity with five meetings of row without scoring in selection.
His coach Laurent Bonadei also congratulated him: “She has a great state of mind, she sacrifices herself for the collective. She did not hesitate to put her head where others might have waited for the ball to bounce back into her feet. We could see his ability to keep the ball, to play in deviations. I'm glad she marked. When you are an attacker, it is important to see the ball at the bottom of the nets. In addition it is the goal of victory. So I stay on my last positions, it is gaining momentum.»Now remains to show this during the Euro for Marie-Antoinette Katoto who will be keen to experience a convincing competition with the Blue. And it started well this Saturday against England (2-1) where she scored a pawn. “”Honestly, I think that physically I am a little late but mentally I am better than last year at the Olympic Games at the same period. Because the preparation was hard. I had a complicated season, I played less than the previous year so it is not the same physical freshness but I think that the medical staff, the technical staff did a very good job and I think it can be seen on the field“She said optimistic after this meeting. It now remains to be confirmed.
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