Football: Sétoise Benyahia and Montpellier Lakrar called up for the French team

Inès Benyahia, sous les couleurs de l'OL en août 2023, avant son prêt au Havre. MAXPPP – Stéphane GUIOCHON

Le sélectionneur de l’équipe de France féminine, Hervé Renard, a livré son groupe pour le double choc contre l’Angleterre lors des qualifications de l’Euro-2025, à un peu plus de deux mois des JO.

The coach of the French women's team, Hervé Renard, on Wednesday called up two new attackers Inès Benyahia and Louna Ribadeira for the double shock against England during Euro-2025 qualifying, at a just over two months before the Olympics.

These two young players, who play at Le Havre for the first and at Paris FC for the second, have been called up, while the Bleues will have to do without their top scorer Eugénie Le Sommer against the holders title and vice-world champions, May 31 in Newcastle and June 4 in Saint-Étienne (21 p.m. 00).

Inès Benyahia, born in Sète 21 years ago, is currently on loan from Olympique Lyonnais and is coming off a very good season. She was also elected in the "11" of the year.

The injured Sommer

Although suspended for the first match, young striker Vicki Becho was also called up, along with Marie-Antoinette Katoto, Delphine Cascarino, Kadidiatou Diani and Julie Dufour. On the other hand, this is not the case for Amel Majri, already absent from the last rally, despite good matches with OL in recent weeks.

"I consider Amel as an attacker, you have to make choices and it’s giving up on some, it’s the competition that wants that& ;quot;, justified the coach. Having undergone surgery on her right knee, Le Sommer (192 selections, 93 goals) began her time trial to participate in the Olympic tournament (July 25-August 10).

Also absent from the play-off final won against Paris SG (2-1), his OL partner Griedge Mbock (80 caps, 8 goals) is closer to a return, but not ;rsquo;was not called by Hervé Renard either, who did not want "to take any risks", despite < em>"these two matches of capital importance". "It's better to let her continue to prepare, so that she can be put back for the Olympics", insisted the technician, evoking "the’importance of his injury" without specifying its nature.

The Lakrar-Renard hinge

As a result, defender Maëlle Lakrar, who announced her departure from Montpellier, will form the hinge with captain Wendie Renard, who will play Saturday with OL in the Champions League final against FC Barcelona to Bilbao.

At the top of their group with two victories in two matches, ahead of England (a victory and a draw), the Blues can also count on the sparkling form of Delphine Cascarino (60 sel. , 14 goals). After these two matches, they will have two qualifying matches remaining in July, against Sweden on the 12th and Ireland on the 16th, before setting out to conquer Olympic gold with a first match against Colombia on the 25th. Lyon.