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PARIS (Reuters) – France women’s coach Herve Renard got off to a dream start with Les Bleues, winning his first two games in charge, but complained about the scheduling of their encounter against Canada on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

France beat Colombia 5-2 last week and Canada 2-1, but the latter was played on the same night as Manchester City’s clash against Bayern Munich in the men’s Champions League.<\/p>\n

The Colombia game was played at the same time as a Ligue 1 clash between RC Lens and Racing Strasbourg.<\/p>\n

“If we want women’s soccer to grow, which it deserves, I think we can do better in terms of programming,” Renard told reporters.<\/p>\n

“I think we can do better on this side. We could have played last Thursday the match against Colombia in Clermont, and Monday night this match against Canada. <\/p>\n

“That would have avoided being in competition with a Champions League match, especially a match like Manchester City v Bayern. We have to think about all this if the dynamics of women’s soccer wants to move ahead.”<\/p>\n

Renard, who guided the Saudi Arabia men’s national team to a shock victory against eventual champions Argentina in their first group game at last year’s World Cup, was named as Corinne Diacre’s successor last month.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Julien Pretot; Editing by Christian Radnedge)<\/p>\n

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