Discreetly, Julie Debever made this week its appearance in the group of Blue. We met her in Clairefontaine following this convocation which rewards her "benefits in club [of] lately" in the words of Corinne Deacon. An open door and a new challenge for the North defender of En Avant Guingamp. At 29, she already has a long experience in D1 and now nourishes the ambition to prevail on the floor above. This first meeting in France team is done in a certain anonymity. Paradoxically, can not it be more comfortable to arrive like this, without there being immediate expectations from the outside? Julie Debever - I would say it's rather uncomfortable in the sense that I do not have a big international record at the level of the France team. I did U19, B, A 'but I still left the international course 4/5 years ago. So I think it's an uncomfortable position about me, because from an outside point of view people are wondering what I'm doing there, clearly. After me, I do not take it as such. I am very happy to be in France team, I will give what I have to give, and for nothing in the world I would give my place to anyone. "Take full advantage of my last football years, but also know my limits " On one side there is this anonymity, on the other a very regular club. You have exceeded 200 matches in D1. This regularity had to be part of the elements that weighed in favor of your selection? J.D - Yes, I think. After I think it's also related to the good performance that I have achieved this year and last year also in my club. I am a hard worker, I am someone who works a lot next door. This year, I decided to live only football, and precisely [that] that can optimize my recovery, but also make me more successful in training and games, so yes, it has been beneficial. And there, you feel that you have passed a landing? That you have reached your best level so far? J.D - Yes, I think. Since last year. After this year, I live only football so suddenly I have much more time for me. I prepared my post-career by doing a specialized educator training. I graduated in June 2017 and I decided to live only football, to take full advantage of my last football years but also know my limits. Knowing where I can go and if I'm still able to pass a course, at least this year, that's where I feel the best. And so your football you also work outside the club? J.D - I train with the club. After that, it was seen with my physical trainer and it's true that when I can go to the gym and do some extra sessions, I do it. When I can do an extra technical session, I do it. So I do not stick to the level of training, I tell myself that I have time. As I can rest right this year, I take the free time that I have to progress, to be more successful again and again. In a way, this first convocation is a bit the logical consequence of this choice to devote himself fully to football? J.D - That's why I'm so happy. It's the culmination of so much effort and that's why I want to enjoy it a lot because I've been working for months, even for years. And I am very happy that Corinne Deacon is the new coach because precisely the advantage we have with her is that, she said, she is credible with his words, the door is open with all the world. The girls who will perform in club, will have their chance and they come to prove, not that by my coming, for the previous ones too, that it is true. " "A high-level sportswoman, that necessarily thinks further" At the moment precisely to make this choice, and to switch completely in football, the selection, the team of France became immediately a conscious goal? J.D - A high-level sportswoman, that necessarily thinks farther. Even if my goal is to be successful with my club, in the corner of my head, I also work to be able to possibly be called in team of France A. I think that it is the case for any player of high level. You are the fifth Guingamp player to be selected since the beginning of the season. I guess we talk about it, that it became a topic of conversation within the team? J.D - Yes, after that it's good for the club too. We are a beautiful showcase also for En Avant Guingamp and we speak as much of the young as the oldest. Most of the girls who are gone are between 22 and 23 years old, and it's true that I'm not the intruder, [at my age] we can still believe it. I'm 29 and I think I'm a great life lesson for the kids at the club because I can at least tell them that efforts are still paying off. It's like that too that we can instill in them the taste for work. Did you see your name on the list, did it spark conversations including with your teammates among those who have recently been summoned, anecdotes about what was waiting for you here? J.D - Yes, we talked about it vaguely. After that, I think that it is independent to each person. I think some people have lived things that way, others are going to live them differently so I was at least ready for the fact that it was physically difficult because there was an accumulation of sessions and it was high level. After all in the group level and all that, no. I went with my apprehensions because we always have some. But [otherwise] I went there heartily and I said to myself, "We'll see how that goes", quite simply. "I hope there will be others, but I'm already trying to stay humble" And precisely, the first impressions? J.D - They are positive, if only at the group level, the girls are nice, they are welcoming. Frankly, there is a lot of exchange. Even in the field, there is a lot of support, advice, help. It necessarily helps integration, it is undeniable. After, it's up to us to take charge and give the maximum on the ground since it is also what we are asked. What are the qualities that you think you can highlight in this course with the Blue? J.D - Combativeness, never giving up, giving everything. Be thoroughly all the time, simply. Try to take each board, or each support teammates. Simply give the best of myself. After, I do not plan on the comet. It's not a lack of ambition, it's just realism. I'm 29, there are a lot of good players next door. If I am reminded, I am very happy but I prefer to take day after day, selection after selection if there are others. But honestly, today, I am enjoying just day after day of selection and I am very happy. I hope there will be others but I'm already trying to stay humble and have my head on my shoulders. We'll see what the future holds for us, quite simply. "We have a good defense, especially a complementary defense" This season with Guingamp, you have a good defense, especially with this central hinge that you form with Charlotte Lorgeré. Defensive solidity, especially on set pieces. Do you think that's one of the things that led to this selection today? J.D - Yes, there is a link. We also have a very good goalkeeper [Solène Durand] who is also third goalkeeper in the French team. It plays too. It's true that we have a good defense, especially a complementary defense and that I think it's super important. Charlotte and I do not have the same qualities at all, already I am tall, she is much more down-to-earth. I am athletic, she is dynamic on supports. Yes, it works well. After, we've been playing together for years, we know each other by heart. And beyond the central hinge, there are also lateral ones that are very good and part of the defense. But it's true that it plays there and I think that Corinne [Deacon] could notice it. Indeed, we have the impression that these qualities have been put in place throughout the season. In recent weeks you've done some good results and that gives you the feeling that you've been able to remove any doubts about the group's youth. JD - Yes, after that there is still a difficulty during the year because we ask the young people to grow up very quickly, to acquire some years of experience whereas for some it's been a year or two that they are at high level. After, we managers, that's where we have a primary role. We must advise them, we must teach them the high level. Sometimes, it's hard, it's also useful to ask your managers to be always in the dynamics. I think it's also good to have young people because there's a certain amount of enthusiasm too, that we do not have at a certain age anymore. We saw him again this weekend against Soyaux. A young U19 [Amandine Béché], who did not join the D1 group at all, scored a goal in the 89th minute. It's undeniable, I think that youth is also important. It takes a mix of both, a little experience, a little youth and that everything is well framed. "It's really another world" Exactly, how do we adapt when we play a role of manager and player of experience in club and then arrive here [in France team] and be completely new? J.D - We adapt because we have no choice, quite simply. (laughs) After I'm an executive in my club because I have the experience of the D1 Feminine, we have a lot of youth, 19-20 years. Here is still another world. We will not lie, here is the high-level football. Me, I learn every day, every second, whether with a girl of 20 years or 24 years. It's really another world.