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If they want to beat the Americans, favorites of the World Cup, Friday night in the quarter-finals at the Parc des Princes, the Blue will not have the right to make mistakes. And if some players have so far seemed below their best level, it is a French who goes upmarket since the beginning of the competition. She is 23 years old, plays PSG and is called Kadidiatou Diani. We present it to you.
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"I did not know there was a team from France"
When, at age 10, the young Kadidiatou Diani dribbled the boys who stood on her way to the City of the Fighters of Vitry-sur-Seine, she never imagined to make his passion his job, let alone wear the jersey of the France team.
"When I was a young player, I did not know the team of France," she says today. "It was not publicized at all, I did not know that there was a team from France, it's a shame, I think, but today it has changed a lot. to a player and that's something great! "
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"A player in full blast"
And girls may well seek to emulate "Kadi" Diani, the most prominent player since the start of this World Cup. Explosiveness, speed, technique: the player of Paris Saint-Germain energizes the attack of the France team. However, her coach Corinne Deacon is still waiting for a little more. "It's a player who is exploding, but for me it is not yet effective enough in front of the goal," blows the coach. "If she can add that, it would be great for her and it would be great for us."
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This is good: against the United States, last January, Diani scored twice. Friday night, at the Parc des Princes, a single goal could be enough for the happiness of the Blue. The joy would be contagious, until the City of the fighters of Vitry-sur-Seine ...