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Iron, chicken breast… how Kenza Dali overcomes everything for the love of football

7/9/2022, 9:12:38 AM


PORTRAIT – Despite various injuries that have made her career “atypical”, the French international has never given up and she is preparing to live, at 30, the first Euro of her career.

Never give up, always believe in your star.

Even when fate seems to take pleasure in beating you down.

Resilience, Kenza Dali has made it her trademark.

To the point of living his first Euro with the France team with the dream, on July 31, of celebrating his 31st birthday on the lawn of the legendary Wembley enclosure during the final.

A grandiose prospect for a young woman whom the medical profession had however for a time condemned for the practice of high-level sport.

On September 20, 2016, at the Charléty stadium in Paris.

Les Bleues welcome Albania in qualifying for Euro 2017. Holder in the midfield, Kenza Dali will however not see any of the six goals scored by his partners.

A quarter of an hour into the game, his left knee gave way.

She who had just signed for the best club in Europe, Olympique Lyonnais, finds herself embarking on a long tunnel.

Two years, between intensive care, double surgery and rehabilitation...

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