Euro 2025 qualifications: Delphine Cascarino, a rally to regain her status?
The image of his fatal duel with Elisa De Almeida during a PSG-OL match at the Parc des Princes at the end of May seems a long way away. Victim of a partial rupture of the cruciate ligament in her right knee, which deprived her of the World Cup in Australia and kept her off the field for eight months, Delphine Cascarino is now back at her best level. A good omen for the Blues who begin their qualifying campaign for Euro 2025, Friday April 5 in Metz, with a match against Ireland. But also for her, four months before the Olympic Games.
Since her first minutes of the season played in the Coupe de France against Nantes on January 28, the winger has gained momentum. After pushing the Parisian defense to make a mistake to earn a draw in the D1 Arkema classic (1-1), the 27-year-old was decisive for Olympique Lyonnais in the quarter-final of the Champions League against Benfica, where she scored three of the six Rhone goals (2-1, 4-1).
“Delphine, we are lucky to have her with us. She is an exceptional player. In the return match, she also played on the left side, which is not her favorite side, but she was terribly effective [doublé contre les Lisboètes sur deux frappes lointaines]noted coach Hervé Renard when announcing his list last week. We are happy because we saw a Cascarino-Le Sommer-Diani attack, it is only positive for us. It’s up to her to keep this form for the upcoming training course.”
For this April gathering, the technician gave important clues on the offensive front with a view to Paris 2024 (the Blues challenge Colombia, Canada and New Zealand at the end of July). Clara Mateo was not invited, Sandy Baltimore was replaced with the midfielders and Vicki Becho – on the bench in Lyon – leaves a step behind despite a profile that appeals to Hervé Renard. With a view tointegrate the list of 18 names for the Olympics, a quintet holds the rope: besides Kadidiatou Diani, Eugénie Le Sommer and Marie-Antoinette Katoto, Delphine Cascarino even seems more immovable than Julie Dufour.
“It’s healthy competition. To win titles, you need a lot of choice and competition. The more there is, the more the players will give the best of themselves to claim to be in the starting XI. It will raise the level of the team. I will give everything to be part of the eleven”assured Estelle’s sister at the end of March, when she was content to come on during the Final Four of the League of Nations in February.
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