She should start this Wednesday evening, with the French football team, against Germany. The gardoise Sandie Toletti is about to live a dream in Milton Keynes (England). Les Bleues play the semi-final of the Euro. Corinne Deacon’s players won the quarter-finals 1-0 after extra time against the Netherlands. Sandie Toletti, midfielder, is the pride of her village: Cavillargues, near Bagnols-sur-Cèze, in the Gard. It was in this club that she played her first matches, the Sporting club Cavillargues. At the time, she played with the boys, until her detection by the Montpellier club where she would play for almost 10 years and even become captain.
“Everyone said: we’re going to win them, they have a daughter. Until the day we won 24-0 against a village next door, and she had put more than ten. Well, that calmed them down! ” Kévin, his childhood friend, at the microphone FB Gard Lozère
Today, the youngest of the Toletti family plays rising in Spain. In 2012, she offered herself the World Cup for under 17s with Les Bleues.
Aline, his mother, has been secretary of Sporting Club Cavillargues for almost 40 years.
Kevin is his childhood friend: “We were one of the few clubs at the time that had a girl. Everyone said: we will win them over, they have a daughter. Until the day we won 24-0 against a nearby village, and she had put more than ten. Well, that calmed them down! She began to be known throughout the region, and everyone took her seriously.“.
“It’s a reference to the club. It’s a huge motivation for young girls” Tristan Lazard, president of the Cavillargues football club
In the village of Cavillargues, the player is very popular, especially since she continues to help his boyhood club and to inspire both women’s and men’s sections. Combative in the field, her family and friends present her as humble and discreet on a daily basis.
Tristan Lazard is the president of the Cavillargues football club. “TEvery girl has something that belongs to Sandie Toletti. A photo, a jersey, shorts. She is always there to give them something, and motivate them“.
His mother, Aline, takes the plane this morning to England to attend the game of his youngest. And if all goes well, she intends to stay until Sunday for the final at Wembley.